Aljezur, Portugal

... to search for bigger more exciting waves...he is diligently studying swell charts beside me and plotting our course to a new beach!...Portugal is wonderful so far....much cleaner and quieter than Spain...the water is pretty cold..i can´t stay in for more ...

From the 10th of august on  I cycled from the north of Portugal to the north-west of Spain. The first two days were really hard... I travelled these days with my bike in a bag, a loose wheel and three bags from Amsterdam to Aljezur. Before that I ...

On Monday a couple more people turn up at laurie's place - one of them is Masa, who we met at the mad english family's place in Spain. He took our recommendation to come stay with the surfing wwoofing host and is very happy to catch up with us again. ...

After a brief respite, we continue down the coast towards the Algarve, stopping at the village of Aljezur. This little town is reminiscent of the "white towns" of Andalucia. Of Moorish origin, even the name is Arabic, it is dominated by a ruined castle, ...