Residencial Mira Rio
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From Bagkok to London to Porto
The day after... Get everything out of the car, get it ready to go directly to Rio for the South America Challenge starting on Feb 14th. In between we arranged for it to be serviced in Thailand... Then pack our bags and prepare to board a midnight flight to Heathrow... Great memories of the last three weeks, of old and new frienda and of a very enjoyable event... See you in Rio next ...
Porto Dec 06, 2012
Missed breakfast which is unusual for me. Walked down the main shopping drag. We were looking for lunch when a disheveled old man staggered and collapsed in front of us. I was first to him but a more useful lady who could speak Portuguese was next. He rolled over and had a bleeding gash in his forehead. An ambulance was called and the lady calmed him and pressed the wound . I helped him into a chair but that's all. The way he fell is what worried me the ...
Porto Dec 05, 2012
... I got tongue, tripe, fat, skin, bone and sausage in a bean and tomato sauce. I got through most of it, it didn't taste bad per say but it was hard to eat. Bit of a walk, bit of a siesta and then we geared up for the pub crawl. It was probably the highest level of involvement I've seen a hostel get. We had dinner and drinks there and then went out together. It was a good night, drinks were unbelievably cheap. ...
Viana do Castelo
Stayed the night in Viano De Castelo south of Valenca. The town has many cobbled streets which was hard going in the van with the ****** suspension. Most of the cupboard doors stayed closed.Drove up the hill above Viano to a large gothic church that looked down on the town below. What a view from the top though. You can see down the coast to Porto. The place reminded me of a similar church in Turin located up on the hill above the city. Both had a funicular running to the top.
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Interesting architecture and port in Porto
... which really adds to the prettiness of the city. I've posted a lot of pictures which is probably the best way to show Porto.
We spent the day exploring the city. Our big touristy thing to do was a river cruise. I figured you get the best views of the city from the center of it! The tour was pretty, but they didn't give much information in English. I think the only sites they pointed out were the bridges that cross ...