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July 8, 2010
· Filed under News
Spain is living one of its sweetest moments in sporting history after reaching the finals of the world cup for the first time after beating Germany in the semi-finals with a 1-0 win. I was watching the game hidden away in my house in Arguineguin as I promised not to embarrass my daughter with my [...]
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June 25, 2010
· Filed under Arguineguin, Puerto Rico and Mogan, Our team's interests
Although I was personally denied the opportunity to participate myself this year I felt the need to write about this great event which I have been to many times over the past years. Â Leonor (second from left in the picture in 2007), our office director in Puerto Rico spent the weekend there with her family [...]
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June 22, 2010
· Filed under Arguineguin, Puerto Rico and Mogan
Bar Playa is a small open air seaside tapas bar located next to the cement factory in El Pajar just before ArguineguÃn. This is a family business that has been running for years and is extremely popular with the locals and weekend visitors to Arguineguin. Food served includes paella, varieties of fresh fish, fried octopus, [...]
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June 3, 2010
· Filed under Arguineguin, Puerto Rico and Mogan, Gran Canaria, News
The construction work of the new motorway between Puerto Rico and Mogán is continuing as planned with an estimated end date in 2012. At the moment there are 2 tunnels opened and can clearly be seen, the tunnel in Puerto Rico and the tunnel from Mogan to Taurito. The approximate length of the motorway is [...]
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June 1, 2010
· Filed under Arguineguin, Puerto Rico and Mogan, Gran Canaria
On the 30th of May each year the Canarias celebrate Canary Day ‘DÃa de Canarias’, this day is celebrated in remembrance of the date of establishment of the first regional parliament in 1983. This year as it falls on a Sunday, the bank holiday has been passed over to the Monday so a lot of [...]
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May 17, 2010
· Filed under Arguineguin, Puerto Rico and Mogan, News
On Monday the 10th of May Francisco Gonzalez, Mayor of Mogán officially opened the new library in ArguineguÃn. The layout of the library includes a reception room and press room, reading room, warehouse, storage room, public toilets, two rooms for group work, and offices. Divided into two areas, on one side is the study room [...]
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May 6, 2010
· Filed under Arguineguin, Puerto Rico and Mogan, Gran Canaria, News
After the fun of Carnivals we are now entering into the months where the plazas and streets of nearly each small village within the district of Mogán come alive giving free rein to the fun and joy of their local fiestas. Thanks to a mixture of traditional religious beliefs and a love of celebration these [...]
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February 12, 2010
· Filed under Arguineguin, Puerto Rico and Mogan
Whilst the largest and most spectacular events take place in Las Palmas between the 29th of January and the 20th of February the small towns also like to celebrate in style. Arguineguin is celebrating Carnival on the 26th, 27th and the 28th of February, ours is a mini Carnival without the extravagance, large crowds and duration [...]
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October 27, 2009
· Filed under Gran Canaria
While most of the visitors to our island come to our beautiful golden beaches in the south of the island to enjoy the sun and the clear blue waters of the Atlantic many leave without experiencing the beauty in the heart of the island. One of the secret gems of Gran Canaria is Guayadeque located [...]
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