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By EliBoudreaux
September 22nd 2008

Day 10: Tomar

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Day 10: Tomar We knew there was a bus heading towards Fatima and Tomar, we just didn't know what time exactly. The night before I asked the restaurant owner at what time it passes and he gave me an estimation between 7am and 8:30am. To put this into perspective I'm on vacation, I do not want to get up at 6:30am to catch a bus that may or may not leave two hours later when the bus stop is right across the street. The bus came....8:15am Moving on, were right back on track were we left of yesterday in a straight [View Full Entry]

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