Kevnjan's new adventure.

Monday, 15th. Apr. Happy birthday Julie. Well, we finally broke the chains that were binding us to Alvor, after 3 weeks. We left on Thursday and headed for a spot called Boca do Rio for a little wild camping. It's locate between Lagos and Sagres, not shown on the map as there is nothing there except a glorious beach and parking for any number of lucky campers. We did a little shopping and arrived around mid afternoon, picked our spot, right by the beach and watched the waves roll in. The sun came out and the clouds rolled away. On Friday morning we climbed the hill and walked across the clifftops to Salema, a small but perfectly formed Algarve fishing village, straight off a postcard. The walk was spectacular, the clifftops carpeted with wild flowers of all colours and the views were fabulous. It was glorious. I woke up on Saturday morning and discovered my internet connection had vanished on the phone. We spent the weekend incommunicado but were none the worse for it, no disasters befell us and we survived the weekend. Saw some snakes on the beach yesterday but they were harmless, just sunbathing like us!! The disadvantages of wild camping are really self evident, but for those of you who haven't tried it it's all about water and waste. After a few days you have too little of the former and a surfeit of the latter. Anyway, after three days of lazing on the beach we left on Monday morning in search of a Vodaphone shop to restore our service. We looked around Sagres, a lovely town, but no Vodaphone shop. We were advised by the man in the Post Office that we may need to get to Sines to find one. That's a good way up the coast, but it is time to move along a little. We took a quick diversion to see Cape St. Vincent, the most South Westerly point in Europe, very wild, with the Atlantic rushing in an hammering against the cliffs sending spray many feet into the air. We set off for Sines after lunch and enjoyed a relaxing drive through the pretty scenery of the Alentajo region. Wild flowers, everywhere you look, Portugal really is a pretty country and the population is so laid back and friendly. We'll be back for more. Suddenly Jan spotted a Vodaphone shop, really in the middle of nowhere and a young Portuguese lady solved our problems for us. So here we are, blogging at last with the phone signal tethered to the laptop. We are on an ACSI site at Vila Nova de Vilfontes, south of Sines, about to eat a dinner of prawns and salad, the sun is shining, we have a view of the sea and James Taylor is singing to us. I suppose life can get better than this but for now it will do. Now - if I can upload a couple of pictures, that would be great.