Moving to Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | I wish I knew this…
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2024
- What’s it like living in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands as a foreigner? In this video I am sharing a few things I wish I knew before moving to this wild paradise island!
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I moved to Fuerteventura as a digital nomad in November 2022. Initially, I just wanted to escape the harsh and depressing winter of Prague. But then I fell in love with the island and wanted to experience it all year round. It’s been 1.5 years since I moved to the Canary Islands and I’ve learnt a few things the hard way. If you are planning to make the move - I hope you will enjoy this video!
1. Calima
Calima is a dust storm from the Sahara desert. It is a very unpleasant and frequent thing in Fuerteventura. It affects the air quality, visibility, people’s health, and beauty of this island. Because of Calima I spend a lot of time inside hiding from it. That’s why I recommend you to rent a really beautiful place on the island, which you will enjoy even when there is Calima.
2. Coffee
There is no specialty coffee culture in Fuerteventura. People prefer bitter and burnt coffee flavour. Or maybe they just don’t know or don’t care about the taste of coffee. As a specialty coffee enthusiast (and a person who’s worked with specialty coffee) I lack beautiful coffee shops, where I can work remotely and a variety of high-quality specialty arabica coffee drinks. I hope that one day the culture will emerge here, like in Bali.
3. Wild & Unexplored
Fuerteventura is a very wild and unexplored island. There are plenty of places that I can enjoy alone. Beaches, hikes, nature walks. I feel so free here and I believe there is enough space for all of us (I mean our amazing community of creative people from this channel) to experience and enjoy it.
4. Tourist experience is mediocre
Tourist agencies are advertising “package holidays” in Fuerteventura as if it is the Caribbean. Which leads to high expectations and bad experiences. Fuerteventura is the perfect place for wild nature lovers, for explorers, and travellers. It’s perfect for people who don’t want to hang out in all-inclusive hotels, lay in sun loungers, and eat, shop, repeat. If more people like that will come to Fuerteventura, we can collectively step-by-step change the tourism on this island and make sure that wild places stay wild.
5. Gatekeepers
There are a lot of people who don’t want me to share any of the amazing wild and remote beaches with you. They are always pissed about something and they leave very mean comments under my videos. But I don’t care. You deserve to have a beautiful wild island paradise experience! You deserve to have the best adventures of your life here! And I am going to do what I can to help you make it happen!!!
6. Living costs
Living costs in Fuerteventura are less than living costs in Prague. I had a wrong idea that island life costs more. But actually, it is more budget-friendly than you might think!
Did you learn anything surprising in this video? Let me know in the comments!
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - How I moved to Fuerteventura?
02:20 - Calima
03:26 - Fuerteventura is wild & unexplored
04:35 - The problem with coffee
05:17 - Tourism in Fuerteventura is bad
07:05 - Experience the wild paradise in Fuerteventura
08:29 - How much it costs to live in the Canary Islands
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Great thank you. Yes would love a break down of costs 😊
I want to wisit this place for sure on day! These natural pools - crazy! To swim there would be dream come true!
I am glad to hear that you are feeling inspired to visit this island! 😻Yes, the natural pool experience is unreal!!! I wish for you to experience this too!
Omg!! I am from Prague and thinking about moving here, kinda cool coincidence
Oh wow! Yeah, that's cool Michaela! ☺️ The winter here is definitely nicer than in Prague 😃
Yes a cost of living breakdown video! Please?!?! I’m here right now in correlejo, and would love some food tips!
Ahahah the beginning!!😂😢
Just flying there tomorrow (from Prague 😊), will be in Morro Jable. Is there this calima still right now?
no, no Calima right now :)
I’d love to kniw the monthly cost if living in Fuerteventura. That would be wonderful
I love Tenerife. Just move a way from calima
Good for you! Which area of Tenerife do you like to live in?
That’s cool what you’re saying about attracting people of a certain vibe/mindset. I may be moving over there shortly….
Hey Colin! Glad to hear that you are going to move here shortly. Thank you for watching the video!
I’m on holiday here too. Strangely I feel an almost immediate connection to the island. I’m coming back later in the year, with some proper gear to explore the island. Will be buying your guide.
Is there an art science in Correlajo or elsewhere. Printing facilities etc?
@@jordieag so cool that you feel connected to the island 🏝️ I haven’t seen any painting workshop or anything like that. I can only recommend ceramics workshops. But something might pop up when you will arrive here! I would search for events in Facebook, probably groups probably!
Coffee in that part of the world, unless gotten from a specialty third wave shop, is rubbish stuff. Every holiday to Italy / Greece / Spain….I basically go two weeks cold turkey. Italy is the funniest as they’re so precious about their espresso and it’s all overly roasted and flavourless
Finally!!! A person that understands me!! 🙌🏽😁 I was thinking why people from these counties are so attached to their coffee flavor. And maybe that’s because they put a lot of will and effort into developing the “adult” taste pallet. Like I bet that the first time someone drinks bitter espresso - they hate it. But they keep seeing other adults around them loving it, they see it in movies, and how much it praised. So they teach themselves to love it that way. What do you think?
I think it’s just ingrained in the culture now and that’s what they see espresso as. I own a third wave coffee shop in Dublin and whenever the rugby is on the Italians are not shy in telling me our espresso is bland and underwhelming. I’ve gone past having a dialogue with them about the merits of sourcing and using single origin coffee and roasting it lighter than they’re used to. Now I just thank them for their business and suggest some more traditional coffee shops around the city. There’s room for everyone and different tastes but I do find it annoying when you’re in coastal towns around the med and there is zero options other than burnt to a crisp lavezza or the like