Salamanca to Supertubos

We made the long drive from Salamanca in to Portugal and headed straight for the coast. We spent a night in Figuera de Foz and then headed south towards a small fishing town called Peniche. We followed the coast past many little coastal towns which all seem to come alive for the tourist season in August and then back to sleep for the rest of the year.

Peniche has a famous Portuguese beach break called 'Supertubos'. There is even signs to the beach on the way in to town! We set up camp and headed straight for the beach where I paddled out in to surf for the first time in 9 months (since I was in Australia). With a daily rate of around 9 euros per day for our accomodation, we stayed for 5 nights in Peniche.

Peniche

While we were there, we went for a drive to a small walled village called Obidos, which was once given by a King to his new wife as a wedding present. One night there was a huge wind storm which lashed the coast with torrential rain which resulted in me standing in the pouring rain at 5am digging a rain trench around the tent. The next morning there were plenty of sleeping bag and broken tents laying out to dry around the camp ground! I scored some good waves and Melinda was sporting a new tan by the time we left. But finally we decided to leave and head further south for more waves and somewhere new.

Melinda in Obidos

Adam on the walls of Obidos