Aldeamento Turistico Pedras Da Rainha Tavira

... security passes that had to be scanned on exit and entry. If you had not used a card to get out you couldn't use it to get in and going out or in the car required that you hand over all three cards to one of the gate attendants so that they could scan the cards for you.

We walked into the town through a nature reserve that was adorned, in what we now recognized as normal Portuguese style, with plastic bottles ...

Op de rechteroever slaat de torenklok een keer vaker dan op de linkeroever: in Spanje is het een uur later.
Drie stukjes film: weer dolfijnen, de eerste die we in de Algarve tegen kwamen, blijft voor ons erg leuk, ik hoop voor jullie ook. Dit keer een wat grotere varieteit. Het tweede stukje film is uit de zoutwinning bij het plaatsje Tavira waar kluten, reigers en lepelaars fourageren. Het derde stukje film zijn wat beelden in en rond de Guadiana, de grensrivier.

... to the station. I sit on the bench and pick away at the ruby red fruit. Pomegranate is similar to sunflower seeds, in that psychologically you are eating, but physically you are consuming so very little.

I arrived in Faro early in the day, located the nearest internet cafe and sent out a flurry of requests to both Couch Surfing and WWOOFing hosts. I wander the streets, hoping to accidentally find the youth ...

... shuttle bus to catch to Gatwick North terminal as the bus number and stop number printed on the ticket was completely different again to reality. Luckily, there were Network Express (bus company) on hand to save the day, but even then they didn't seem to know what was occuring and seemed to make things up as they went along anyway. We made the BA flight from Gatwick with plenty of time to spare so that's the main thing.

Another thing, I will also never again ...

... Faro. "More expensive because they make you sick" isn't the slogan that Portuguese Rail use to advertise the appropriately named Alfa Pendular trains but it could be. These trains, provide a motion-sickness effect quite unlike any other train I've ever travelled on. Virg only just about lasted without keeling over. At Faro we opted for a connection to Tavira, where rumour had it it was quieter than much of the Algarve.

Seemingly always ...

Bussed to Faro, a small seaside town with not a hell of a lot really!!

Our room had no window, but faked the appearance by having a curtain anyway... nothing like a little bit of closet sleeping!!

Went for a swim at the beach/lagoon with our 1.60 euro bottle of red ...

1540.a alates omandas Faro linnaõiguse. Selle kuldne aeg möödus 1596.a hispaanlaste võimu all olles, mil Earl of Essexi väed (olles teel Hispaaniast Inglismaale) rüüstasid ja põletasid linna ning vedasid kaasa hindamatuid teoloogilisi teoseid piiskopi paleest. Need teosed asuvad nüüd Oxfordi Bodleian raamatukogus. Rüüstatud Faro ehitati taas üles ning oli juba jõudnud kujuneda üsna edukaks, kui teda tabas 1722.a maavärin, mille järel saabus ka ...

Esialgu olime broneerinud 3 ööd looduslikult kaunis kohas, Quarteira lähedal, kuid viimasel minutil helistati meile, et hotell on ülebroneeritud ja meile pandi juba kinni samas hinnaklassis teine hotell. Quarteira sai linnaõiguse alles 13. mail 1999 ning seda oli ka näha, sest linn oli üsna v ...

... Sagreses) kui Lagoses kaubavahetustegevuses. 1434.a lahkus kohalik poiss Gil Eanes esimesele reisile Lääne-Aafrikasse Bojadori neeme juurde. Seejärel järgnesid ka teised, kes hakkasid tagasi tooma koos infoga ka elevandiluid, kulda ja orjasid. Väidetavalt toimus 1444.a just Lagoses esimene orjakaubanduslik tehing, kus müüdi Aafrika inimesi orjadeks eurooplastele. Peale seda kujunes Lagos orjavahetuse keskuseks.
Tavira, Algarve, Portugal pille

We ended up in Tavira on the southern shores of Portugal. We then walked about 4kms to the ferry point where we caught a boat across the 500 meters to Ilha Da Tavira. This island was an absolute dream of a place. There was a campsite in the middle of this sandy island and on the south side an awesome beach stretching for ...