Parque da Floresta Golf & Leisure Resort Sagres

... last day in Luz proves to be flat in terms of surf and we decide just to float til sunset, when weºll head to the Bull for the magnificent view there at that time of day, followed by a yummy dinner in Luz (Lymºs night off from slaving at the stove). Our last night in Portugal, so time for a typical dish portugesio stylee....

»»»apologies for lack of pics, we hope to upload either in Granada or La Manga.....«««««

... since we left the UK). We learn that there is a campsite in the town centre. Initially we viewed this with some trepidation and indeed it was less than rural surrounded by apartment blocks, however, cheap (euro 10 a night) clean and run by a very friendly Dutch lady; ideal for a couple of nights of cosmopolitan living (Lym gets to put his jeans on for the first time since leaving the uk).

so Saturday night on the town... for starters we had a ...

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 ...

The kiting in Alvor is supposedly one of the best spots in Portugal, because of a huge shallow lagoon, however the wind was in the opposite direction so we ended up kiting on the sea side in the waves. Exhausting, but very fun to launch off the waves. We met a wicked ...

... not "surfers" but we we’re much less scared of getting tossed by the big waves this time. We also came to the conclusion that it maybe wasn’t us that, but that it’s the size of the board that was hindering our performance....

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Sagres, kus elab vaid 1940 inimest, tekitab tõelise maailmalõpu tunde oma kaljuseinade ning tühja kindlusega. Ajalooliselt pole seal midagi erilist näha, pigem on piirkond tuntud oma kaunite randade poolest.

Sagres on linn, kuhu prints Henry the Navigator ehitas uue, kindlustatud, linna ning pool-kloostri tüüpi laevasõidukooli, mis oli spetsialiseerunud ...

... Cork tree region it was too dark, so I apologize that I am not able to show you any photos of the Cork trees up close. They really are interesting to see too. We made it back to the toll road and then we felt we were home free. The 'speed limit' is 120 km. I believe that just to be a suggestion as I was driving about 150 the entire time (90 mph) and I was being passed like I was driving 50 mph. A beautiful road that comes with a ...

... noone has heard of Vila Real de Santo Antonio and 2 I like Lagos. I was going to go to Santo Antonio tonight and than tomorrow morning go to Seville just to break the trip up. On the bad side of all this, the bus I have to catch is at 7:30 in the morn. I find the hostelling international hostel (Rua Lanarote de Freitas 50) by where I am staying and they are charging 25E. Damn!! On the way to the hostel, I had asked this woman for directions. Well ...

Hello again! I´m back in Spain now where the people tend to be a bit rude (more on that later) but the country is pretty and our hotel is SUPER nice. After Sintra we drove into a small town outside of Lisbon and took the train into town. Lisbon is HUGE, hilly, and crowded....not my cup of tea. We shopped for a bit on our way to try and find an old castle and when we finally figured out how to get there, we had to walk up a million steps. Well, not quite, but ...

... west is a place called Sagres, situated right on the south-west tip of Portugal. It's actually the most south-westerly point in Portugal - in continental Europe for that matter - and as we were only twenty or thirty minutes away (and time was moving fast), I wanted to get over there and see the sunset. I haven't seen the sun dip beneath the horizon since I was on the west coast of New Zealand ...