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@@upekhanppd who is George Ondaaji?

I would like to get a gimbal but they seem to be expensive.

I've just bought a camera at a sensible price that has image stabilization, plus some other features that will hopefully improve the quality of future videos.

Thanks and appreciated. I`m already subbed to your channel 🙂

It`s an average 4* hotel buffet with a reasonable amount of choice. There are a couple of chargeable a la carte restaurants IIRC but we didn`t try them.

Yes, we really enjoyed it at the Apsara and hope to return.

We liked it so much that we hope to return sometime.

Yes, we flew to Tenerife South and got a taxi from there that we pre-booked with solhop.com. It cost 106 euro return last December, so may be a bit more now. We prefer taxi transfers as it`s quicker than the coach, but does add a bit to the holiday cost! Hope you have a good time there, it`s a great hotel and location.

Thanks so much!

I filmed this around 7pm IIRC, so many people were getting ready for the evening meal.

It's a decent 5* hotel, but can be quite noisy with music around the pools. The rooms and food are good, and there's sunbeds on the beach which this video doesn't show IIRC.

Sorry, only just seen this comment. The hotel was okay, but quite noisy during the day especially at the top pool. Food is pretty good on the whole and there's a nice beach in front of the hotel, but we weren't tempted to return to Cape Verde though.

Thanks for that perspective. We stuck to the main tourist area in Santa Maria so didn`t see the less salubrious areas, and as this was our first (and probably last time) on the island don`t know what it was like before.

Have the Chinese taken over?

Thanks! Unfortunately my camera doesn't have an external mic jack and I can't justify buying a new camera yet. Glad you like the content, I do these videos partly as a personal record, but mainly to help other people who may be interested in a particular hotel and destination. I've put music over some recent videos because of the wind noise and strange clicking noise it creates on playback.

I`ve finally bought a new camera! It has image stabilisation, 4K resolution and external mic support, so hopefully my future holiday videos will be better quality 🙂

Sorry, I don't know that language.

for your info buddy its here Cape Verdean island of Sal

Yep, don't know why I said 205!

Hope you enjoy it. We're planning to go back there in a couple of years.

It's the island of La Palma, nowhere near Mexico.

Yes, it's fantastic and a little otherworldy.

Can't remember if I'd had a drink, or it may just have been a brain fart 😀

Agreed, I went last year brilliant hotel and location

I’ve just booked, is the food ok? And what about that gentle slope up to the tavernas? Is it gentle or will I have a coronary?

Yes, in the Los Gigantes area.

are the pools heated?

@@BunchoHuncho not as far as I'm aware, but you could check the TUI or official hotel page to be sure. The pool I went in was cool in December, and okay once you got used to it and started swimming.

Yeah, we really enjoyed it there and would consider going back in the future. I'll check out your channel. It's possible we were there at the same time as we stayed from the 5th to 19th.

@@TravelAnorak wow, you were there at the same time as us! We were on the 9th floor top corner. Wednesday 7th blimey it rained!

In Omis. We went on it as part of an organised trip.

I believe some rooms at the hotel have been refurbished, maybe some of the swim-up rooms.

If you look on my channel there's a room tour as well and it shows the room number.

@@TravelAnorak OK thanks 👍🏼

I think there are parts of the beach that are swimmable behind some of the other sea defences, and there's a seawater pool.

@@TravelAnorak Thanks! for your video! This was a deciding factor for me. I know the resort is amazing but the beach part was important to me. I've updated my reservation to El Dorado Maroma! Thank you, Thank you :)

@@babyblue7798 glad I could help. That's partly the reason I do these videos of places we go on holiday.

Yes, the room is pretty typical of an AI hotel in the Caribbean and in need of a refurb.

I think it was about 7pm as I was waiting for the pool and beach areas to be quieter. Hope you have a good time, we really enjoyed our holiday there.

@@TravelAnorak Looks really quiet for the evening... I guess people are getting ready for dinner? How did you find the food & drink? From all the reviews and videos I've seen, it looks amazing. Also would you say it's a quiet hotel? We wanted something fairly low-key, especially at night, as I have trouble relaxing.

@@davethebulb food and drink were good on the whole. There's plenty of choice in the buffet restaurant and the house wine is drinkable but par for the course in an AI hotel. The only bum drink I had was the margarita as they used a sweet & sour syrup rather than lime. Overall it's fairly quiet, with some music at the pool, especially during the water aerobics. They sometimes have entertainment in the outside area of the bar in the evening but it's easy to avoid that. Btw, I'd recommend water shoes if you want to go in the sea.

@@TravelAnorak Was just having a conversation with the Mrs about the wine. Not expecting anything amazing. As long as they have something dry similar to Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay We'll be happy. Certainly not paying £100 for a bottle of Moet! yea, got our sea shoes! I heard the sea is pretty cold?

@@davethebulb the sea was cold at the start of our holiday in the last week of May but got a bit better by the end of two weeks. It's one of those situations where once you get used to it and start swimming it's fine. Regarding the wine, they also have a sparkling one available on the AI.

Possibly since it's a big resort if you go all the way down to the Generations section, but you need to watch out for buggies on this resort unless you go running early.

Yes, the weather was very good for most of the two weeks we were there in March. Hope you have a good time.

Yeah, the view to the ocean is fantastic. It would be great to see sunrise from the ruins with nobody else around!

I can't remember for certain but think it was around 4 to 5ft deep. The two main pools are very long, great for swimming long lengths in!

Yes, you have to cross the street to the beach but the road isn't busy. The beach isn't private as far as I know, and the hotel has it's own sunbeds. I don't think it's likely you'll have clothes stolen, but like anywhere there's no guarantee. We felt safe in the hotel and Mamari which is a small laid back resort.

@@TravelAnorak thank you very much .

Glad you found it useful. I believe the hotel may have been refurbished since our visit.

@@TravelAnorak Yes, we expect so too, but were looking for the size, the balcony etc. 👍

Yes, it's pretty good for a standard room. Hope you enjoy it you go to this hotel, we really liked it.

I hope you get to return one day. We really enjoyed our stay at this hotel.