cascais13

Lagos, Portugal

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August 7th 2013
We left Cascais on Friday afternoon for an overnight sail down to Lagos. It was all very pleasant with good winds until I noticed at about 2am that my front port and starboard navigation lights were not working. I duly plodded down to the bow clutching my new bulb and discovered that the previous owner had broken the bulb fitting in the light housing and instead of going to the expense of replacin ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more