An incredible day of exploring on the Spanish island of Formentera in the Mediterranean Sea.
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I wrote a little more about my paella experience over on Instagram:
In a previous video I mentioned that I wasn't a big fan of paella, one of the main dishes of Spain. But I had to give it another try here on Formentera island. Honest review: I stand by my opinionated opinion that I don't care for it, especially the seafood version. It included two full crabs, sitting there staring at me as if they might still be alive. I wasn't sure what to do with them, so I cracked away at one with a knife and fork until the top of the crab popped off. There wasn't much inside. I put my fork inside, got a chunk of something, put it in my mouth and quickly spit it out. One of the most disgusting things I've ever tasted. I'm not even sure what it was, crab brains I guess? The rest of the dish was more tolerable, but not particularly tasty, brown rice mixed with assorted seafood chunks. Maybe there's a paella out there that I would actually like, but I haven't found it yet. By comparison, the pork and potato dish I showed at the end of my previous video was delicious.
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Thanks Gabe. Kinda off the beaten path type of travel. Love it. Stay safe bro.
Pardon my ignorance, but what is that body of water?😊 Ocean or sea? The water is pretty shades of blue. I am so impressed by how clean it is all around.❤
What if you got to the cave and it housed a dragon or sea creatures 😮 Be careful please.
You never lose your “awe” because that was awesome hike to the cave.😊
Earth is 6B years old. That's a lot of time for civilizations to come and go. PS, you won't find it in your history books.
Spanish is the name of the language outside of Spain but inside of Spain it is called Castilian or Castellano. The language emerged from Latin in the Castile area of Spain. So the signs are in Catalan and Castellano.
Balearic Islands is also its’ own autonomous region, it is not part of the Catalonia region. Though Catalan is an official language in the islands, there is a Balearic dialect too which has some differences from Catalan. But most everyone speaks Castellano, as everyone is not local, but they are from other parts of Spain.
I'm always interested in where water supplies come from on the islands. Are there underground supplies or do they rely on rainfall and storage of same?
Maybe the overhang/cave may have been a pirates den for storage of contraband?
It was Aliens that carved out those rocks, don’t ya know? 😂
Catalan: pilar = pillar and la mola is the mill .. nice lighthouse and an interesting history of the lamps and lenses 🙂
paella in Madrid is good … that island stuff looks shabby
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Hi Gab, I would highly recommend a visit to Sicily😌
Ibiza = "eee-beetha"
Wow wow wow that cave is amazing love it, a true explorer you are
Fantastic island, love the videos and look forward to seeing more! We like paella but only with beef, lamb meats….definitely not the seafood dish (agree with you on that one) 🤮
Gabe is turning into Robert Schock!
Thanks Gabe, 🫶
Relieved you did that safely ! And thanks for sharing. Amazing
Are you filming with DJI now? Seems like it is not a go pro coz if you turn the camera around there's too much noise on the video quality.
Did you happen to catch the Grateful Dead in Europe in 1990??? I remember you mentioned that you were traveling in Europe in 1990….
100 euros per night seems ok, but still a bit much.. 😢
Good stuff Gabe
Nice countryside, but what's with the sky?
Gabriel, you certainly are a brave and adventuresome traveller!
At the beginning that is a rock quarry from which stone was cut for construction of stone structures
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Back in August1963 we landed on Es Pujols beach on a day trip from Ibeetha (please) . The beach and sea was stunningly beautiful and basically empty ,there were a handful of people plus those that came off our boat. We brought packed lunches from our hotel as they warned us very little food or accommodation was on hand.
The local population was tiny and most left when the tourists left ; the first cement truck had apparently arrived in 1958 …..looks like it’s moved on . Glad the beaches and crystal seas have survived.
This paella doesn‘t look good at all. And they ripped you off, if they charged for the bread which usually is free. Alioli is not at all suitable for paella. You really should give it a third try on the main land. 🙋🏻♀️👍🏼