We finished seeing the last of Portugal today. We started off with Faro, visiting the Ilha which sticks out into the sea beyond the airport. Bizarrely enough we stopped at the very same bar I'd visited 18 months earlier on rugby tour. At last a place I recognised!
The ilha was a big sand bar so big it has a causeway road out to it and numerous bars and cafés on it. The beach there is massive but not really any different to all the others we'd been to this tour.
From Faro we drove to Tavira and stopped for lunch. This was a pretty riverside town with the ubiquitous fort and cobbled streets. It also had an ilha (sand bar) we drove out to. Would probably have been lovely in the summer. Was deserted and bleak in the winter.
From there we drove on to Vila Real San Antonio which is right on the border with Spain. We're camped in a big car park on the river front along with a veritable village of motor homes. And it's a little scummy. But hey, it's free. The other side of the river is Spain and we'll be heading there tomorrow.
Cali comment: we've just realised our battery charger isn't working. When plugged into the mains the leisure battery doesn't recharge and the charging symbol isn't displayed. I don't think it's ever worked. Not been any issue so far as we've only got the leisure battery down to 60% worst case when staying in Luz for 2 days - when we were on a mains and should have been charging. As we're touring and thus driving most days the alternator is doing the job of topping it up. Fortunately it'll be under warranty so one to sort when we get home.
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