Food
8 listopada 2024, Kostaryka ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Food. Cheap food is served in places called Sodas. It is cheap and cheerful. They have menus but it's irrelevant because the all serve Breakfast if the day, Lunch of the day, and dinner of the day! In Czytaj więcej
Trying to leave
8 listopada 2024, Kostaryka ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Went to try and book our ticket to next stop (Cahuit on the Caribbean coast). Should have been simple; bus to airport (no problem) and there should have been a connection bus to MEPE bus terminal. Czytaj więcej
Rescate wildlife rescue centre
8 listopada 2024, Kostaryka ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Visited this place, well worth it. Tried out the local buses, £1:10 flat rate wherever they go!
Lots to see, claims not to be a zoo, but only houses abandoned or sick animals. Unfortunately some are Czytaj więcej
Alajuela City
8 listopada 2024, Kostaryka ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
This is where we are staying the capital is San Jose which is 15 Kms away although they sorta run into one another. It's low rise rambling sort of place. Not exactly a tourist hangout as there's Czytaj więcej
Hotel gardens
7 listopada 2024, Kostaryka ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Garden area of hotel. The second picture is a coffee bean tree
Hotel
7 listopada 2024, Kostaryka ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our hotel guest house is great and old 159 year old colonial house that's been converted. Got taxi here from airport (10 USD not bad for 2 o'clock in the morning). Of course he took us to the wrong Czytaj więcej
ARRIVED San Jose, Costa Rica
6 listopada 2024, Kostaryka ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Arrived!!!! Flight delayed by almost 4 hours and they had to request that the airport be kept open for 2 hours longer (normally closes at midnight) otherwise we wouldn't have gotten here today.
Heathrow
5 listopada 2024, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Breakfast at Heathrow
Ibis hotel near Heathrow airport.
4 listopada 2024, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Hassel to the last
26 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
About to try and get our flight to UK. Yesterday arrived Porto took car back no problems, got courtesy bus to airport and having a beer but did not receive covid results. Back to hotel and they phoned Czytaj więcej
Getting ready
24 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We are winding down now, although 'being wound up' would be a better description! Thank you Boris! Been trying to book a day 8 test only as we already purchased the day 2 before we left. This has Czytaj więcej
New house.
22 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
After 3 years of Portuguese red tape and local builders, a year delay because of covid in bring stuff from the UK Ricard final arrived from the UK with all their furniture, notable the bed. So after 3 Czytaj więcej
A local restsurant
22 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Went out for a meal at one of the nearby local restaurants, very good value for money. The first pic is my belly pork which with a dessert , coffee and 2 beers came to 9.50 euro. The second pic is of Czytaj więcej
A day out in Coja
20 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Went for a lunch time drink to meet some friends in a old town called Coja. Typical village square with bars and cafes, but a bit quite now as a result of covid. Would normally be market day but that Czytaj więcej
Rain and hail
19 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Wow what's going on? Had lots of rain over pasted few days but now hailstones! The white spots on the floor are hailstones
A Portuguese curry
18 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Had a curry for lunch. It was actually very good and if it were in England I would go there. Bit expensive by Portuguese standards at 45 euros for 3 including bottle of wine and beer but made a nice Czytaj więcej
Just a portugese village
17 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
While driving to town to go shopping we pasted this small village with some Roman remains. The arch, pillars and some of the road/square are Roman.
Also, the village still had the community clothes Czytaj więcej
Back in Ollie
16 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After our 4 day break in Tomar we are now back in Oliveira do Hospital. Actual we stay in a much smaller town called Travancia De Beria but you wouldn't find that on a map!
Got under 2 weeks left now, Czytaj więcej
Ourem
15 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Yet another castle! Last one I promise! Actually closed for rebuilding works so I had to climb over barriers to get in, but this is Portugal, so no one minds. Another Templar construction.
Had a Czytaj więcej
Templar castle at Tomar
14 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
A bit out of sequence here. This is the Templar castle that adjoins the convent shown earlier. The castle now just consists of its walls the walk around them is free.
Amoural castle
12 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
A Templar castle built on the remains of a Roman fort. It resides on a small island and 4 euros gets you a return boat ride and enterance to the castle. The top part has been rebuilt with the original Czytaj więcej
Covento de cristo
11 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
This is the convent that the viaduct was built for. High on the hill overlooking the town is this amazing place. Walled for defence and near the castle it is very large and ornate.
Tomar viaduct
11 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Amazing viaduct built in 1500 to bring water to the convent in Tamor. No one there you can walk alone the top of the viaduct if you want. I did see 1 girl doing that, must have a head for heights no Czytaj więcej
Tamor
10 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Tamor
10 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Had to move out of our accomodation for 4 days so we booked a place in Tamor. This is an historic city built by the Knights Templar. Lovely old part of town dominated by castle. Loads of restaurants Czytaj więcej
F*** Boris , his unelected lab rats & Ea
8 czerwca 2021, Portugalia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Well after an amazingly short 3 weeks Portugal is back on the Amber list! How is that even possible? They are playing games with people's lives, mental health, well being and finances. After the mass Czytaj więcej
































































Looks interesting. [David]