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Campervan Adventures in Spain & Portugal: Lagos & Salema

Today was another gorgeous nature day! The beaches in southern Portugal are amazing!

We walked from camp to the trail that runs along the cliffs - now Portugal was odd. The beaches and nature are just amazing, but the towns? In the south not so much. I didn't realize Portugal was such a poor country before going there. There were tons and tons of run down places right next to super expensive looking places. It was very odd and not what I was expecting. 

But like I said the nature was amazing! This is just going to be lots and lots of photos from the cliffs or down on all the beaches!




















So many shells!



















We could have taken another boat tour from here, but we were limited on time (we had to check out of the campground after lunch) so we did not








Once we got back to camp we still had a bit of time so we went into Lagos to explore



And had some foccacia as a snack...which was just okay



The beach in town


Lagos was...meh. I would not go here for the town. You go here for the beaches! It was like it was lacking charm. There were some fun murals, but it was not very interesting to walk around in as there wasn't much to see. 

Then it was on to Salema Beach to try and find the dinosaur tracks!




Found them!



We were planning on swimming, but the water was FREEZING! It was even too cold for Raymond! So we just enjoyed the rocks and beach for a while











Then it was on to camp (Camp de Campismo Orbitur Sagres) for the night. 

18.46km walked/41 flights

 

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