Culatra island

We spent some time at the beaches in Culatra. Around lunchtime we headed I to the little fishing village. We planned to walk to the other lighthouse village on the island but due to a bad case of chafing we needed to wait until the mini market opened after siesta.

We spent siesta drinking caipirinha, cocktails and eating some amazing tostadas ( toast, cream cheese, Portugal cheese and pumpkin jam).

After siesta, some vaso was procured and we made’s our way towards the lighthouse town (Farol). Around 10 minutes in, we realised it was too bloody hot and made our way back to the paddle board home to our sail boat.

Around 50m into our homeward journey we realised the wind had picked up and there were tonnes of boats coming in and out of the marina creating wakes that a little unstable paddle board with two people aboard couldn’t handle. A kind sailor took pity on us and threw us a rope to tow us over to our little sailing boat.

I feel that the above scenario was much more stressful that perhaps I just made out.

Anyway, after a little afternoon nap and read, we enjoyed another spectacular sunset aboard our little boat in the Algarve.Read more