Do you not get bored living on what is essentially a tiny island for tourists? I'd go stir crazy after a week. I believe there's a ferry to Morocco which lets face it, looks a more attractive place to live. The nearest bit of mainland is Western Sahara which is a bit of war zone so probably best avoided.
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I'm biting my tongue, or I'll get barred.Pirahna wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 10:46 pmDo you not get bored living on what is essentially a tiny island for tourists? I'd go stir crazy after a week. I believe there's a ferry to Morocco which lets face it, looks a more attractive place to live. The nearest bit of mainland is Western Sahara which is a bit of war zone so probably best avoided.
It's fucking amazing. We love it. If you don't, just fuck off with your cold, wet UK
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Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.
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You're safe bud, you can let go of that anger, no one will force you to retire to a tropical island if you don't want to.Pirahna wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 1:49 am
Bite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.
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LEts be honest, how often in a given month do you go socially outside of something the size of the island he's on ? I know for us, it's not very often. Lets say 90mins driving, how often do you go further than 90 mins ? We're mostly home-birds i think in this country and don't stray often from our nest. The only real times we do is for MTB stuff, this weekend i'm going to the Peaks which is 3 hours away, but that's a trip that's been planned for months, not just a spur of the moment thing.Pirahna wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 1:49 amBite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.
I'm very much 50-50 on his lifestyle in the context of me wanting to take it up... Part of me would love to be on holiday every day from now to eternity.. but part of me could see me getting bored too... How bored, i don't know... It's not like i got rock climbing every week or building dens in the forest... I think in many ways the benefits outweigh the downsides and the boredom factor would be outweighed by having all day sun, bars nearby and somewhere to ride if an when i wanted.
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Dunno, but on the sand thing i can't work out where it's come from then. If it's a volcanic island then surely sand comes from the break up of the land/rocks on the outside edges... so would in theory be black sand instead of golden. The times we've visited his rock it was more rock than sand and whilst over by the lighthouse there's some light coloured sandy stuff, it's certainly in the minority from what we saw.
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I don't think you would, you'd find something, you might take up ocean sports, or something else available.
People who move and then moan they're bored are lacking in imagination.
I have a different set of sports/hobbies here and it's not better or worse, just different, life is way too short to sit around moaning about boredom.
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It's had a while to settle, having been imported before you arrived
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I thought there was something about it being imported in the museum place we went to, but i couldn't recall.slowsider wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 7:46 amIt's had a while to settle, having been imported before you arrived
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Ferry to Fuertaventura 30 minutes.Pirahna wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 1:49 amBite your tongue all you like, it strikes me as very sad. Look at my cheap beer etc but wherever you go it's all the same. Today I rode up a volcano, it's a volcanic island and if you want to go up then that's all you have. It's a small island, if you want to leave it's either a plane to somewhere or a boat to an African war zone. GSXR.
Then ferry to Gran Canaria 2 hours.
Then ferry to Tenerife 90 minutes.
And the others...
I haven't a clue who you are, but you have an axe to grind.
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We have huge sand quarries on the island. We see the huge machines when we're out playing.weeksy wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 7:48 amI thought there was something about it being imported in the museum place we went to, but i couldn't recall.slowsider wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 7:46 amIt's had a while to settle, having been imported before you arrived
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Miles and miles of desert and huge sand dunes for us to play in
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I took this last week, a mile from Playa Blancaweeksy wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 6:54 amDunno, but on the sand thing i can't work out where it's come from then. If it's a volcanic island then surely sand comes from the break up of the land/rocks on the outside edges... so would in theory be black sand instead of golden. The times we've visited his rock it was more rock than sand and whilst over by the lighthouse there's some light coloured sandy stuff, it's certainly in the minority from what we saw.
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i guess the black coming through is the natural stuff and the golden stuff is the man-made from 4-5 decades ago... i wonder if over time they sort of mix to make a semi-natural inbred version.
When did people first come to the Island out of interest ? Well, to settle properly anyway, not just as first explored.
When did people first come to the Island out of interest ? Well, to settle properly anyway, not just as first explored.
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Dug out my summer jacket, a bit too warm wearing the A* Andes the last week or so....
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