Playa Marina Spa Hotel Isla Canela

... 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 ...

... s centre streets are cobbled, narrow and one-way. We´ve spent Sunday afternoon & evening and Monday just walking around the town, exploring and soaking up the atmosphere. Lots of coffees, pastries and beer. Food and drink is really cheap (expresso $1.10, beers are about $2.20 for a stubby).

We´ve been practising our very limited Portugese - I think we can say about 3 expressions so far! Locals seem to find our efforts amusing! :-)

Adeus

... to see so many people taking advantage of the cycleway to get in their early morning walk, run or cycle. On glancing back towards the docks on the east bank I was surprised to see shipbuilding going on. Much of the original docks were built by English engineers for the loading of copper ore carried down from high up in the Sierras. Once on the west bank I picked my way through heavier traffic than I had anticipated (which remained the case for most of ...

After a very good night´s sleep and breakfast of toastie, doughnuts, fresh orange juice and coffee served by a young lady with bad attitude, I pushed off west to Huelva. I have not seen the sea since passing through Dieppe way back on the 20th April, so I was looking forward to the day. But in the event it proved to be a horrible ride. The road surface was poor and the traffic very heavy, especially early on. There was no ...

ARRIVED from Huelva ariived here kinda late (no train to lisbon until morning) so, sleep outside the train station with the gypsy family right next to it and get a train in the morning, or spend most of my dwindling funds on a night bus to Lisbon? i had ...

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Tavira, Algarve, Portugal pille

... t even seem to notice he was firmly attached to her back - she just continued to wander round the field munching on grass and acorns! We're not too sure he really knew what he was doing. so back to the last village where we stave off frustration with some lunch. There is a road from this village signposted in the direction we want to go. It's not on our map. Here we make a wise decision and ignore the map! The road is almost completely empty, with not even ...