We Got Stuck On This Beautiful Island: MADEIRA! | Ep 4
Let me show you a little map and give a recap. So this is Madeira Island, which is a part of Portugal. But it is quite far from the Portugal mainland. We rented a crazy car when we reached here. And so far, we have visited the south-east, centre and north-west regions of the island.
In today's episode, we will cover the north side, south-west side and north-east side of this island. And we will try to cover all the roads of this island. Because we enjoy doing this. And then we will catch a flight to the Portugal mainland.
But the most difficult part of all this was to catch a flight. Because Madera's airport landing is the most dangerous landing in the world. You arrive here as per your wish But you depart..... Let's see.. This was our airbnb. Here is a small and lovely toilet. And a small and lovely kitchen, which we did not use at all.
And we did not use the TV either. I used this sofa a lot. I used lie down here And for two nights for Rs. 12,000, I think it's a good deal. This is the bed and there is a balcony as well.
We had dried our clothes on the balcony. But unfortunately, it rained. All the clothes got wet. So we have to bring wet clothes to the next airbnb. And that is the sea.
And we were eating here. A very nice breakfast place. The boot is not closing? This is a big problem. If you want to keep a suitcase, you have to open the whole roof I think, this is the biggest problem of an convertible car. Oh shit! If it was raining, we wouldn't have been able to open it.
But it's okay. Let's go. Oh, the roof is coming... Hello, good morning. Bom dia, buenas dias.
And we are in Porto, Moniz. Anuja and I are driving. And the weather has become very bad today.
It was raining a lot since morning. We had washed our clothes. Today, in this video, we will go from the westmost point to the eastmost point. Not eastmost, but there is a city there. I think, it's our last night in Madeira.
And we have a flight for tomorrow night. So we have the whole day tomorrow. So today, the weather is such that it can rain anytime.
So I think, we won't be able to do much. We will just visit Mirador on the way. We will see the beautiful view point. And then we will stay there at night. It's a city called Machico And in the morning, we will do a trek.
If it doesn't rain, we will be able to trek. So let's see what all we can do. But first of all, we need gasolina. We have to fill petrol.
A small, cute petrol pump. We have to open it, right? How does it open? That's the problem with these cars. You've to fill petrol by yourself Anuja ji, you are filling petrol for the first time.
Welcome to the first world. How much is the petrol? Petrol is very expensive. It's 140 rupees. 1.54 Euros. Petrol is very expensive. How much did it fill? It filled 37 litres.
It's 5200 rupees. 57.77 Euros. We haven't done the cost factor yet. But I think, we will have to fill it once more.
And it will be in the petrol of 7-8000 rupees. So it's good. In 40,000 rupees, it's for a week. Although we did not drive for 2 days 5200 Rs petrol How was your first experience? Smelly. I can smell petrol on my hands now. It's such a crazy weather.
We can go today. Let's go to Misty Forest. Let's go back.
You've been wanting to go back to a lot of places So let's go to one place. Misty Forest must be very misty now. Anuja ji missed the turn. We are not going to Misty Forest. I told you to put it in maps We are going to Sexy Beach. It's a strange beach.
What a beautiful village It's a sexy village. We are in the village. It's raining heavily.
In this cold weather, on a rainy day, we are going to Sandy Beach. random blabbering It's a very apocalyptic beach. It looks like the beach of Okhla Phase 2. Anuja ji has not come out of the car.
Anuja ji. It's raining heavily. I can't see anything. It's a very apocalyptic weather. But even without the sun, the water is so blue.
What a massive cliff. It's a crazy massive cliff. The waterfall is so high. Look at the world above the waterfall.
Look at this. It's so dangerous. It's so beautiful. All the mountains are like this.
All the mountains on the island are like this. It's a beautiful landscape. Geography gone wild.
There are not a lot of beaches here, but wherever there are But because the waves are so dangerous, they have made a pier in front of the beach so that the waves can crash here and the water can flow there. We have seen 3 places. I don't think there are a lot of beaches here. But it's good.
Only the kid is bathing there. Everyone else is feeling cold. Good life.
Life is enjoy. Anuja ji. What a cliff. We are going on this cliff.
It looks weird from there. It looks epic from the drone but we won't be able to fly it because the weather is not good. But our friend Yatharth had a great drone shot here.
If he gives the footage, we will show it here. Crazy stairs. Anuja ji is going. What is this tunnel? What a crazy cliff.
Anuja ji. Be careful. Don't fall. It's good. Very nice cliff. The weather is clear now.
We can fly the drone but we are lazy. Let's go to Misty Forest. It's raining a lot on the other side. Let's take a detour till the weather clears up. The weather was clearing up and we thought we won't get any mist and that's it. As soon as we came up,
I don't know about the mist but it's raining now How much distance is left? 3.5 km. People who went for treks must be wet If there was a rain cover, we would have gone. I don't want to get wet. I will get sick. You will get sick.
We don't have a cap. What is this? You wanted a cap. Obviously. We don't have a cap.
What's the whole point of winter jacket? Winter jacket is not for the head. Who saves the head? You can wear a cap on the head. We have come to Misty Forest where it's raining more than mist. And we will get wet shoes.
And look at this. She has brought so much stuff that she didn't bring a jacket. Rain resistant. It's a 100 m walk. We got wet in that. What do you think? Is it dreamy or not? My white shoes are dirty now! The trees are so nice! But it's raining more.
People from far are looking good. She is looking so good in a hat. Anuja ji Become a tree.
Become a tree. It's quite crazy. But we got wet.
It's quite cinematic. It's very cinematic. What is this? Crazy tree.
It looks like a tree from Macbeth So today we got to know that Misty Forest is really misty. It's quite misty. It would have been better if it was Bengali mishti(sweet).
We are all wet. Our shoes are dirty. And I don't know. What to do next?
Look at the tree. What a crazy tree. Going inside the tree. Earlier she was a tree. Now she is going inside the tree.
I think we have to go inside the tree to avoid the rain. The weather is very strange. Sometimes it's clear, sometimes it's misty. Sometimes it's raining. Very different.
Strange. Now it's sunny. Suddenly the sky is clear. We came from there. Where it was all wet. It's not even 15 minutes.
Now the sky is clear. Now we have to go that side. That side is crazy. It's looking beautiful. It's so blue.
Because we are coming from the north side. We know that the weather is bad there. But the weather is good on the south side. So we thought why not enjoy the coastal roads on the seaside. Because we have read in our childhood that the sun sets in the west...
Look at that. Clouds are coming towards the north. So we thought let's watch the sunset. Because we can easily reach from one corner of the island to the other. Oh, the dog is here.
Show our viewers the view. The tunnel is here. The tunnel is here. It's really beautiful.
The weather is like that of Goa. Wow. Finally, after so many days. The color of the sea is blue. It was not visible for so many days.
It was hazy. After the rain, the haze has cleared. After that, the sky is clear. I think Madeira is going to show us an epic sunset today The rainbow is also visible in front.
Small villages have come. On the seaside. There are small villages like Goa. It's a crazy tunnel. It's a video game.
Need for speed. I am not sure if it leads to anywhere But people are going somewhere. I want to see.
It's a crazy scene of tunnels. The world is above the mountains. The road is going from there. The tunnel is coming from inside the mountain. From one mountain to the other.
The tunnel is coming from so many places. There is a beach here. There are small villages.
It's amazing. It's a beautiful view. It's a beautiful scene. Driving a car. The sun is shining from there. Under the clouds. It's going to be a beautiful sunset.
I can feel it. This is another cliff. This is our car. We are going up. Beautiful roads.
Beautiful views. Life is enjoy. Wow. How was I missing all of this? Be careful. It's a dangerous road. It's the best road so far.
The sun is about to set. We are going right on time. We are not going to the popular sunset point. It's crowded there. We are going to the next cliff.
I think so. I don't know. But let's see. It's a view point. But there is construction going on It's so windy here. Look at the gap between the cars.
There is a huge gap. But as soon as I opened the door, the wind was so strong that it hit the door of the other car & there is a small scratch There were 2-3 people standing there. I asked them if it was a rented car. I thought at least I should inform them We will see what to do next.
But without further ado. Look at the view. I think it's a good decision to come here for the sunset.
The weather was very bad in North I can recognize the weather from the clouds. Although, I always act like a fool. We have one more day. One more night. And full day tomorrow. We will explore the north coast. With this road, I think we will be completing all the roads possible on Madeira Island.
Which was the point. Which is always the point. We couldn't do any treks We came to this island for the trek. that is what I remember of the plan But it's okay. We also brought extra shoes for the first time. which we'll have to eventually wear because these shoes got so dirty...
in Fanal forest. We have seen a lot of weather today. But I think we will enjoy the sunset here. After that, we will reach Machico Which is the name of the city. Tomorrow morning, I will show you on the map. Sun rises on the west.
No, north east. Sun rises in the east. That's what I remember.
West Bengal is in the east. Sun rises in the east. Yes. The north east part of the island looks like a snake's tail. Does snake have a tail? No. It's a lizard's tail.
There is a system to walk 5-6 km. I think it will be worth it only if we wake up early. Which we can. After that, we will go to Portugal. Mainland Portugal This is also Portugal btw This is closer to Africa. Not my first Europe entry.
I expected. But here we are. Did you have fun in Madeira Island? Yes. Did you have fun with me? Yes.
Now will I get permission for the next trip? As if you need permission. Let's show the sunset now. See you tomorrow morning. Chill, relax, chill vibes. Chill wife! Life is enjoy, wife is enjoy.
Now I see the sun. How would you rate the sunset? 9.5. 9.5.
Oh my God. It could've been 10/10 Because it was our last night in Madeira Island we came to the east side of the island after seeing the sunset. We also took an Airbnb near the airport so that we can easily go to the airport the next day. but because of rains, we missed the sunrise! But still, wearing the Never Give Up T-shirt, we left for another popular trek on this island We are wearing shoes of Quechua.
We are going for a 3 km one way 6 km hike. Will we survive? We will find out in some time. We have given up after 250 meters. We want to get out of this washing machine.
This trek is 6 km long. But we decided to give up on this trek after 250 meters. The main reason was the wind. The wind was so strong that it was difficult to walk there. Anuja Ji. Don't fly away.
I am barely able to walk. After that, we saw some beautiful roads of the north coast. Then we left for the airport to say goodbye to Madeira. But when we reached the airport, we came to know that all the flights to Madeira Island were cancelled because the wind speeds were higher than 100 km/hr and even the most trained pilots find it difficult to land here It was good that we gave up on this trek. Otherwise, we would have taken off in these winds, that too without a airplane.
Anyway, that day we understood why the landing of Cristiano Ronaldo Airport in Madeira is one of the most dangerous landings in the world. The airport here, the landing strip here, is one of the most difficult landings in the world. We didn't know that. Even if we knew, we're not pilots that have to fly the plane When we reached here, we saw that the airport landing strip Normally the airport landing is in a valley or a flat surface.
but on this island there is not even a 200m stretch of flat land they've built flyovers above the sea on which the plane lands which is quite crazy! We even witnessed a couple of landings The scene at Ronaldo airport was a litte messy but the airlines compensated for our stay & meals Even the car rental extended our rental until next afternoon Now the problem was that next day also most flights were cancelled, and for next 26 hours we were not sure that if we'd be able to leave or not. Even the 2:45 pm flight got canceled Wind cancels 17 flights & forces 6 to divert from Madeira island Although couple of flights have managed to land in last 30 mins This was 4 hours ago So, people are arriving, but no one is departing Even the Lisbon flight was sent back Eventually, the local authorities gave the permission and the we flew to Portugal's most beautiful city, Porto. Next one week we chilled in Porto & Lisbon but didn't make any videos You can see some short videos from here in Shorts section I hope you liked this mini road-trip series from Madeira Island Normally I don't say it, but these days not getting enough comments and your opinion definitely matters and motivates me to not procrastinate There would be 4-5 more videos in this series where we will do another roadtrip through Portugal's Algarve region And then we'll take you to Spain's Andalucia region And then you'll see Turkey series and then comes the blockbuster series - Antarctica! So, see you soon with lots of new videos
2025-03-03 10:15
