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2019

Elvas - Aqueduct with Buzz parked
Elvas – Aqueducts and marble
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Driving into Elvas a UNESCO World Heritage site our next and much anticipated destination, you just can’t help but see and be impressed by the fabulous Aqueduct which looms ahead…

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Evora Monte - Marcella on the castle wall feature
Evora, Evoramonte and Estremoz
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We could easily have spent another day or two in Lisbon but with 2 days of grey, possibly wet and miserable weather forecast we decided to move on. We’d never…

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Lively in Lisbon
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From our dam side parking slot at Barrgem do Pego do Altar we decided for the next part of our Laika motorhome tour to push on north to Lisbon even…

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Cupid and the Coast of Alentejo
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Reluctantly leaving the Algarve behind, the next region, Alentejo, beckoned.  Having seen some stunning coastal scenery already we thought we were leaving it all behind but then we arrived at…

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Wild & Windy Atlantic in the Algarve
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After Cabo De Sao Vicente we turned our eyes north and the wilder less developed Costa Vicentina or the western Atlantic coast.  This is virtually all natural park (parque natural…

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Natural rock formations off the coast at Lagos
Motorhoming To The Edge of Europe
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Continuing our motorhome journey along the Algarve we arrived at Alvor. A huge motorhome park awaited us yet again with dozens of vans all lined up filling a vast area,…

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Caneiros Beach
Motorhoming Along the Algarve
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As I write this, we’re parked by a scenic estuary, on the banks of the river Arade, with an old castle on the hill. We’re in the sleepy fishing village…

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Algarve, Portugal - Churros at Olhao market
Two feet in the Algarve
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Portugal and the Algarve suddenly loomed large in Buzz’s windscreen.   A country we had both been looking forward to on our motorhome tour, both of us having only been to…

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Dunes and Lagoons in Donana
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Driving South again our motorhome tour took us to Doñana National Park, spending the night at a small aire overlooking allotments in Val Verde del Camino on the way. It had…

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Rio Tinto Red river train ride
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We’re slowly making our way West now to Portugal and somewhere interesting had caught our eye. The Rio Tinto railway running along the river of the same name runs through…

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