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Caminha the beach by our campsite  
   

Caminha the beach by our campsite

Off to Portugal for a few days and a tale of two uncrossable rivers.

June 19th 2014
A simple drive today. Head due south from Santiago in Spain until we come to Portugal. Easy. Well it was until we got to Pontevedra. Now Pontevedra is on the estuary of the river of the same name. A big river and a big town and lots of little beaches along the way. We got into the town very well and were just admiring the sights when we realised that we shouldn’t be seeing little beaches as our ... read more
Europe » Portugal » Northern

Portuguese Flag 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
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