What about the summer?
Hi there!
This is Jara, from the Canary Islands!
So, yes I am in paradise, I am in these amazing tropical islands where I was born. I am in a place where the sun shines for 365 days per year... Meh... Someone give me my money back!
I have been here since the lockdown started and we have had maybe 5 sunny days. So, that means that we have had more than 60 cloudy days. How that can be? Where's our loved star?
Here the explanation: I live in the north of Tenerife, one of the greenest and most humid island. We have rain here almost every week, which is amazing. Thanks to the rain my valley (La Orotava) is crazy beautiful and stunning. However, during the last years, due to climate change and global warming, it rains less and less, the mountains are less and less green, the flowers and nature less and less gorgeous. For years we have been selling the Canary Islands as a sun paradise, the place to be inf you want to burn your skin and drink as much beer as you can for cheap. Nature has been destroyed by the craziness of a tourist industry which has one only thought in mind: make money, all the money, regardless of the environmental and social impact.
But there is hope, and voices are being listened, people are developing another kind of tourism, and respectful and no-mass tourism is increasingly popular. Tourists and native people from the island are looking forward to preserving nature and wildlife. The firsts come here to enjoy the calm and the pure air, not to party anymore, and the local people are fed up with noise and nonrespectful visitors.
So, what about the summer? The summer this year is going to be amazing, wet, and green. Love this daily rain and low temperatures, the birds are happy, the plants are happy, the earth is happy. I am happy!
Have a nice Friday everybody!
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What about the summer?
Hi there!
This is Jara, from the Canary Islands!
So, yes I am in pParadise, I am living in these amazing tropical islands where I was born. I am in a place where the sun shines for 365 days per year... Meh... Someone give me my money back!
I have been here since the lockdown started and we have had maybe 5 sunny days. So, that means that we have had more than 60 cloudy days. How that can be? Where's our beloved star (sun?)?
Here is the explanation: I live in the north of Tenerife, one of the greenest and most humid of the islands. We have rain here almost every week, which is amazing. Thanks to the rain my valley (La Orotava) is crazy beautiful and stunning. However, during the last few years, due to climate change and global warming, it rains less and less, the mountains are less and less green, and the flowers and nature are less and less gorgeous. For years we have been selling the Canary Islands as a sun paradise, the place to be inf you want to burn your skin and drink as much cheap beer as you can for cheap. Nature has been destroyed by the craziness of a tourist industry which has one only thought in mind: make money, all the lots of money, regardless of the environmental and social impact.
But there is hope, and voices are being listened to. , pPeople are developing another kind of tourism, and respectful and no-mass (CONSIDER SAYING: low intensity) tourism is increasingly popular. Tourists and native people from the island are looking forward to preserving both nature and wildlife. The firsts come here to enjoy the calm and the pure air, not to party anymore, and the local people are fed up with noise and nondisrespectful visitors.
So, what about the summer? The summer this year is going to be amazing, wet, and green. Love this daily rain and low temperatures, the birds are happy, the plants are happy, the earth is happy. I am happy!
Have a nice Friday everybody!
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What about the summer?
Hi there!
This is Jara, from the Canary Islands!
So, yes I am in paradise, I live in these amazing tropical islands where I was born. I am in a place where the sun shines for 365 days per year... Meh... Someone give me my money back!
I have been here since the lockdown started and we have had maybe five (write out the full word for numbers under ten) sunny days. So, that means that we have had more than 60 cloudy days. How that can be? Where's our beloved sun?
Here's the explanation: I live in the north of Tenerife, one of the greenest and most humid islands in the Canaries. We have rain here almost every week, which is amazing. Thanks to the rain, my valley (La Orotava) is crazy beautiful and stunning. However, during the last few years, due to climate change and global warming, it rains less and less, the mountains are less and less green, the flowers and nature less and less gorgeous. For years we have been selling the Canary Islands as a sun paradise, the place to be if you want to burn your skin and drink as much cheap beer as you can. Nature has been destroyed by the craziness of a tourist industry which has one only thought in mind: make money, all the money, regardless of the environmental and social impact.
But there is hope, and voices are being listened to, people are developing another kind of tourism, and respectful and no-mass tourism is becoming increasingly popular. Tourists and native people from the island are looking forward to preserving nature and wildlife. The firsts (tourists?) come here to enjoy the calm and the pure air, not to party anymore, and the local people are fed up with noise and disrespectful visitors.
So, what about the summer? The summer this year is going to be amazing, wet, and green. I love the daily rain and low temperatures (are you referring to daily rain in the summer or at the moment?), the birds are happy, the plants are happy and the earth is happy. I am happy!
Have a nice Friday everybody!
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