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What’s On In Loulé. Algarve, Portugal. June 2010.

Rogi — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:13:26 +0000

A full-colour guide to what’s on in Loulé, here in the Algarve, Portugal, this month.

See the guide for all the details: What’s on in Loulé, Algarve, June 2010 (2.9Mb .pdf).

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What’s On In Loulé, Algarve, Portugal. May 2010

Rogi — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:39:15 +0000

A full-colour guide to what’s on in Loulé, here in the Algarve, Portugal, this month.

See the guide for all the details: Whats on in Loule Algarve in May 2010 (5.7Mb .pdf).

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Music To Earthquake By

Rogi — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:12:41 +0000

In honour of this morning’s excitement here in the Algarve.

Here is a quick video of me in my kitchen as the earthquake took place.

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What’s On: Loulé, Algarve, Oct. 2009

Rogi — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:09:07 +0000

International martial arts, piano master classes, Fado, Latin and African beats at the casino, a gathering of bands performing music from the Middle Ages, markets in the old quarter and castle, stages of the Open Rally Championship, the Portuguese Masters golf tournament…and much more.

See the full guide for details; Loulé Agenda for October 2009. (2.7Mb .pdf in English and Portuguese).

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Hire Car Shortage In The Algarve

Rogi — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:00:19 +0000

I was earlier reading an article on the BBC news website regarding the shortage of hire cars at European holiday destinations;

Holidaymakers in parts of the UK and Europe are facing bigger bills for hire cars – or risk not getting one at all – due to a shortage of vehicles.

I think that it is worth pointing out that this shortage of hire cars also applies very much to the Algarve, as there are plenty of stories such as these being heard locally.

There have also been cases of people arriving at Faro airport to begin their holiday, with a hire car pre-booked, only to find on arrival that there are in fact no cars available for them regardless of the pre-booking.

Worse, there does not appear to be any solution for those affected as the shortage of cars applies to all of the hire car companies.

If you have pre-booked a hire car for your holiday in the Algarve, you should check – repeatedly if possible – by telephone that a car really will be waiting for you.

If you are planning to spend time in the Algarve and have not pre-booked your hire car, be aware that your chances of finding one available are extremely low.

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Beginning The Long Hot Summer Of 2009

Rogi — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:46:03 +0000

Summer Night, June 11th 2009

The properly hot summer nights have arrived in the Algarve, and so from now until the end of November every chicken, fish, spare rib and steak is a candidate for a fiery demise on the Rogi Castle BBQ.

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GPS Track – To Praia Do Trafal

Rogi — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:08:39 +0000

High-accuracy GPS track, uploaded live at the time, from a gas station near my place to one of the best beaches on Earth; Praia do Trafal.

Thirteen point six kilometers.

Life is sweet.

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Early Algarve And Formula One

Rogi — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:13:04 +0000

Early morning Algarve

Above is the view out of the wndow early this mornng as I sit here in the Algarve waiting to watch the Formula One from Malaysia on the TV.

I’m hoping for three things right now; firstly that that sky soon becomes a clear bright blue (which it almost certainly will), secondly that Jenson Button wins the F1 race, and lastly that there is no repeat of last week’s Formula One Fiasco.

Time will tell.

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Video – Praia Do Trafal, Algarve, Portugal

Rogi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:30:14 +0000

Here is a quick phonecam video made yesterday morning at Praia do Trafal, Algarve, Portugal.

This is the beach that is about fifteen minutes walk along the sand from Praia do Almargem. The town that can be seen in the distance is Quarteira.

For those who asked, I really have no idea as to how busy either of these beaches get during the summer. I’ll no doubt find out when the time comes.

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To Spain On A Whim

Rogi — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:20:06 +0000

I woke early this morning, as I mentioned on identi.ca, and as I had nothing much planned for the day, I got to thinking of things to do.

I started thinking about relatively normal things; go to a beach, maybe go for an explore locally, and so on. And then I got a bit more ambitious – and decided to go to Spain.

That’s not as crazy an idea as it may sound as where I live in the Algarve, I am only about 45 minutes drive along the A22 freeway from the Spanish border.

So after a couple of cups of coffee I went, and around an hour later there I was driving across the border.

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Great. So what is the point of this post?

There are several points; the first is no matter how long I live here in Portugal (I have been based here for nearly eighteen years), I still can’t really get used to the idea that waking up in the morning and deciding on a whim to go to Spain, or to go to a great beach, or to go to a café and hang out with people who are there to just relax and enjoy themselves, is not only perfectly realistic but is also perfectly normal.

The second thing is to remind myself in the future that today was the day that I just woke up and went to Spain for no reason whatsoever.

The third is to mention to you out there that I have decided to explore Spain a little more often and so have added a new Spain cameraphone gallery.

And lastly, to wonder to myself out loud; why doesn’t everyone live here in Portugal? You really can’t beat this place.

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