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Okay so let's talk about the absolutely worst thing in Mallorca at the moment
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Let's talk about the mosquitoes. Now whether you have come on the holiday
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yourself to the island or you've just been looking at the Facebook groups or
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my YouTube channel comments you're going to see that a lot of people have been
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affected by mosquitoes in Mallorca. Now I have to say they have been particularly
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bad this autumn. Going on through the summer I had this this smugness that
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those mosquitoes were not coming anywhere near me but as we went through the autumn the mosquito
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problem here has just got worse and worse. Now I was down in Callis St Vincent just yesterday
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Now Callis St Vincent is just one of the most beautiful areas of the island but I'm finding
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that these mosquitoes and I found the same as well on the south coast down in Callipay that anywhere
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that has these cliff edges or anywhere a little bit sheltered you're going to have a mosquito
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problem. Now yesterday I got almost chased out of Cala Clara by swarms of
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mosquitoes and the little bites are just starting to appear today and at last
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count I have 32 of them all over my arms and legs and it literally driving me crazy So I have to say if you are coming out to Mallorca this winter for a winter break if you coming over here for cycling or a hiking break then make sure that
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you are prepared and you bring some really strong mosquito repellents and you bring something to
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treat them to. Now I had a comment on my channel just last night from a cyclist who had been over
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here on a cycling holiday. He had so many mosquito bites he ended up on antibiotics. So
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it really is a huge problem here and you just have to look around the Facebook groups to see
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that we're not the only afflicted people by the mosquito problem they are all around and it's just
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really annoying and I have to say that in the northeast corner of Mallorca the mosquitoes are
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just a little bit worse than maybe you'll find down in the southwest so if you're coming over
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for a winter break or indeed you're booking for next summer then go and check out my Amazon shop
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because I have a shopping list in there purely dedicated to insect repellents and afterbites
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and products as well which will help keep these mosquitoes away if you're coming over here on holiday
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because I do not want anything to ruin your holiday to Mallorca
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Now my other top tips are that if you are coming over for a winter break
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to wear maybe a long sleeve t maybe wear some long sleeve trousers as well some thin trousers We still have temperature highs here of 25 degrees but I thinking this may be cooling down a little bit as we going into November
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So of course, you're going to want to be dressing a little bit more warmly. And also this will help too with keeping the mosquitoes away
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Now, also be very wary over sunrise and over sunset as well
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when it gets to these dusky conditions, because that's when they really do come out in force
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Although I have to say, when I was bitten yesterday, it all happened at around lunchtime as well
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in these kind of sunny conditions down by the beach, but I was in the shade
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Now, anywhere as well, in addition to these like cliffy areas, anywhere where you're going to get lots of shade, in areas where the ground is going to be quite moist
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And you can see up in Callis St. Vincent that they do have quite grassy areas up there
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So it is a very, very damp area. These mosquitoes are going to breed
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So my advice is if you're over here, if you're over camping, if you're over hiking, avoid it, dress for the mosquitoes, take all your insect repellents, take the afterbite too
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Because even one of them even got me on my watch strap too, right on the bit of skin right by my watch strap
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There literally no escape and they will find any uncovered area to bite So just bear that in mind And even actually I going to show you my right arm here I got like eight bites on the upper part of my right arm and it literally driving me crazy
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this is just a small warning for you let me know in comments below if you have been affected by
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mosquitoes this summer or this autumn and whereabouts you stayed on the island because I really hope
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that this isn't something that's just going to continue as we go through to next year and I just
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hope you know by the end of the winter they're just gonna buzz off okay everyone thank you very
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much for watching I've got tons of content coming out on my channel as we go through the winter so
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don't forget to subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already you can find me on the
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Facebook group and on my Instagram also called Mallorca Under the Sun and stay tuned as well
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because I'm going to be having a very end of season guide to Porta Boyensa coming up very soon
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on my channel. I also have tons more information on my website on mallorcaunderthesun.com so please
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feel free to go and check that out too and I'm now heading off to the chemist to go and find myself
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some antihistamines because I think I'm going to be in for a really bad night with all these bites
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it's just absolutely horrendous so thanks very much for watching and I look forward to seeing
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you on the next video goodbye for now
