Pousada Da Horta-Sta Cruz

... 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 ...

... we can, particularly of Praia de Bordeira. About 50km south of Odeceixe and we arrive in Lagos, one of the major Algarve tourist destinations. We arre initially overwhelmed by the size of the place (we really have been living in areas with low populationo density) and by the number of Brits abroad, but soon gain our bearings, checking out the surf (looks good!) and decide its time for us to have a night on the town, including a meal out (our ...

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 ...

... hostel in town, and B) located next door to the other hostel. The choice was obvious, and I quickly ditched the kiwis to join Kirsten next door.

By another random coincidence, I ran into an older American traveler who was staying at the hostel in Faro with us, and who I had talked to earlier that morning. Over breakfast I had made an effort to score a free ride with him to Lagos, but had been unsuccessful. He was just ...

In Albufeira, we went to a Portugese bullfight, not the real deal as in they don't kill the bull, rather they stab them in the back with a bunch of arrows. I thought it was mean, especially the first bull because it was pretty much still a baby and looked scared instead of angry. Jon ...

... 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 ...

... all volcanic so there´s a crater on every island to see! it´s super cool and the islands are surprisingly verdant. back to the roads... as we slowly climb to the top of a viewpoint, we pull over and that´s when the smell hits us. we have been driving for about 20 minutes uphill with the handbrake on. we have not bought the insurance because we have faith in god that we will not need it. actually we are too cheap to buy it because it´s super ...

... m deep how hard can it be to find. All the signs and there aren't many, are in Portuguese and the map we had was more of the mud variety so it was up and down every road and goat track on the island looking for this volcanic crater. It may have taken us all day for us to find it but it was fun seeing some really picturesque parts with cute cottages, cows and goats. Coupled with sunshine one minute and ...

We left St Maarten with a few new crew for the Atlantic crossing. The first time I went across the Atlantic was in a 39' boat with saltwater showers & a pedantic captain . This time around was a very different story. Our first stop was Horta, Faial in the Azores Islands. This tiny group of islands are the classic stopover point for sailors traveling from the Caribbean to Europe. I was ...