Hotel Oasis Isla Cristina

... at 25kph behind a tractor. Behind the living wagon and tractor they had another small trailer for their motorbike and side car. Thats Style!

At Barra we had watched the Portuguese close down and move out for the winter, here we watched North Europeans arrive and get bedded down for the winter. This was just as complicated a task involving setting up kitchen tents, erecting wind shields, washing lines and ...

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 arrive in hot places at midday carrying rucksacks and looking lost, we arrived in Tavira at around 1230 the mercury hitting 35 degrees, laden down and looking lost. Our hotel, booked online, for its proximity to the town centre could be seen high on a hill overlooking the town, perched in such a way as to be visible but seemingly disconnected from the narrow twisty streets. After a few wrong turns and a scare from a little but vicious dog, we ...

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!

The town is beautiful, lots of buildings seem to date back 100 - 200 years, some are a lot older. Like Faro, most of the ...

... on Twitter, thank you. For many the burning question that so far remains unanswered is: Why did I do it? To borrow some words from President J F Kennedy: "But why, some say, go to the moon? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? We choose to go to the moon ... and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard ..." Simple as that. DISTANCE FOR THE DAY: 54 km TOTAL: 2277 km Now then, what can I do next ... ??????? :-)

... 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

... piirkonnas asuvad ühed kaunimad rannad, mis on suured turistimagnetid.

Foiniiklased ja kreeklased seadsid Lagose jõesuudmes üles poe, mille Afonso III vallutas mauride käest tagasi 1241.a ning portugallased said jätkata siit Põhja-Aafrika moslemite ahistamist. Siit algas Avastuste Ajastu, mida juhtis 21aastane prints Henry the Navigator, kes purjetas esmalt Marokosse. Hiljem tegutses ta nii oma laevas ...

... posh English welcome, which is to say that it's not really much of a welcome at all but we are offered tea, coffee and cake which is gratefully accepted. They have friends visiting who are all much friendlier, and we discover that this couple are originally from Bristol, and lived just down Cromwell Rd from Marcus's flat - in fact remember the building as it was so new when they lived there. We do get some books, and find out that there is a very nice ...