Tenerife The Queen of the Canaries

Santiago Mayanz has no time to contemplate the beauty of the sandy beach behind him: the chief of the animal rescuers of La Tahonilla wants to catch the green Anolis, a small lizard. This lizard species doesn t belong in this region and is indigenous to Cuba. Someone dumped ten to twelve animals on Tenerife and no one can foresee the consequences this could have for the local flora and fauna. Juana Cabreira lives with her family at the foot of the Teide, in the fertile Orotava Valley. Every day, she hopes that the sun will break through the clouds, because then, her goats deliver double as much milk as normal. Every weekend, she can be found at the markets in the coastal towns, where she sells milk and cheese and other produce. Almost tons of bananas are produced on the island every year. For his banana wine, Carlos Guevara is on the lookout for especially mature perennials. There were man before him with the same idea, but Carlos is the first to come up with a very drinkable wine.