Bolivia’s abandoned children

October 26, 2007 By Leave a Comment

The BBC Radio 4 programme “From Our Own Correspondent” features reports from BBC reporters around the World. Last week, Bolivia was featured. The article shows the other side to the immigration problems that are often discussed in Europe.

It talks about the children, left behind in Bolivia bei their parents while they go to work in Europe. The children stay with relatives, and talk to their parents on the telephone using the public phone-booths, common to Bolivian towns. The parents send home money for them, but this often gets intercepted by other adults.

The full story and can be read and heard on the BBC News website.

Filed Under: Bolivia, General

Puerto del Carmen – a look around the harbour

October 26, 2007 By 2 Comments

This video from YouTube shows the harbour in Puerto del Carmen. To the left, the boats that take tourists and divers out in the daytime moor for the night. On the right-hand side are the restaurants with there tables overlooking the water.

At about this point there are lots of little fish in the water, waiting for visitors to through them scraps of bread to eat. They often fight over the bread and can cause quite a splash. Every now and again a stingray comes into the harbour to feast on the fish.

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Filed Under: Lanzarote, Puerto del Carmen, Videos Tagged With: , , ,

La Casada Puerto

October 25, 2007 By 1 Comment

La Casada Puerto is a restaurant in the old town part of Puerto del Carmen. It is located in the Calle Roque Nublo and specialises in meat and fresh fish specialities. Next door to the restuarant they even have their own Bodega. They are open daily from 1pm until midnight.

And it must be good – because when we wanted to eat there, there were no free tables! We would have to wait a little bit, so we made the mistake of walking up the street a little bit. When we returned there was a queue to get into the restaurant, with about 10-15 people waiting for tables!

So I can only assume, that they are so good, that people are prepared to wait a considerable amount of time to get a table.

In case you want to book in advance, here is the telephone number: 928 512953.

Filed Under: Eating Out, Lanzarote, Puerto del Carmen Tagged With: ,

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