Photos
Photo 1 – Paul on Olhao seafront
Photo 2 – Terry with a rather large icecream outside Olhao Food Market
Photo 3 – Cape St Vincent
Photo 4 - Paul on a deserted beach, Figuera
Photo 5 - Terry on the same beach
We left Spain on 21st May, and our first port of call in Portugal was Olhao a small fishing village not too far away from Faro. Olhao had a fantastic fish, meat and vegetable market which we could easily get to on our bikes, and there was a lovely walk along the seafront watching the Sardine Fishermen and also the very pretty Little Terns. From there we went all the way along the Algarve and we are now staying in a village called Salema, which is about 20 Kms from Cape St. Vincent, the most Western point of Europe. It is beautiful and unspoilt and it resides in a Natural Park which has kept the building to a minimum. There are many beautiful little bays, that are almost empty, but the water is quite cold. The weather has been very unsettled since we have been in Portugal, and although quite hot now, it is still very windy. We are leaving Salema on Sunday to travel inland to a place called Odivetas which is on a large lake about 80 Kms South East of Lisbon for some fishing and then on to Lisbon to meet up with our family who are flying out to join us for a few days.
5 comments:
I'm reckoning there were about 10,000 weight watchers points in that ice-cream! Mr Whippy would have been proud of that creation! Pics look fab as do you both - this tripping about seems to be suiting you both. Take care - talk to you soon.
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Looks like you guys are having a really tough time of it;-)We have had a day or 2 of some sun this week ourselves..... BBC kindly told us to enjoy the moment as they expect it to be raining for the rest of June:{ The views and beaches look amazing and how relaxed are you too ;-)
Have fun.. Jules
Starting to get excited now, looks lovely....Can't wait to see you both
Jen xx
Well, looks like you'll be bronzie, bronzie for leave.
We're home, got back 21-00 10-06-08 and what an adventure. After 5 species of cetacia in Kenai Fjord, out of Seward, Alaska including the second largest creature on earth, Finwhale we headed north again, tghis time to Fairbanks. Creamer's Field, what a nature reserve over 200 Sandhill Cranes (TICK) plus Wilson's, Yellow, Yellow-rumped and most importantly Blackpoll Warblers 'in the hand' with an excellent claim of Ovenbird which no one believed it being 1000 miles out of range. Flew up to Barrow the most northerly point in the USA in the hope of Polar Bear. No such luck, nor Walrus, but met 2 guys who immediately got us onto Red-necked Stint and later found Snowy Owl (on the nest), Steller's Eider, all LIFERS along with Tundra Swans, Grey and Red-necked Phalarope (in sum plum), Arctic, Pom and Long-tailed Skuas ditto with no end of Lemmings and Eskimos. Got invited to the whale festival where they pull the 15 foot hunting boat ashore after just 3 men had been successful last autumn of getting a Bowhead. This is shared among all of the villages with enough cut up to ferment to feed everyone at the fez. Wild (White-fronted) Goose stew came first, a little greasy but loverly nonetheless. Then it was Muktak time. This raw whale meat had been fermenting for 6 months being lovingly stirred twice a day during that period. All the locals, about 200, had plastic bags at the ready to transport this delicacy home but just got stuck straight in. The 3 sequence photos Sue took tell the story from happy, happy to totally revolted but you have to try these things don't you. Did you receive the photos via e-mail? If so I'll send these and just a few others. Barrow was amassing, after Mongolia probably the most remote place I've ever been - not connected by road. On our final day we were befriended by an Alaska couple who took us to Potter's Marsh some 20 miles south of Anchorage, inaccessable to us unless we hitched a lift. Lovely little reserve Canvasback & Redhead the highlights, then they lashed us up to a traditional Alaskan meal before dropping us off.
So, it great to hear you're getting on so well, make the most of it, like ours the time soon slips by. Also enjoy your time with the tribe, they will certainly be glad to see you.
Lots of love as ever.
Bagsy & Sue xxxx
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