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- As WiFi Tribe, we chose the Canaries.
First of all, one of the obvious choices was the weather.
At this time of the year, there's no other place in Europe
where you can go where you can get this kind of weather.
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- At my core, I'm a sun chaser.
I love the sun, so I always pick locations to go to
where it's got nice weather, the beach is great.
I picked this place, it was seemed like the warmest place
to be at this moment.
- I always loved to travel, and I now I have a remote job
for a year and a couple of months.
So it was kind of the perfect moment
to combine those two things
in one chapter here in Gran Canaria.
- We have got two properties here in Gran Canaria,
and we've got the Roof, which is all around us.
It's one floor, and there's 12 people living together here.
And then we've also got the Mansion,
which is a whole house across three stories.
There's 21 of us all together.
The main reason I chose the Canary Islands
for this one was the weather, the sunshine,
a lot warmer and drier than Manchester right now,
and I'd heard that it was a really good place
for digital nomads to base themselves from.
- I chose Canary Islands as my destination.
One thing is because of the weather.
It's beautiful.
Also, because it reminds me a lot of Latin America.
Yeah, I've always wanted to come to Europe,
and this is actually one of the first places I've been.
- I wanted to come to Gran Canaria
because I wanted to practice my Spanish
and because I've heard a lot about the food, the culture.
It's very outdoorsy,
but there stuff you can go and see here.
So it kind of had everything.
- Done two chapters where the WiFi Tribe before,
and then I saw this was being advertised,
and I've always had an interest to come
to the Canary Islands, and it just seems like it was perfect
for the timing and the weather.
I have to say it made a big impact on me coming.
- I got involved with the Tribe because,
I mean I like traveling, but sometimes it's hard
to connect with people,
especially when you're moving around fairly often,
visiting different places.
And with the Tribe, you arrive somewhere
and it's almost instantaneous.
You have people who have the same values as you
who you can connect with, who can do stuff with.
So it's more of a community
than when you're just traveling on your own.
- If you ask most digital nomads,
one of the things is like loneliness.
You can travel all over the world,
but you're not often with a group.
So what you have to do is really put yourself out there
to meet people, which is great.
You meet all sorts of people,
and I definitely make that effort.
The benefit of this is you have an instant community
from day one.
You don't really have to do that work.
You have a community right away, which is great.
And they're like-minded individuals.
They're working on their own businesses,
which has always interested me.
I share my business best practices and so do they.
It's a really cool synergy and a really cool community.
- Yeah, the location here has been great for wifi.
It seems to be really quick.
In the Canary Islands,
I've found it's accessible everywhere.
You always seem to have pretty good internet.
- I work for a fintech company in London,
so they can kind of do most things online.
I have quite a few meetings during the day,
but the wifi here is so good, that you can have video calls
all day and you're gonna be fine.
I can do all my calls.
I have enough space that if I need to go and sit
and actually look at some code and concentrate,
I can go and do that and not get distracted
by everyone else.
And I have a very understanding manager
who's totally fine with me being here, which is lovely.
- In terms of work-life balance,
we choose destinations, obviously not just based
on how nicely you can work from there
because frankly we could be in many cities
around the world where you can just work from, right?
But it's about okay, can you work comfortably,
but then what else can you do?
What else can you experience and explore while you're there?
So obviously the Canary Islands are fantastic for that.
It's not just the lifestyle that you get
on a day-to-day basis.
These outdoor restaurants, especially now during COVID,
that's really a great opportunity to have.
Just being so close to the beach,
if you wanna play volleyball in the afternoons
or just suntan for awhile,
that kind of instant lifestyle,
lifestyle improvement, I guess,
access to that kinda lifestyle is fantastic.
- Been absolutely wonderful.
It's being greater
than what we had actually originally imagined.
In the few weeks that we have been here,
we've made this place our home, which is a big thing
if you're a digital nomad,
so finding a place where you're completely comfortable
where you have amazing weather.
We've had a chance to visit everything from the sand dunes
in Maspalomas to the beaches in Puerto de Mogan
to the absolutely fantastic mountains in Tejeda, in Arucas
to coffee tasting in La Laja.
I mean there's a little bit of everything for everyone,
and I think that makes this place very unique.
- The way that we kind of do things
is we hold each other accountable to have a little bit
of work/life balance.
All of us work very hard doing various different things,
and so when it is time to relax or do something fun,
we plan it all together.
So our weekends are gold to us.
- I found it very easy to work with the Tribe
because everyone here is someone who does work.
You don't have people who are just partying the entire time.
So it's a good group of people who sort of motivate you
to continue working.
- This specific experience, if you're an extrovert
or if you're a little bit of an introvert wanting
to move more down in the line of an extrovert, for sure.
I mean you can have your alone time anytime you want,
so there's a good balance there,
but it is a lot of voluntary group activity.
The group decides hey, you guys wanna do this,
and sometimes we'll split up.
Sometimes we'll do something with the entire group.
So I would recommend this for people who like people,
get energy from people
or who wanna kind of move that direction.
- I think I would recommend it to anybody who wants
to travel and work, for sure.
If you haven't traveled before,
you also have those people there with you who will help you.
You always have someone who'll give you a hug,
someone who will talk with you,
and if you wanna get work done,
it actually is very productive
because you always have good internet
and you always have people who are working, as well.
So it kind of motivates you more to be working.
- I think if you're open-minded
and you like experiencing new things
but you kind of also like to have a bit of a routine,
that's probably the best.
So you're kind of 50/50 on adventure
and then and routine and work life, so like equal balance,
because, for me, I didn't wanna just go and travel
'cause I thought I would just get bored
of running around enjoying myself.
That sounds really weird, but enjoying myself all the time.
I think I need the like the work bit
to appreciate it a bit more.
- I would definitely recommend Las Palmas, Gran Canaria,
especially at this time of year.
The weather is amazing.
The beaches are wonderful,
really really good place for digital nomads
to live and work.
I'd definitely come back.
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