Pontalaia Apartamentos Turisticos Sagres

... and watches from the wings. Then sheºs in... battered and bruised as she battles those gladiator waves to enter the playground. Ok, letºs try again... getting past those rollers as they come into shore aint so easy... and they do it again... it was the washing machine effect and sheººs out for good this time. Lym grinning on the horizon for the next 15mins bobbing up and down as there are no waves out there, then he gets the Bold 2 in 1 ...

... have proved very difficult, hence we decided to move on. We continued to hug the coastline checking out the waves as we went. Nothing tempted us to jump in (the weather being poor also), however the coastline proved absolutely stunning between Odeceixe and our next destination Lagos. We were continually overwhelmed by the rugged beauty of the coastline coupled with the power of the ocean; we have some wonderful images which we will add to this blog ...

Another typical Porto Covo morning: bright, blue and upon inspection, very large swell; too large for us. Decision time - do we stay or move on? It was easy and unanimous, time to break camp and hit the road once again heading south. We looked at a couple of likely surf / camp destinations, until opting for Odeceixe, a town which straddles both the Alentejo and the Algarve ...

... there, he was hilarious and exactly like a euro version of an American beach bum.
We also went to check out the lagoon, I got out for a couple tacks, the wind was super light and I crashed my kite and it deflated... fun. I had to walk my kite back through shallow water ...

The west and south coast of Portugal is pretty much a long stretch of beaches surrounded and separated by huge red cliffs and you can get from one beach to another by crawling through caves in the cliffs (I also think that's where the bums sleep at night...) We did some surfing at a small secluded beach that I had been to 4 years ago with my family. We’re ...

... osas: Cabo de São Vicente's. See moodustab osa E9 European Coastal Path'ist (või Sentier Européen du Littoral), mis hõlmab 5000 km jalgsimatka Euroopa rannikutel. Kusjuures selle idapoolseim ots on Narva-Jõesuu.

Juba ajalooliselt on usutud selle koha maagilisusesse, näiteks roomlaste arvates oli sealne päikeseloojang palju suurem ja võimsam kui mujal: p ...

... a sea of red lights all jockeying for the 12 lanes to pay the toll. Then those 12 lanes went down to 3 lanes to actually cross the bridge, which is about 8 miles long. My 'clutch foot' was starting to cramp up by the time all of this took place. We waited about 15 minutes to get through the toll and then had about another 5 minutes or so to get into the three lanes. Stop and go the entire distance - add about another 15 minutes ...

... Done. I get out off paying the 5E baggage charge and instead spend 5E on a bed for the eve. Sweet. I go in and see that of the 6 beds there are aonly 3 of us. Not bad. One of the women however has overtaken 2 beds and the bathroom. Even the women that is showing me the room is overwhelmed. Wow! Okay. I drop my stuff off, hand wash some clothes to place on the roof top terrace for drying and end up talking with this chick who is actually from ...

... these small towns a lot better. Annie (my friend) had to leave us so we took off, my dad, his girlfriend, and myself, to Sagres which is the end of the world. Not really, BUT, before the rest of the would was discovered, this point of land was considered to be the end of the world by Portugese sailors. Additionally, there is another point 3 kilometers north that is the Southwestern-most point of Europe. The area here is barren and rocky and high up on a ...

When we woke up the next morning, the campground looked like Jonestown. So without much ado, we got up and high tailed it out of there and made a beeline for Sagres. Sagres is the end of the line. It is the southwest tip of Europe, a little finger that juts into the Atlantic pointing toward Brazil. When we got there, we quickly discovered what may be one of the prettiest beaches I've ever seen. It was a long hike don to this beach that was sandwiched between three shear red rock ...