Faro today

Motorboat marina Faro. We came in by RIB from the lagoon.

Clam and cockle pickers at work today.

  Gate into Old Town Faro...

 

Pavement leads you to the water...

 

Typical cafe getting ready for the lunchtime crowd.

 

This tree has outgrown it's pot...

 

In the middle of a car park ladies with a hair braiding business under umbrellas :O)

Anchorage Faro lagoon

Last night we arrived in Faro. Access is only at high tide and even then it can be dodgy as sandbars everywhere. No Marina for yachts, we anchored at sunset - see above :O) Surrounded by Storks, Flamingoes, Egrets and other birds with the most beautiful night songs and overhead...the occasional drone of an EasyJet or Monarch plane coming in to land at Faro airport - surreal...

 

 

From our deck last night across lagoon the Faro lights and the moon rising...

Daybreak 3rd October 2012.

Silvres - upriver from Portimao

 

Olive trees line the river.

Looking for an Internet Cafe be back blogging as soon as,

Our Saloman neighbour last night

The crew were jumping into the water at breakfast time, all quiet over there this evening!

Domestic arrangements very cosy :O)

 

This is our galley, 1 metre square. It is amazing what can be achieved with just a filleting knife a fresh fish and a lemon!

Sardinhas for supper...

My first loaf baked onboard - great success. Took just 30 mins in the little gas oven, turned once as the back of the oven is hotter. Nothing smells nicer on deck than bread baking below.

Storks today