2020, Museum, Portimao, Portugal

On one of our day trips we went to the museum in Portimao. There is some ancient history from the time of the Romans and the Moors, but the bulk of the displays are about the sardine industry. There is displays of some of the equipment used in the wooden ship building industry of Portugal.Continue reading “2020, Museum, Portimao, Portugal”

Portimão Portugal 2020 Town Walking Tour

We are actually staying in a town called Praia de Rocha, which is a new modern tourist town a couple of kilometres from Portimao. On Sunday we decided to do a walking tour of the old town. The streets are narrow, cobblestoned and beautiful. We found a marked tour on google and followed it aroundContinue reading “Portimão Portugal 2020 Town Walking Tour”

Portimao, Portugal, Walking by the cliffs, 2020

One day after we walked up “our steps” we turned right instead of left as we had done on previous days. The wide cobblestone walkway turned into a dirt track with a small fence to keep one from wandering over the edge. Anywhere you looked on the beach of Praia da Rocha the views wereContinue reading “Portimao, Portugal, Walking by the cliffs, 2020”

More of Portimao, 2020, Portugal

This is day 5 in Portimao and all we have done so far is walk, and then walk some more. It is pretty amazing, the new and the old side by side. At the top of “our stairs” the ocean is straight ahead. However if you look both right and left we are in aContinue reading “More of Portimao, 2020, Portugal”

Arriving in Portimao,Portugal 2020

We had a flight out of Gatwick at 3 PM, left our hotel at 11 AM which gave us a chance to grab a bite to eat. Checking in was seamless…as was our arrival. Passenger rights was prominently displayed. It was a three hour flight to Faro and then an hour drive to Portimao. OnContinue reading “Arriving in Portimao,Portugal 2020”

London 2020, Day 2

As we only had two full days in London, we decided the best way to see as much as possible, was to buy a two day hop-on hop-off bus pass. Initially we “did the tour” and listened to the commentary. It was interesting, and so much information. We drove past Westminister Abby and the churchContinue reading “London 2020, Day 2”

Saying Good Bye to Panama 2020

Our time in Panama has come to an end. Three months was enough for us to do a fair bit of exploring. We were fortunate enough to meet wonderful people and do lots of interesting things. We had returned our rental car the previous evening, so bright and early the next morning we took ourContinue reading “Saying Good Bye to Panama 2020”

El Valle de Anton, Panama, 2020

El Valle de Anton, Anton Valley, is a little town nestled in an extinct volcano. We left Santa Catalina, another little town on the coast, and it was incredible hot. Four or five hours later when we arrived in Anton Valley the temperature was considerably cooler. Hot when the sun was shining, much cooler atContinue reading “El Valle de Anton, Panama, 2020”