Hotel Barcelo Isla Canela

Op de rechteroever slaat de torenklok een keer vaker dan op de linkeroever: in Spanje is het een uur later. <br>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.

... 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.<br><br>Seemingly always ...

Our time in Tavira has gone quickly. We´ve enjoyed soaking in the local flavour whilst sitting at our favourite pastelaria (pastry shop but really a cafe) in the Praça Dr. Padinha. We've had fish a few times - Chris has been more adventurous than Tony in this department! On Wednesday we caught the ferry for the short journey to the beach on the Ilha de Tavira. Our first swim in ...

Caught the train from Faro to Tavira (about 30 minutes trip) and walked up hill and down dale to finally get to our accommodation. Very hot today and quite humid. The accommodation is quirky (as is the owner), right next to the railway bridge over the river. Trains seem to go past every hour or so but thankfully not all night! <br><br>The town is beautiful, lots of buildings seem to date back 100 - 200 years, some are a lot older. Like Faro, most of the ...

... Very authentic Spain.  One of the Irish pubs had a 9am - 5pm happy hour.  Which is a nice way of saying "we hike up our prices at night".    After running out of Albufeira, we headed over to a church I wanted to see in Almancil, Igreja de S. Lourenço.  Unfortunately we had to drive through quite a couple of small cities with traffic problems.  I got mad at Kevin on the way because he purposefully and flagrantly ignored a no left turn sign ...

... ride) and pedaled through the town of Aljaraque. Soon the land began to undulate as I rode into the pine forest beyond the town. I just LOVE the smell of pine forest in the morning! Then all too soon pine forest gave way to orchards of oranges and lemons. I was now moving inland, but 10 km farther on the road swung back towards the coast and the towns of Cartaya and Lepe, between which I had to deal with a worryingly narrow bridge across the Rio Piedras ...

... heat before finding a petrol station with a stock of juice, water and snacks. I pressed on but it was a real slog. Psychologically I was not enjoying myself and I think it had a lot to do with the fact that today was the penultimate day of the trip. It was not THE day, but the day BEFORE the day; it felt like I was finishing second in a two-horse race. However, there was no question but that I would keep going and ...

... hours to kill for the bus, walked around the market, watched a scrimmage soccer game, walking past a bar i came across a birthday party where i was literally pulled in... friendly people, free food, a warm place to wait for the bus... DEPARTED to Lisbon

... br>Samuti oli just Lagos see koht, kust 1578.a läks Dom Sebastião koos Portugali, Hispaania, Hollandi ja Saksa "õnneotsijatega" (ingl k buccaneer) Põhja-Aafrikat kristianiseerima. Milline kül oleks Aafrika täna ilma selle sündmuseta..?<br><br>Praeguseks oli jõgi suhteliselt kokku kuivanud, linn väsinud. Tegime seal väiksed tiirud vanalinnas, jõime (laste)kärarikkas kohvikus cappuccinot ja soetasime paar köögirätikut.

... een klap weg en komt hij uit het zuidwesten. Maar met motorzeilen houden we de snelheid er in. Maar als de wind nog meer naar het westen krimpt en de wind toeneemt tot bij 6 beaufort hebben we het zwaar. We maken nog naar 2.5 knopen door de straffe tegenwind en de steeds maar hoger wordende golven. Ook lijkt de stroom tegen te zitten. Eerst halen we al het zeil weg, maar als de gang in het schip niet toemeent, besluiten we slagen te maken. Grootzeil weer ...