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Portugal 9 Cabo de Vicente - to Lands End and America

September 26th 2015
The sun came up early and we left the Orbitur camp early making our way to the Algarve. Our overnight stop would be Lagos but we planned to stop first at the Portuguese version of our own Lands End . This was going to be another opportunity to try out the Via Verde box and probably get another fine. The roads were relatively empty despite it being the weekend but this was something that would l ... read more

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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

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