Kayaking at Ponta da Piedade
May 22nd 2017 Geo: 37.1019, -8.67324Today we headed to the southwest corner of Portugal. We took the fast toll highway. Along the way we stopped at Alcantilha to see a unique church whose interior is lined with human bones. The bones and skulls that can be seen are those of over 1200 Carmelite monks that were exumed from the nearby church cemetery when the ossuary was built in 1816. The alleged purpose of t
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