Sail boat life

It’s amazing how much the time of day makes a difference.

The morning of our departure we were up at sunrise and the water around the boat was smooth and glassy. We took the paddle board out for a spectacular and easy cruise around the canals.

There were some questionable realisations about where the toilet discharged to and why the large fish around our boat appeared so healthy.

The island had a huge party during the night for the ‘day of the island’ so everything was very peaceful while we imagine the fishermen were nursing some sore heads.

At 9am Andre came back to pick us up to take us to the ferry. He mentioned that he saw us being rescued by the local fishermen yesterday. He made some delusional comments about how it just takes practice to take a paddle board with two people and wind and the wakes of multiple party going boats back to our sail boat without assistance. And also that it only takes 20 minutes to cross the island to the lighthouse in 40 degree heat.

We took the ferry back to Faro and jumped on a bus to Lisbon, our next destination.Read more