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Seaside presenting:<br />
Staff with special hobbies<br />
Beach Cleanup<br />
Seaside Los Jameos Playa carries out beach cleanup operation<br />
Protecting the environment is<br />
taken very seriously at Seaside Los<br />
Jameos Playa, which is demonstrated<br />
not just by the award<br />
the hotel has received as a ”TUI<br />
environment champion” but also<br />
by the range of activities undertaken<br />
for this purpose.<br />
In cooperation with the Bahianus<br />
Club Lanzarote diving school and the<br />
Puerto del Carmen town council the<br />
Lanzarote hotel launched a beach<br />
cleanup on 28th of June 2010 for the<br />
purpose of conserving the healthy<br />
ecosystem of Lanzarote as a biosphere<br />
reserve.<br />
Because the Lanzarote beaches are in<br />
a spotless condition the dedicated<br />
staff of Seaside Los Jameos Playa and<br />
the diving school had to take to the<br />
water. In the course of their cleanup<br />
operations the ambitious environmental<br />
conservationists ventured to<br />
a depth of thirty metres, with outstanding<br />
results – in addition to a<br />
whole skip full of plastic bags,<br />
bottles and sunglasses they even<br />
fished up sun beds and a council<br />
road barrier from the depths.<br />
The cleanup operations were organised<br />
by staff from Seaside Los Jameos<br />
Playa together with Gertraude<br />
Gföller, tourism representative of<br />
Puerto del Carmen. The equipment<br />
was provided by the Bahianus Club<br />
Lanzarote diving school and of<br />
course the school also ensured that<br />
the underwater operations went off<br />
safely.<br />
As a ”thank you” for their efforts on<br />
behalf of the environment all the<br />
willing helpers were invited to a<br />
festive gala dinner at Seaside Los<br />
Jameos Playa. And because the operation<br />
was such a successful one the<br />
beach cleanup campaign was repeated<br />
in May 2011. To be continued…<br />
Lucas González Cabrera, sous chef – with the Seaside<br />
Palm Beach for 35 years.<br />
Six years ago Lucas discovered his real passion: making<br />
wine. With the help of an EU subsidy which his home<br />
village of Ingenio had received he revived this old Canary<br />
Islands tradition.<br />
A wine growers co-operative was founded, training took<br />
place and today around 400 litres of wine are produced<br />
for private consumption. Because the local climate is<br />
ideal for them the main varieties of grape produced in<br />
Ingenio are Burgundy, Negramoll and Listán Negro.<br />
Lucas discovered this hobby as a result of his profession<br />
and his second great passion – cooking. He is convinced<br />
that wine cultivation in the Canary Islands will become<br />
increasingly significant. The islands already have a reputation<br />
as a wine production area and their best vintages are<br />
available in wine bars and restaurants both domestically<br />
and internationally.<br />
Lucas devotes his free time to his own grapevines, which<br />
require constant care even though the production area<br />
is relatively small. The wine harvest is the highlight of<br />
the year for him. Neighbours, friends and family all join<br />
in and help. The atmosphere is relaxed and cheerful and<br />
at the end of the day Lucas supervises the barbecue<br />
with meat and fish served with the local ”wrinkled”<br />
potatoes.<br />
This hobby enables Lucas to spend his leisure time in the<br />
open air and to enjoy the beneficial Canarian climate as<br />
he harvests his grapes, the product of his labours. The<br />
thing he treasures most of all is close contact with his<br />
family and he really enjoys family get-togethers with<br />
good wine and tasty food.<br />
Martín Serván Gil, porter – with the Seaside Palm<br />
Beach for 17 years.<br />
Martín, the porter at the hotel entrance who always has<br />
a smile on his face, has been a passionate surfer since he<br />
was 16.<br />
He discovered his fascination for this sport on the<br />
beaches of Confital and Las Canteras in the north of<br />
Gran Canaria. Although as a wave enthusiast he feels at<br />
home on many different beaches, today he prefers the<br />
region to the right of Faro de Maspalomas, in the south<br />
of Gran Canaria. Martín recommends the beach of<br />
Maspalomas to surfers because in the winter months it<br />
has the best waves.<br />
He can still remember the times when his father, who<br />
was also a porter at the Seaside Palm Beach, took him<br />
and his friends by car to the beach where they could<br />
spend the whole weekend devoting themselves to their<br />
hobby.<br />
Martín has taken part in a number of competitions and is<br />
happy that his children also share his hobby, because it<br />
enables them to spend many happy hours together on<br />
the beach and in the water.<br />
Surfing has become an addiction for Martín, because<br />
what he enjoys most is closeness to the sea and to<br />
nature. He is especially delighted when he meets surfing<br />
friends from his youth, with whom he can ride the<br />
waves together. His dream for the future is to be able to<br />
continue surfing for as long as possible.<br />
Lucas González Cabrera, sous chef and wine producer in his free time<br />
(top left) · Martín Serván Gil on duty as porter and on his surfboard<br />
(top right)<br />
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