The website lanzaroteguidebook.com is offering a new guide to Lanzarote free online as a PDF download.
The book deals with things to do in the winter months and as well as introducing the main towns on the island, it contains maps as well as ideas for things to do and places to eat – included important information such as prices, telephone numbers and opening times.
The 96 page guide can be downloaded here.
The first story of the year that caught my eye is somewhat unusual.
A lady from Berlin is raising money to send a dustcart to Samaipata (original story here).
The story got me thinking – rubbish being collected by a lorry rather than a dustcart I could imagine, but did I see this happening during my visit anywhere? Was rubbish such a problem?
So I went back through all my photographs – and it took me a while to find any pictures with rubbish on them. On almost all of them there was none to be seen, not in Sucre, Potosi, La Paz, Cochabamba or Villa Tunari.
On closer inspection I did find two examples – the (closed) railway station in Sucre, and the hill up to the shines in Copacabana.
Above: the station in Sucre
Below: the hill climbing up to the shrines in Copacabana
(July 2000)
Even in the poorest areas such as El Alto I cannot find any.
That said, there was often a problem with sewage. I remember the filthy colour of the river flowing through La Paz, or the blocked toilets in Cochabamba.
Perhaps after the dustcart, someone should start collecting for a sewage treatment programme?
The first success story of the year!
Last year I noticed that the air-conditioning was turning itself on every time I started the engine. I thought this must increase the amount of fuel that I use unnecessarily.
Well, after I went to the bio-ethanol petrol station today I asked the person who sold me the car – and they had the answer!
The air-conditioning only turns itself on if the air-ducts are set to blow only on the windscreen. This is apparently to help clear the windscreen quicken in winter.
So now I’ve change the setting and I hope to notice a difference in the bio-ethanol usage.
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