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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7 авг 2024
