tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46397828064882104232024-03-05T17:53:32.750+00:00Surf LocusThis blog is about Surfing. You will be reading also about music and travelling.Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-76348016404530154972015-02-26T01:57:00.000+00:002015-02-26T01:57:44.251+00:00"O Macaco de Imitação": novo blog sobre adquirir novas skills, rápido!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Infelizmente que há algum tempo não escrevo no Surf Locus. Isto porque recentemente comecei um novo projecto chamado </span><a href="http://www.omacacodeimitacao.blogspot.pt/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">"O Macaco de Imitação"</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, um blog sobre o gosto por aprender novas coisas e adquirir novas skills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Este novo desafio, inteiramente escrito em Português, explora o meu interesse por aprender um pouco sobre tudo (guitarra, surf, piano, yoga, programação...), porque considero que assim, ao saber de tudo um pouco consigo, nos meus trabalhos, relacionar aquilo que aprendo em diversas áreas e assim ter melhores resultados. Além disso, é super divertído aprender coisas novas, porque assim se percebe como o mundo funciona e há sempre tema de conversa com qualquer pessoa que conheçamos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neste blog desafio-me a aprender novas coisas, como por exemplo, a dedicar 20 horas (baseando-me na teoria de Josh Kaufman do livro "The First 20 Hours") a aprender uma nova skill. Neste momento já acabei o meu primeiro desafio, <a href="http://omacacodeimitacao.blogspot.pt/2015/01/serie-piano-hora-2-7-teoria.html" target="_blank">20 horas a aprender Piano</a> e os resultados finais foram muito bons. Baseando-me em outros autores como Tim Ferriss, sei agora que há método para adquirir novas skills e ser bom a fazer qualquer coisa não tem de demorar muito tempo. No <a href="http://omacacodeimitacao.blogspot.pt/" target="_blank">"O Macaco de Imitação"</a> falo também sobre <a href="http://omacacodeimitacao.blogspot.pt/2015/01/21-livros-de-2014-parte-2.html" target="_blank">livros</a> que tenho lido e que me alargam a perspectiva sobre determinada matéria. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aprender não tem de ser um bicho de sete cabeças, nem precisamos de anos para ser razoavelmente bons numa coisa. Apenas é preciso ser objectivo, ter método e conhecer alguns truques. É importante abraçar uma vida de aprendizagem e sempre, SEMPRE, sair da zona de conforto, porque é aí que a magia acontece!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Podes também encontrar o "O Macaco de Imitação" no <a href="https://www.facebook.com/omacacodeimitacao" target="_blank">Facebook</a> e <a href="https://plus.google.com/112322971703157127001/" target="_blank">Google+</a>.</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-222462708940318732014-11-14T13:28:00.000+00:002014-11-14T13:28:31.690+00:00New surf clip "Good Times Bad Times" by Tiago Pires (Saca)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I want to show you the new surf clip featuring Tiago Pires, the first and only Portuguese ever in the Dream Tour of Surfing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Good Times Bad Times" shows black and white tube riding scenes that makes you out of breath. Those scenes were taken from the best places around the world such as Java, Tahiti and Coxos, Portugal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About this new short movie, Saca says that (with my translation) <b>"Life in the World Tour is made of ups and downs. In between not so good results and some frustations, we could not let unspoken moments where one is having fun, doing the thing we like the most. This video shows some of those good moments".</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This article was adapted and translated from <a href="http://www.surfportugal.pt/videos/outros-videos/6080-good-times-bad-times-tiago-pires-entuba-a-volta-do-mundo-video" target="_blank">Surf Portugal</a>. Enjoy!</span></div>
Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-52338164641599622132014-11-12T12:57:00.000+00:002014-11-12T12:57:56.820+00:00"Wish you were here" by Tatiana Weston Webb and Body Glove<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been awhile since I posted something. I had a lack of inspiration lately but today I felt that I could return to <a href="http://www.surflocus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Surf Locus</a> and post something really inspiring, a surf trip worth mentioning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Without further ado, let me share with you the surf trip video "Wish you were here" by professional surfer <b>Tatiana Weston Webb, </b>production of Body Glove. Please watch the video in HD, FULL SCREEN, it's really great. Look at the landscape, coral reefs, sharks!!, great waves and Tatiana :P off course.</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-48887122974102772832014-01-29T23:50:00.000+00:002014-01-29T23:52:06.876+00:0024 Amazing Hotels You Would Rather Be Sitting In Right Now - BoredPanda<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Recently I have been reading this great blog called <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/" target="_blank">BoredPanda</a>. It has a lot of photos of cool places in the world, cool stuff made by very different people from all over the world and many other interesting things. You should definitely give it a try a read a few post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Today they posted 24 amazing hotels from all over the world. <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/worlds-best-hotels/" target="_blank">Give it a look</a>, it is pretty amazing:</span><br />
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-89182101392876852822014-01-05T20:01:00.000+00:002014-01-05T20:01:33.205+00:00Meditation for beginners!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Do you find yourself rushing through your thoughts without finding the solution to your "problems"? Have you ever tried to meditate? I start practicing in the 1st of January, and its one of my main goals for 2014. So far, it's not been easy. While you are sitting quiet focused on your breath, a lot of thoughts come in and its difficult to concentrate on your task. Don't feel bad about it, it is just normal. I found a simple guide for beginner meditators, which you can find <a href="http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-12124/meditation-for-people-who-dont-meditate-a-12-step-guide.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Give it a try, and give yourself time! Life changes are not accomplished in one day!</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-54973712451510225632014-01-03T01:12:00.001+00:002014-01-03T01:12:16.297+00:00Have a great 2014! RIP Andy Irons<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The first post of 2014...Today I want to share with some of you who might be reading this, one of the best videos I watched in my entire life. RIP Andy Irons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This year, get your resolutions done! Define clear objectives for 2014 and don't forget, major changes in life are not accomplished in one day, one month, not even one year. Give yourself time to change, pick just one of your 2014 goals at a time and become fully committed to it. Don't rush!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This year I took a serious analysis to who I want to be by the year's end, and I'm going to start simple. I am going to learn how to meditate in January.</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-28946607130599953902013-12-21T14:51:00.001+00:002013-12-21T14:52:23.758+00:00Mick Fanning, the 2013 World Champion of Surfing<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This week, the 32 years-old and Australian <a href="http://www.aspworldtour.com/surfers/mens-profiles/mick-fanning/" target="_blank">Mick Fanning</a>, won his 3rd World Tour Championship of Surf in an outstanding performance held at Pipeline, Hawaii. Despite having won the Pipeline Masters, Kelly Slater could not ensure his 12th World Title. John John Florence also had an awesome performance, winning the 2013 Vans Triple Crown and beating the current World Champion Mick Fanning on the semi-final.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> With this World Title, Mick Fanning puts himself side by side with the legends Tom Curren and Andy Irons, with 3 World Championships each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I leave you with this awesome Rip Curl video, about Mick Fanning's third title. Stay Locus!!</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-86645318528615077012013-10-18T12:45:00.000+01:002013-10-18T12:45:40.530+01:00Congratulations Kai Otton! Winner of the 2013 Rip Curl Pro Peniche / Cascais<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Yesterday Kai Otton won the 2013 edition of the Rip Curl Pro Peniche / Cascais! With an incredible surf throughout the event, Kai Otton, in is first final and victory in the ASP World Championship Tour, pushed back in his road to the title the amazing aerial guy John John Florence, the current World Champion Joel Parkinson, the 2-times World Champion and main contender for the 2013 World Champion Mick Fanning and the 2013 Rookie of the Year Nat Young in the final.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The 11-times World Champion Kelly Slater lost in Round 2 against the Portuguese Wildcard Frederico Morais. Although I was very happy for Frederico, I coundn't help but feel that the heat was unfair. Personally, I believe that Surf as a randomness attached when it comes to get good waves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If the waves are pumping (perfect waves and very frequent) I believe that the surfer which surfs better in that moment will win the heat, but when the waves are not so good, you can be lucky and get very good waves, followed by 20 minutes with no waves. In that case, either surfer can be very lucky! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Personally, I believe that in that heat the conditions were not so good, being Slater with a greater disadvantage. Nevertheless Frederico Morais had an awesome performance!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So, the world title race comes down to two surfers, Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning. Although Mick has a great advantage at this point, Kelly can still win is 12th World Champion Title if he wins the legendary event of Pipeline and Mick does not reach the semi-finals. If we were talking about some other surfer, I would say that this were a very unlikely scenario, but we're talking about Kelly Slater!!! Anything can happen!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In my opinion, the event had some great waves, although not so good as the previous editions. Nevertheless, surfers usually agree that Peniche is one of the best events in the World Championship Tour!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I really have to highlight Julian Wilson's MASSIVE alley oop! In the next video I show you this crazy aerial in comparison with John John's alley oop in <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/06/oakley-pro-bali-2013-surf-review.html" target="_blank">Bali, Indonesia</a>. What is your favorite?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So, stay tuned for the next legendary event at Pipeline!! If you enjoyed this post, please like <a href="http://www.surflocus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Surf Locus</a> Facebook Page at: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a>. Have Fun!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Hi once again! As you may probably know, the Rip Curl Pro Peniche 2013 is about to start at Supertubos beach in Portugal, near my hometown, <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/06/praia-da-areia-branca-and-surf.html" target="_blank">Praia da Areia Branca</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Currently, Mick Fanning, after a big win in France, is the principal contender for the ASP World Championship Title. Being the 9th out of 10 events in the ASP World Championship Tour, the perfect waves of the Sand Break Supertubos are extremely important to decide who will take the crown as the next World Champion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The 2013 ASP World Title is down to five surfers: Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater, Jordy Smith, Joel Parkinson and Taj Burrow, but only the 2-times World Champion Mick Fanning can be crown at Supertubos. The winning possibilities (taken from the <a href="http://www.aspworldtour.com/" target="_blank">ASP website</a>) are as follows:</span></div>
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- Slater will need a 9th or better to take the title decision to Hawaii.<br />
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<strong>If Fanning finishes 3rd in Portugal:</strong><br />
- Slater will need a 9th or better to take the title decision to Hawaii<br />
- Smith, Burrow and Parkinson will need to win the event to take the title decision to Hawaii.</div>
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- The ASP World Title decision will go to Hawaii as, even with a 25th in Portugal, Slater can still win in Hawaii.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Julian Wilson won the 2012 edition of the Rip Curl Pro Peniche, in a somehow polemic final heat against the Brazilian Gabriel Medina. Check out the 2012 Final Day Highlights at Supertubos:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So, don't miss any moment of this great event in one of the best Sand Breaks of the world!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Sorry for not posting for the last 3 weeks but I was in a trainee program for my first job at Novabase, Portugal. An awesome program with the main goal to train recent graduates in Team Building, check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klUyQDJdYGE" target="_blank">THIS crazy Lip Dub</a> (Ylvis - The Fox) we did during our two weeks in Vimeiro, Portugal.</span><br />
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-85016516734041171422013-09-18T20:00:00.001+01:002013-09-18T20:00:19.080+01:00Arctic Monkeys 5.5th Album (Fan-made)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Hi, sorry for not having post in the last two weeks but I have to write my master thesis until the end of October and currently I'm working at my first job as a engineer!! The experience is being awesome but I didn't had time for posting at <a href="http://www.surflocus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Surf Locus Blog</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> To redeem myself (ahah), I created a playlist in YouTube which I called "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD3lf_JEyz4aRUPO4e3mjJjRD8t6ARxOg" target="_blank">Arctic Monkeys 5.5th Album (Fan Made)</a>". In this playlist I gather 20 musics of Arctic Monkeys that although are not in any Studio Album, could well be an album by itself. There are songs from the very beginning of the album, like the famous "Who The Fuck is Arctic Monkeys" and songs released some weeks ago, just like "2013".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Below is the playlist, you can jump to a song by choosing which song you want to ear in the top of the player, or you can skip on song by clicking in the bottom of the player.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you prefer you can see the whole playlist <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD3lf_JEyz4aRUPO4e3mjJjRD8t6ARxOg" target="_blank">HERE</a>. I hope you like it, and please subscribe the channel!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Give me some feedback about the playlist ;)</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-38630441275668167592013-09-06T19:11:00.001+01:002013-09-06T19:12:27.599+01:00The unrevealed world in Nassim Taleb's "Black Swan" Book<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Ever wondered why people are so bad at predicting events? Did you ever realized that the world change according to some big, unpredictable events like the 9/11 and Internet, instead of the gradual building of change that we are led to believe?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I start to read Nassim Taleb's Book "Black Swan" just one week ago and has been the most insightful book I have ever read. The Black Swan theory tries to explain how these big and unpredictable events came to occur and how human nature and behavior blocks the way to perceive such possibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Taken directly from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, the Black Swan theory tries to explain:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb" style="line-height: 19.1875px;" target="_blank">Nassim Taleb</a><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">, born in 1960 in Lebanon, is an essayist, scholar and statistician. The "Black Swan" is a extraordinary book, written somehow in a funny way, full of daily life examples and reveling amazing aspects of the human nature and how we perceive the complex world around us. Sunday Times described this book as one of the twelve most influential books since World War II.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> I strongly recommend you to read and re-read this book, its a lot of fun. I already learn so much by reading it and i'm not even half of the book!!</span></span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-1790357205012078182013-09-03T22:15:00.004+01:002013-09-03T22:15:46.333+01:00Arctic Monkeys new album "AM" now on iTunes Streaming<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.surflocus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Surf Locus</b></a> has the honor to present Arctic Monkeys' 5th album "AM" finally out for streaming! Please follow this link to ear it at iTunes: <a href="http://po.st/iTunesAM" rel=" nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank"><b>http://po.st/iTunesAM</b></a>. Unfortunately, the album is streaming as a 40 minute long track, so you cannot jump right away to another track, but at least you can listen further in the streaming if you want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "AM" comes after the 2011 Album "Suck it and See" and counts with 9 new songs and other 3 that you probably have eared it before; "R U Mine?" released in 2011; "Do I Wanna Know?" and <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" released this year. "AM" will be released at September 9.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> Arctic Monkeys' new Album comes with an unique style, different from their last albums, but surely a great master-piece. Personally I've been enjoying every single song that Arctic Monkeys released as I feel my personal music taste is growing up with the band.</span></span></span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-54470555520702014332013-09-02T18:22:00.000+01:002013-09-02T18:25:29.412+01:00Boogie WACT (PART 2/2) by Francisca Veloso da Veiga<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you dindn't read Part 1/2, please follow <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/09/boogie-wact-part-12-by-francisca-veloso.html" target="_blank"><b>THIS</b></a> link.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So, going back, in the day of the
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You cannot imagine the desperate I felt to choose only 50 kids. I wanted to choose every one of them, but I couldn’t put their security at risk. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And that was how I won 50 children, eager to learn what I had to teach and at the same time extremely happy to teach me something they know. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Rebobinando… no dia de apresentação do projecto a Ribeira Afonso, já com a minha equipa de monitores formada, apareceram-me cerca de 150 crianças à minha frente a gritaram “eu quero correr prrancha, me escolhe”.</span></span></span></div>
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ficassem, mas não podia comprometer a segurança de nenhum. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E assim foi, 50 filhos que tinha ganho naquele momento, à minha frente, ansiosos por aprender o que eu tinha para lhes dar, mas ao mesmo tempo felizes por saberem que eu também queria aprender algo com eles.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The first day in the beach was passed teaching those kids about the project, rules and responsibilities. Before going to São Tomé and Príncipe someone told me that the people there are always out of schedule and that they do not follow you everyday. Well, that was not a problem for me, I felt great as I had never fight that problems during my project because the kids were so excited with Bodyboard that they were always waiting me for the classes and rarely miss one. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that was the kids turn to teach me something, like climbing a coconut-tree. I can tell you right away that was only failed attempts, but surely a lot to laugh of.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> O primeiro
dia passado na praia com as crianças foi dedicado a explicações do projecto,
regras, responsabilidades. Aquilo que eu achava que seria um desafio, por ir já
de sobre-aviso de Portugal: “Olha que eles não cumprem horários”, “Olha que
eles não aparecem todos os dias”… Pois é, neste momento eu assemelho-me a um
pavão, porque nunca tive de combater esses problemas, uma vez que os miúdos
estavam tão excitados com o Bodyboard que chegavam às aulas antes de mim, e raramente
falhavam. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depois foi a
vez dos miúdos me ensinarem alguma coisa, como por exemplo, trepar a um
coqueiro. Diga-se de passagem, tentativas falhadas, mas risota na certa. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bolas, sou um falhanço!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I have this great moment saved in my memory, not the failed attempts of climbing the coconot-tree, that is to forget, but we sitting there eating coconuts and sugar cane. Every kid was trying to show me their skills “Frrancisca, Frrancisca, look at me”. We all laugh so much, from the deepest of our soul, and in that moment I couldn’t see no more dirtiness and disease, I only saw loving kids and I was eager to share this project with them. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was my family for the next few weeks. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first class was very entrancing, putting all those kids in top of the board, following objectives, responsibilities and reflecting about their new skills. When they achieved, I was the happier person in the world. I started thinking:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Parece que
tenho este momento gravado na memória, não a tentativa de subir a um coqueiro,
que é para esquecer, mas o de estarmos todos sentados a comer cocos, caroço e
cana-de-açucar, e de todos me chamarem para ver as suas habilidades
“Frrancisca, Frrancisca, vê”, de todos rirmos muito, rirmos da parte mais
intima do nosso ser, rirmos com a alma, e de eu pensar: já não vejo sujidade,
já não vejo doenças, vejo apenas crianças perdidas de amor, e eu faminta por
partilhar isto com elas. <span lang="EN-US">Era
esta a minha família nas próximas semanas. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A primeira
aula que dei foi extasiante, colocar aqueles miúdos em cima de uma prancha, a
cumprir objectivos e responsabilidades, a reflectirem sobre as suas
aprendizagens, e a conseguirem fazê-lo, fez de mim a pessoa mais feliz do mundo.
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After a week, everyone of them was riding very well. After two weeks, some kids were doing “girro” 360. After some time, I notice a way better reflectiveness in their speech, in the feedback that they gave to their friends, and the cooperation that arise between them…and that was when I realize:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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semana, já todos cortavam a onda. Passado duas semanas alguns já queriam
começar a fazer “girro”, melhor dizendo, 360. Com o passar do tempo, notei uma
melhoria acentuada no discurso reflexivo deles, no feedback que davam aos
colegas, na cooperação inter-grupo… e é aqui que me cai a ficha: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After each day class, I was not able to go home right away. Everyone wanted to show me something, teach me something. And that was how I passed by after-class afternoons; playing the “can game”, trying to catch some octopus, playing soccer with a cloth ball (barefoot like them), trying to climb coconut-trees, playing in the beach, helping them fetch water for their families and washing their clothes, walking through the nearby “roças”.</span></span></div>
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mostrar algo, todos me queriam ensinar algo. E foram assim passadas as minhas
tardes depois das aulas. A jogar ao jogo da lata, a (tentar) pescar polvo, a
jogar à bola com uma bola de pano e sim, tão descalça quanto eles, a treinar a
subidas aos coqueiros, a fazer acrobacias na praia, a ir ajudá-los a buscar
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Boogie WACT championship. Another experience and I couldn’t find any more new
words to describe them. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I felt when I saw them competing? First I felt very proud seeing them catching waves, a lot of them trying and some of them even doing 360’s. When some of them achieve to do that, I screamed like I had win the lottery. I felt that their feelings were the same as mine when I was competing. Every one of them went to his corner, warming up and very nervous. When they left the sea and they knew that they had lost, their eyes were wet and they sat at the corner reflecting about what went wrong. I think it the objective was accomplished, It was hard for me to view the positive side of this, but they surely were learning how to deal with defeat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Os últimos dois dias foram dedicados a um campeonato Boogie WACT. Mais uma experiência, e não encontro mais sinónimos para descrever tais experiências. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O que senti
quando os vi competir? Primeiro um orgulho imenso por os ver a cortar ondas,
muitos deles a tentar e alguns até a conseguir fazer 360 (versão santola). Mas
quando alguém o fazia, inevitavelmente eu fazia uma festa como se tivesse ganho
a lotaria. Senti também que eles sentiam exactamente o mesmo que eu sentia
quando era eu a competir. Cada um ía para o seu canto aquecer, concentrar-se,
nervos à flor da pele… E quando saíam e sabiam que tinham perdido o heat, os
olhos deles brilhavam de lágrimas, e encostavam-se a um canto a reflectir para
eles mesmos o que tinha corrido mal. Ok, até aqui, objectivo cumprido. Mais uma
aprendizagem para eles, lidar com a derrota, mas ainda era difícil para eles
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crianças, 4 monitores e eu, mais uns curiosos que vinham sempre ver as aulas. Cada
aluno com a sua prancha na cabeça, cantávamos e dançávamos o caminho todo, com
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<span lang="EN-US"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I left São Tomé and Príncipe with the certain that I gave my heart to a place I was never been at. Every word feel very small to describe this experience. Oh…what I learn from that radiant hearts… </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, I breath deeply to remind myself that feeling I can only describe as “São Tomé”.</span></div>
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Tomé com a certeza de que entreguei o meu coração a um lugar onde nunca tinha
estado. Todas as palavras se tornam pequenas para transmitir uma fracção que
seja desta experiência. <span lang="EN-US">Oh, o que
eu aprendi com estes corações radiantes. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje, inspiro fundo para que o ar me relembre aquilo que só consigo descrever como “São Tomé”.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> When I went to São Tomé and Príncipe in July, I thought that I was going to change those kids and I think I did! I return certain that they changed me too. I bring with myself the certainty that people is the more important and also that is not me who is going to change the world. However, I content myself with this small change. And every little change are combining…</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m here, but my hearth is there. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are together!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Em Julho,
quando fui para São Tomé, achava que ía mudar aquelas crianças. E acho que
mudei! Mas regresso com a certeza de que elas me mudaram a mim. Trago comigo
também a convicção inabalável de que as pessoas são o que mais importa. E
determinada de que não sou eu que vou mudar o mundo. Mas contento-me com esta
pequena mudança. E pequenas mudanças vão-se acumulando…</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eu estou
aqui, mas o meu coração está lá. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Estamos Juntos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In this moment I could reduce all this experience down to one word, a word that only is available in Portuguese and it means to miss someone: “saudade”. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, I’m hopeful that I will be able to tell you a little more than that. This is a great challenge, expressing in such a small post what I felt in the “smallest” and “richest” time of my life. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The beginning was in Portugal when I signed for an NGO named WACT (We Are Changing Together). This is a great NGO because, unlike others, you can create your own projects. After some research of São Tomé and Príncipe problems coping with my passion, Bodyboard, Booogie WACT project was born.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Neste
momento poderia reduzir toda esta experiência a uma palavra só, palavra tão
portuguesa, mas do jeito santomense: sodade. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No entanto,
espero conseguir transmitir-vos um pouco mais do que isso. Isto que se torna um
grande desafio, expressar por palavras o que senti no curto espaço de tempo
mais rico de toda a minha vida. </span></span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tudo começou
em Portugal, inscrevi-me numa ONG, a WACT (We Are Changing Together) que se
diferencia pelo facto de dar oportunidade aos seus formandos de criar o seu
próprio projecto. Foi assim que surgiu o projecto Boogie WACT, após um
levantamento de problemas santomenses, aliado àquilo que mais gosto de fazer,
Bodyboard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Boogie WACT came as a way of teaching education values with children in a funny way through sport, in this case Bodyboard, a great way to teach them about responsibility, respect, resilience, challenge, cooperation, etc. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before going to São Tomé and Príncipe I gather all the material I was in need to complete this project with success. I want to thank all the people and brands that contributed to this project by offering board, duck feets, shop’s, etc. Also I want to thank for all the good words that made me believe in this project. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But everything truly began in São Tomé and Príncipe. In the very first day, I was faced to what the fox in “Le Petit Prince” says “The essential is invisible to the eye”. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Assim, o
Boogie WACT surge de forma a trabalhar valores educativos com crianças de forma
divertida através do desporto, neste caso, do Bodyboard, um óptimo meio para
desenvolver valores/competências como a responsabilidade, respeito,
resiliência, desafio, cooperação, etc. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ainda em
Portugal foi feita uma campanha de recolha de material, conseguindo angariar
todo o material da modalidade necessário à prática do projecto. Desde já,
aproveito para agradecer a todas as pessoas e marcas que contribuíram com
pranchas, pés de pato, shop’s, etc., e palavras que me fizeram ter confiança e
acreditar realmente nisto. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mas tudo
começou verdadeiramente em São Tomé. E logo no primeiro dia fui confrontada com
aquilo que a raposa do principezinho diz “O essencial é invisível aos olhos”. É
em São Tomé que para mim, esta frase ganha um verdadeiro sentido.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The first days in São Tomé and Príncipe, visiting the little communities called “roças” near the place we were staying (Guadalupe), were a mixture of indescribable emotions. I never had seen such poverty: chickens and porks walking through the streets, curious children running totally free and bare-foot through the streets of dust, touching me like I was an alien but fighting in the next moment to touch my hand. A mixture of smells and rooted fish, typical smells of São Tomé and Príncipe. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Os primeiros dias passados em São Tomé, de visita às roças perto do local onde morámos, Guadalupe, são um misto de emoções e sentimentos meio inexplicável. Olhei à volta e via uma pobreza com a qual nunca me tinha deparado: porcos e galinhas a deambularem pelas ruas no meio das pessoas; crianças curiosas a correrem descalças e rotas, em total liberdade pelas ruas imundas e cheias de pó, a tocarem-me como se fosse uma extraterrestre, mas no minuto seguinte, a lutarem para me darem a mão; um misto de cheiro a peixe podre, com aquele cheiro típico santomense, com lixo;</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The way of life of that people…all this creates a great chock within myself, because in that place was no such things as we western society tell as important. But at the same time I saw big white smiles in that contrasting ebony faces, strength and deepness of character in the eyes of the people, ear happy voices, singing laughs…in that moment I realize what was really important, an unquestionable peace and happiness. I felt that too, I can not imagine such a happier part of my life than that in São Tomé and Príncipe. Recovered from the initial chock, it was a love I felt with that people and that place.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> O modo de vida daquelas pessoas… tudo isto me fez entrar em choque comigo mesma, porque ali não havia aquelas coisas que o mundo diz que são importantes. Mas ao mesmo tempo, ao redor via sorrisos brancos radiantes em rostos contrastantes de ébano, força e profundidade de carácter nos olhos das pessoas, ouvia vozes felizes, risos cantantes… e assim, percebi que ali havia tudo o que era realmente importante, paz e uma alegria inquestionáveis. E eu, eu também o senti! E neste momento, não me consigo imaginar mais feliz do que fui em São Tomé. Passado o choque, foi instantâneo o amor que senti por aquele lugar e por aquelas pessoas.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After the cultural chock (and also internal), it was time to start thinking about the project. I planned this whole project to Santana and some problems made me travel some kms southern to Ribeira Afonso to meet a poorer community with the advantage of offering better security conditions to practice Bodyboard. The luck was at my side. Visiting Sete Ondas Beach in the first day, I faced an amazing environment: vegetation surrounding all the beach, good waves and people that ultimately accompanied me for the rest of the project ( 3 young scouts around my age and an older lady). All of them were valued people inside the community and acted like brothers and a mother for the children and for me. It was them who welcome me in such a comforting way that currently the Boogie WACT project is there running, even without me (and my hearth is there too).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Após este
choque cultural (e interior, para dizer a verdade), estava na hora de colocar
mãos à obra e começar a pensar no projecto. Deparei-me com um problema, porque
o que tinha desenhado para ser implementado em Santana, fez-me viajar uns Km’s
mais a sul, para Ribeira Afonso, por me deparar com uma comunidade mais
carenciada e que oferecia melhores condições de segurança para a prática do
Bodyboard. Ainda assim, a sorte estava do meu lado. No primeiro dia de visita à
praia das Sete Ondas, deparo-me com um ambiente fascinante: vegetação que
abraçava toda a praia, boas ondas, e a sorte de encontrar as pessoas certas que
acabaram por me acompanhar sempre. Três jovens escuteiros mais ou menos da
minha idade, e uma senhora mais velha. Todos muito responsáveis, e figuras de
valor perante as crianças da comunidade, e uma espécie de irmãos e mãe, não só
para as crianças, mas também para mim. Foram eles que me receberam e acolheram,
e fizeram-no de forma tão reconfortante, que neste momento o Boogie WACT está
lá, mesmo eu estando cá. E o mesmo acontece com o meu coração.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;"> What scared me the most was the time I had to spend travelling in the Hiace (what an adventure!). Hiace is a van that has 9 seats but accommodates 15 people (minimum). That trips made me start understanding that singing language of them. I lost count of how many weeding proposals I received (in that romantic? environment)…We were always very squeezed inside that van, a leg over a lady, two children dripping snot nose on my lap, a bucket full of fish and flies somewhere near me, “Kizomba” at maximum volume and off course, everyone shouting…A troubled driving, not for the driver itself but for the holes in the streets, travelling an impressive 70 km everyday like crazy, that looked that there was no end to that. After two days, all these was normal to me and everyone knew me for the “White” and, without notice it, I start acting like them and for some unknown reason I didn’t start talking like them</span></div>
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assustou mais nesta mudança para uma comunidade mais distante da cidade, era o
tempo que iria passar em viagens de hiace. Hiace, que aventura. Uma carrinha de
nove lugares, onde o habitual é andarem 15 pessoas (no mínimo), e o que me fez
começar a perceber um bocadinho daquela língua melodiosa deles. Oh, quantos
pedidos de casamento recebi eu naquele ambiente (romântico ?), com o sovaco de
uma senhora a roçar-me bem perto do nariz, com uma perna minha entre as pernas
de outra senhora, com duas crianças a pingarem ranho do nariz ao meu colo, com
um alguidar de peixe minado de moscas algures perto de mim, em que eu só lhe
sentia o cheiro, por ter a visibilidade reduzida pelo excesso de população que
ali se encontrava naquele cubículo sobre rodas, Kizomba em volume máximo, e
claro, todos aos berros. Uma condução exímia, não pela positiva, mas os buracos
na estrada não ajudavam, fazendo com que 70 km diários fossem feitos aos
zigue-zagues, e acabassem por parecer intermináveis. Mas ao fim de dois dias,
tudo isto já me parecia normal, já todos me conheciam como a “brranca”, e sem
me aperceber, quase que já agia como eles, e por pouco não comecei a falar
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This was Surf Locus first "experience testimony". Francisca Veloso da Veiga started Boogie WACT project of Bodyboard in June 2013 and currently this amazing project is running in São Tomé and Príncipe even without her. Surf Locus would like to thank Francisca for this great Post! Follow <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/09/boogie-wact-part-22-by-francisca-veloso.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> link to Part 2/2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Este foi o primeiro testemunho postado na Surf Locus. A Francisca Veloso da Veiga começou o projecto de Bodyboard Boogie WACT em Junho de 2013 e na data presente o projecto continua a decorrer em São Tomé e Princípe. A Surf Locus agradeçe à Francisca por este grande post. Segue <b><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/09/boogie-wact-part-22-by-francisca-veloso.html" target="_blank">ESTE</a></b> link para a Parte 2/2.</span></span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-40552037757364418192013-08-31T19:11:00.000+01:002013-08-31T19:11:23.137+01:00Richie Campbell, That's How We Roll <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I hope you enjoyed the last 5 posts of Surf Locus about our <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and.html" target="_blank">Road Trip to Vicentina Coast and Algarve, Portugal 2013</a>. There will surely be more posts at Surf Locus about travelling and experiencing the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Recently I found </span><a href="http://surfingrtw.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">this</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> amazing blog about a couple that has been doing a Surf Trip around the World for 1 year and a half. Lately I have been thinking about doing the same and this comes as a great inspiration. Take some time to read </span><a href="http://surfingrtw.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Surfing Around the World</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Today I want to show you a very good Portuguese Reggae Musician, </span><a href="http://open.spotify.com/artist/2swvbEAfN70ZFcQB4Y7MaS" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Richie Campbell</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. With two albums released he is one of the most well-known Reggae musicians of Portugal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Playing with 911 band, considered by many to be the best Portuguese Reggae "Backing Band", Richie Campbell already collaborated with well-know international Reggae Musicians like Anthony B. and Kymani Marley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Check out this great music from Richie's second album "Focused", recorded in Jamaica:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I specially enjoy some musics that Richie Campbell produced with Dengaz, a Portuguese rapper. Check out this great song:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Lastly, let me share with you a song from Richie's first album "My Path":</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I hope you liked this great Portuguese, please follow <a href="http://open.spotify.com/artist/2swvbEAfN70ZFcQB4Y7MaS" target="_blank">this</a> link to his Spotify profile. This is the great quality of Portuguese Music, That's How We Roll. </span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-5084316916780632842013-08-28T21:22:00.001+01:002013-08-28T21:22:07.134+01:00(PART 5) Surf / Road Trip, Vicentina Coast and Algarve - Algarve / Monchique <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you didn't read the previous parts, please follow these links:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #b45f06;">Se não leste as quatro primeiras partes, por favor segue os links abaixo:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and.html" target="_blank">Part 1 - Last year's trip // Viagem do ano passado</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">Part 2 - Praia da Areia Branca - Praia da Aberta Nova</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This post is bigger and has more photos than the last 4 part of this report. I made this decision because I am really short of time and unfortunately I cannot do a full description of this last few days of Surf Locus trip, instead I'm going to do an overview of this last days and post a lot of photos for you to see the beautiful beach of Arrifana and especially the great town of Monchique, in the heart of Algarve.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Este post é um pouco maior e tem mais fotografias do que a parte 4 desta reportagem. Devido ao facto de ter pouco tempo porque tenho uma tese para escrever (grande seca) não vou fazer a usual descrição da viagem. Neste post vou colocar uma série de fotos no qual podem ver aquilo que de melhor se pode fazer no sul de Portugal, o Algarve.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some friends we found alongside the road to Aljezur // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Umas amigas que encontrámos na ida para Aljezur</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aljezur Castle, one of the seven castles in the Portuguese flag, conquered in the 11th century // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Castelo de Aljezur, um dos sete castelos da bandeira Portuguesa, conquistado no século 11.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">André feeling like a Lord in Aljezur Castle // <span style="color: #b45f06;">O André a sentir-se o maior da aldeia, Castelo de Aljezur</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our camping site in<a href="http://www.campingalbufeira.net/" target="_blank"> Camping Albufeira</a>, a very good camping with free swimming pool and a lot of trees for shadow. We paid 11 euros for each night at this camping which was actually not a bad price considering the expensiveness of Albufeira. // <span style="color: #b45f06;">O nosso acampamento no <a href="http://www.campingalbufeira.net/" target="_blank">Camping Albufeira</a>, um grande parque de campismo que tem piscina "à pala" e muita sombra. Pagámos cerca de 11 euros por noite neste camping, o que não é assim um preço tão alto quando comparado com os preços que se praticam em Albufeira.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">André and Me enjoying a beer after knowing that you must paid to enter in Silves Castle // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Eu e o André depois de sabermos que é necessário pagar para entrar dentro do castelo de Silves.</span> <span style="color: #b45f06;">Acho que foi melhor assim, ahah</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">João "Superman" Faria, flying in our way to Monchique //<span style="color: #b45f06;"> João "Super-homem" Faria, voando até Monchique</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erasmus reunion with João, our host in Monchique // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Reunião de Erasmus com o João, o nosso anfitrião na vila de Monchique</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An alternative bar in Monchique // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Um bar muito alternativo em Monchique</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">João and André in Monchique, look at those happy faces, ahah // <span style="color: #b45f06;">O João e o André todos felizes em Monchique</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monchique is all about being in deep connection with nature, you must visit this beautiful place in the highest mountains in the South of Portugal. // Monchique é natureza no seu estado mais selvagem. Aconselho vivamente a visita a este local lindíssimo nas montanhas mais altas do Sul de Portugal.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bom Português</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strange things we found at Foia, the highest point in Algarve. // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Estranhas construções que encontrámos no ponto mais alto de Portugal</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying to meditate // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Tentando meditar</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foia, Monchique</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Portuguese team in the "top" of Algarve //<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Surf Locus no topo do Algarve</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was the most amazing party at Monchique that night. Us with DJoana // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Havia uma festa espectacular na noite de sábado em Monchique, conhecemos a DJoana</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">João calling home saying he will stay in Monchique, because this is the most awesome place on earth // <span style="color: #b45f06;">O João a telefonar para casa dizendo que vai ficar em Monchique</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caldas de Monchique</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caldas de Monchique</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Erasmus Reunion at Monchique // <span style="color: #b45f06;">Reunião de Erasmus em Monchique</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Unfortunately I was unable to make a full description about this last days on trip but this is surely not the last Surf Trip of Surf Locus, and I will catch dream waves next time. In the overall, we enjoyed this road trip very much and spend about 150 euros each, which was very good considering one week of travelling. Next time we will make a Surf Trip around Marrocos, France or maybe an one year road trip around the world. Stay tuned!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Infelizmente não pude fazer uma descrição detalhada destes últimos dias da trip. Esta não será certamente a última viagem da Surf Locus e da próxima vez esperam-se grandes ondas. No geral adorámos esta viagem e gastámos muito pouco dinheiro, menos de 150 euros, nada mau para quem viaja durante uma semana pela costa portuguesa, conhece muitas pessoas e divertese "à grande". A próxima viagem será uma Surf Trip por Marrocos, França ou até mesmo uma road trip de um ano à volta do Mundo. Fiquem atentos!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I hope you liked Surf Locus report to Vicentina Coast and Algarve. Have Fun! Please "like" Surf Locus Facebook page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Espero que tenho gostado desta grande viagem da Surf Locus à Costa Vicentina e Algarve. Abraço! Se gostas da Surf Locus, faz gosto na página da Surf Locus no Facebook: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here are the other parts of this report //<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Aqui ficam as outras partes desta reportagem:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and.html" target="_blank">Part 1 - Last year's trip // viagem do ano passado</a></b></span><br />
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-44755431170597158632013-08-25T20:02:00.003+01:002013-08-28T21:25:32.497+01:00(PART 4) Surf / Road Trip, Vicentina Coast and Algarve - Vila Nova de Milfontes - Odeceixe<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you didn't read the previous parts, please follow these links:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">Part 2 - Praia da Areia Branca - Praia da Aberta Nova</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The third day of our trip started in Vila Nova de Milfontes, one of the main towns in Vicentina Coast. After a good night sleep and saying goodbye to João's friends we were back on the road. I was hopeful that in that day I would catch some waves and so we headed to Zambujeira do Mar, a small town known for its beautiful beach, good conditions for Surf and the Music Festival "<a href="http://www.sudoeste2013.com/" target="_blank">Sudoeste</a>".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> O terceiro dia da nossa trip começou em Vila Nova de Milfontes, uma das principais vilas da Costa Vicentina. Depois de uma noite bem dormida e de dizer adeus aos amigos do João, continuámos a nossa viagem para Sul. Estava mesmo com esperanças que seria nesse dia que havia de surfar umas boas ondas e portanto fomos até à Zambujeira do Mar, uma pequena vila que tem uma muito bonita praia, boas condições para o Surf e que alberga o festival de verão "<a href="http://www.sudoeste2013.com/" target="_blank">Sudoeste</a>".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This Festival occurs near Zambujeira do Mar every year in August and gathers a lot of known artists from all around the world. It last 5 days but with your festival ticket you can camp there for 10 days and enjoy the great beach of Zambujeira do Mar. This year the festival featured S.O.J.A., </span><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/06/donavon-frankenreiter-unique-style-in.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Donavon Frankenreiter</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (I posted about this surfer and musician some time ago at Surf Locus), Natiruts, Pete Tha Zouk, Calvin Harris, DJ Ride, Snoop Lion, </span><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/07/frankie-chavez-portuguese-one-man-band.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Frankie Chavez</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (I also did a post about this crazy Portuguese musician some time ago), Mind da Gap, Richie Campbell and others, uniting Reggae, Hip Hop, Rock...in a single festival.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Este festival ocorre todos os anos em Agosto perto da Zambujeira do Mar, trazendo artistas de todo o mundo para a bonita Costa Vicentina. Dura 5 dias mas se tiveres o bilhete para o festival inteiro podes acampar no recinto durante 10 dias e aproveitar a praia da vila. Este ano o cartaz do Sudoeste foi excelente: S.O.J.A., <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/06/donavon-frankenreiter-unique-style-in.html" target="_blank">Donavon Frankenreiter</a> (postei na Surf Locus um artigo sobre este grande surfista e músico americano), </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Natiruts, Pete Tha Zouk, Calvin Harris, DJ Ride, Snoop Lion, </span><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/07/frankie-chavez-portuguese-one-man-band.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Frankie Chavez</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (também fiz um post sobre este grande Português), Mind da Gap, Richie Campbell entre outros, juntando Reggae, Hip Hop, Rock, etc, num único festival.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Unfortunately the waves were not so good for surfing, although there was some surfers in the sea. I was really hopeful that I would get waves Southern in Odeceixe so we get back to the road, driving to the most beautiful beach in all of Portugal (at least in my opinion, eheh).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Infelizmente as ondas não estavam nada de especial na Zambujeira do mar e portanto continuámos com a nossa viagem mais para Sul, esperando encontrar ondas na praia mais bonita de Portugal, Odeceixe (pelo menos na minha opinião, eheh).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> One the way there we stopped the car and gave a ride to two Austrian girls that were travelling around Portugal. We stayed at the beach for some hours and ate an improvised lunch of tuna, milk and bread with chorizo. This beach has also a Surf School were you can take some classes or rent a board. If you pass in Odeceixe beach you should definitely try to Surf and learn the greatest sport of all time, eheh. While João and André stayed at the beach talking with our new friends, I went surfing and catch the first waves of this Road Trip. After an hour, I was back on the beach and we all did a little nap before leaving this amazing beach.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Na ida para a praia da Odeceixe parámos o carro e demos boleia a duas Austríacas que estavam, tal como nós, a viajar por Portugal. Ficámos na praia algumas horas e comemos uma refeição improvisada de Pão com chouriço, atum e leite. Esta praia tem também uma escola de Surf e um local para alugar pranchas e portanto, se alguma vez passares por aqui, não deixes de experimentar o melhor desporto de todos os tempo, eheh. Enquanto o João e o André conversavam com as nossas novas amigas eu fui apanhar umas ondas, as primeiras desta road trip. Depois de um tempo voltei para a praia mais feliz e dormimos todos uma sesta antes de sair da praia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After a relaxed afternoon in the beach of Odeceixe we went to <a href="http://www.campingsaomiguel.com/WP/" target="_blank">São Miguel Camping</a>, near to Odeceixe. This camping is very good, with plenty of shadows, bathrooms with amazing condition but its a little bit expensive since it is ranked as 4 stars. Each of us paid 11.25 euros for one night, all included. Around this time, we didn't spend almost no money because we always bought our food from the supermarket.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Depois de uma tarde relaxante na praia de Odeceixe fomos até ao Parque de Campismo São Miguel, perto de Odeceixe. Este parque de campismo é muito bom, tem bastante sombra, casas de banho com condições espectaculares mas é um pouco caro já que está avaliado com 4 estrelas. Cada um de nós pagou 11.25 euros pela noite com tudo incluído. Desde que começámos a viagem gastámos muito pouco dinheiro pois temos sempre comprado a comida no supermercado.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We bought our food for the night in the camping supermarket and then we started to set up our tent and cooking. I also told André to draw something to do with our trip and that resulted in the drawing that I posted in <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">PART 2</a>. Unfortunately André only did 2 drawings, representing the first and second day of our trip. While I took some notes of the trip and wrote <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">PART 2</a>, João was cooking our dinner, I mixture of onions, sausages, tomatoes and pasta. We also camped beside our two friends and learn more about their trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Comprámos a comida para o jantar no supermercado do parque de campismo (sempre um pouco mais caro do que os supermercados normais), montámos a tenda e começámos a cozinhar. Também disse ao André para desenhar qualquer que tivesse a ver com a nossa viagem, resultando no desenho que está na <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">PARTE 2</a>. Infelizmente o André apenas fez 2 desenhos, representando o primeiro e segundo dia da viagem. Enquanto eu tirava algumas notas sobre a viagem e escrevia a <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">PARTE 2</a>, o João cozinhava o jantar, uma mistura de cebolas, salsichas, tomates e massa. Acampámos junto às nossas amigas austríacas e fomos conversando sobre as nossas viagens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After dinner we had the most amazing night. We talked until very late about everything and me and André started playing guitar for the two Austrian girls, one French and a German couple that we met at Camping. We also drunk Becherovka, a strong drink from Czech Republic that João brought from Prague. It is always great to meet other people during trips because one can make a lot of contacts for future meetings and learn all about the different cultures around the World. André even tried a little bit of Yoga, learn by one of the Austrians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Depois de jantar tivemos um serão muito porreiro. Falámos até bastante tarde sobre tudo e eu e o André ainda tocámos guitarra para as duas Austríacas, um Francês e um casal de Alemães que conhecemos no parque de campismo, enquanto bebíamos uma forte bebida vinda da República Checa, Becherovka. É sempre muito bom conhecer pessoas durante as viagens porque assim criamos uma rede de contactos porreira para futuros encontros e assim aprendemos sobre as diferentes culturas do Mundo. O André ainda praticou um pouco de Yoga, ensinado por uma das austríacas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you liked PART 4 of this great road trip to Vicentina Coast and Algarve. Stay tuned for the remaining parts!! Have Fun! Please "like" Surf Locus Facebook page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Espero que tenho gostado da PARTE 4 desta grande viagem à Costa Vicentina e Algarve. Fiquem atentos pois as próximas partes sairão nos próximos dias. Abraço! Se gostas da Surf Locus, faz gosto na página da Surf Locus no Facebook: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here are the other parts of this report //<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Aqui ficam as outras partes desta reportagem:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and.html" target="_blank">Part 1 - Last year's trip // viagem do ano passado</a></b></span><br />
<b><br /></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">Part 2 - Praia da Areia Branca - Praia da Aberta Nova</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/08/part-3-surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast.html" target="_blank">Part 3 - Praia da Aberta Nova - Vila Nova de Milfontes</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/part-5-surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast.html" target="_blank"><b>Part 5 - Algarve and Monchique</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #b45f06;">Se não leste as duas primeiras partes, por favor segue os links abaixo:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and.html" target="_blank">Part 1 - Last year's trip // Viagem do ano passado</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After sleeping such a "restful" night, we woke up with a great view over the sea, and as the weather was hot but not sunny, there was no one on the beach besides the life guards. Nevertheless that was great to take this next photo of Praia da Aberta Nova:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Depois de uma noite tão "descansada", acordámos com uma grande vista sobre o mar e, como o tempo estava quente mas com pouco sol, não estava ninguém na Praia excepto os Nadadores Salvadores. Vendo pelo lado positivo, tirei esta foto da bonita Praia da Aberta Nova.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After an improvised breakfast of jelly, cookies and juice we said goodbye to Aberta Nova and got back on the road. We made the travelling South mainly listening <a href="http://www.gentleman-music.com/" target="_blank">Gentleman</a>, talking about the future and the way we are going to conquer the World, eheh. We pass through Sines that has one of the more important ports of Portugal and arrive at São Torpes Beach, very well know for its good condition for Surfing. Unfortunately, like I was expecting after checking <a href="http://www.windguru.cz/pt/" target="_blank">WindGURU</a>, there was no waves because this was a particularly soft week in Portugal Surfing Scenario :( . São Torpes is also great because its water is hotter than the usual Portuguese Beaches as some factory nearby uses the water from the sea to cool down their processes. (don't worry, the water is not polluted in this process).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Depois de um pequeno almoço improvisado que consistiu em gelatina, bolachas e sumo, dissemos adeus à Praia da Aberta Nova e fizemo-nos à estrada. Seguimos viagem para Sul ao som de <b><a href="http://www.gentleman-music.com/" target="_blank">Gentleman</a></b>, falando sobre o futuro e da maneira como iremos conquistar o Mundo, eheh. Passámos Sines, que tem dos Portos mais importantes de Portugal e chegámos à Praia de São Torpes, bastante conhecida pelas boas ondas. Infelizmente e como já estava à espera devido à análise do <a href="http://www.windguru.cz/pt/" target="_blank"><b>WindGURU</b></a>, o mar estava completamente flat, concluindo assim que esta é definitivamente uma semana má para o Surf em Portugal. São Torpes também é uma praia porreira porque a água é mais quente do que o habitual das praias da região. Acontece que a água do mar é utilizada por uma das fábricas nas redondezas para arrefecer os seus processos (mas não te preocupes, a água não fica poluída).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As this was our second trip to Vicentina Coast we decided to pass Porto Côvo and Pessegueiro Island and go in the direction of Vila Nova de Milfontes, but if you are planning to do this trip, you should definitely go to Porto Côvo as this town is very beautiful and the fort near Pessegueiro Island is worth seeing. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We even tried to do this </span><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Geochaching</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> challenge were you use your GPS to find some boxes hidden somewhere in strategic points, but then we thought</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> that would take a lot of time and we decided to do a little bit of Rally since we have an Opel Frontera 4x4. From Porto Côvo to Vila Nova de Milfontes you can take some secondary roads that are just beside the coast-line and find this awesome and beautiful beaches, much of the times with no-one to be seen. With a little bit of luck, one could even be alone and surf very good waves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Como esta era a segunda vez que fazíamos uma viagem pela Costa Vicentina, decidimos passar a vila de Porto Côvo e a Ilha do Pessegueiro (nomes estes eternizados pela grande música de Rui Veloso). Se estás a planear fazer uma viagem com esta, deves certamente parar em Porto Côvo e ver esta vila lindíssima tal como visitar o forte junto da Ilha do Pessegueiro. Ainda pensámos fazer um daqueles desafios da <b><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/" target="_blank">Geocaching</a></b>, onde se usa o GPS para encontrar certas caixas escondidas em lugar estratégicos, mas depois pensámos que seria mais divertido fazer um pouco de Rally já que conduzimos um Opel Frontera 4x4. De Porto Côvo para Vila Nova de Milfontes existem caminhos secundários que seguem a linha de costa e de onde podes tomar atalhos para praias selvagens que muitas vezes não têm ninguém e são lindíssimas. Ainda podes ter a sorte de encontrar boas ondas e ficar a surfar sozinho.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While we're doing our Rally Vicentina, we were also searching for Malhão Beach, know to have very good waves and beautiful ladies, eheh. As there was no sign pointing us to this paradise, we got lost and in no time we were in Vila Nova de Milfontes and we passed the beach. Since we were already in the village we decided to set up our camping site in <a href="http://www.campingmilfontes.com/" target="_blank">Camping Milfontes</a> and lunch (bread with beef). Setting up camping site is already very fast for us, as everyone know is job. This camping-site is very good because you have plenty of shadow given by very tall pine trees, the people are always very nice and there is always many youth taking vacations in this village as it is one of the main villages in Vicentina Coast, full of different beaches and a strong night nightlife. The Camping price was 8.80 euros for each person including the car and electricity. We were very well welcomed in the Camping-site and as we were cooking our dinner a very nice guy offer us a soup (we must have looked starved, eheh).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Enquanto fazíamos o nosso Rally Vicentina, procurávamos a Praia do Malhão, conhecida pelas boas ondas para surfar e bonitas mulheres, eheh. Como não há nenhuma placa que indica esta praia, perdemo-nos e em menos de nada tínhamos chegado a Vila Nova de Milfontes. Já que tínhamos chegado à vila, decidímos montar a tenda no parque de campismo <a href="http://www.campingmilfontes.com/" target="_blank"><b>Camping Milfontes</b></a> e almoçar (umas sandes com bifes). Para nós montar o campismo já é uma tarefa rápida e fácil pois toda a gente sabe o que deve fazer. Este parque de campismo é muito bom porque tem muita sobra dada por grandes pinheiros, as pessoas do parque costumam ser muito simpáticas e há sempre muita malta nova a acampar em Mil Fontes pois esta é uma das principais vilas na Costa Vicentina, com várias praias diferentes e uma vida nocturna muito boa. A noite neste parque de campismo custou-nos 8.80 euros incluindo o carro e a electricidade. Fomos muito bem recebidos no parque de campismo e enquanto ainda estávamos a cozinhar um senhor ofereceu-nos uma sopinha (devíamos parecer cheios de fome, eheh).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span>After such a good lunch (João is an amazing chef), we had to fight with a strong laziness and we got back on the road trying again to find Malhão Beach again. It is very difficult to find this beach as there is no signs, but after a good time we managed to find it, driving maybe 3 km in dirt roads to the beach. Once again there was no waves in Malhão but we play some beach football and enjoyed this beautiful beach. The waves were no good for surfing but were actually very good for Body Surfing. After asked some ladies were would be the party that day in Vila Nova de Milfontes, we got back to Vila Nova de Milfontes and decided to sleep a bit, because we were very tired from last night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Depois de um bom almoço (o João é um cozinheiro bastante razoável), lutámos com uma grande preguiça e fizémo-nos à estrada, tentando encontrar o paraíso, a Praia do Malhão. É muito difícil encontrar esta praia porque não há sinalização nenhuma e o melhor é sempre perguntar a alguém onde fica. Depois de talvez uns 3 km a andar por estradas de terra lá encontrámos a famosa praia. Mais uma vez não havia ondas no Malhão mas aproveitámos para estar um bocado na praia e jogar futebol. As ondas não estavam boas para Surf mas estavam até muito razoáveis para fazer Body Surfing e portanto, nem tudo estava perdido. Depois de perguntar a um grupo de senhoras onde seria a festa nesse dia em Vila Nova de Milfontes, voltámos para o acampamento e decidimos descansar um pouco pois a noite passada tinha sido mal dormida.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After some resting we started cooking our dinner and after some time the perfect meal was cooked. I forgot to say in the beginning but we brought with us a bottle of "Ginginha" from my place, produced by my Father. This drink was our desert after meals during the trip, but not for long eheh. After dinner and the washing of the dishes we started talking, playing some music and eventually some friends of João arrived at the Camping with tons of food and wine. Around mid-night we walk to the village to go to some bars and we stopped at Rossio Bar where a live concert was on and they we're selling some cheap "Caipirinhas". After that we moved to some bars near the beach (a little more expensive) but then, as we were very tired, we start moving to the Camping. On the way there we also stopped at SudWest disco but the price to enter was to high compared to our budget, eheh. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Depois de algum descanso começámos a cozinhar e depois de algum tempo a refeição perfeita estava cozinhada. Esqueçi-me de mencionar antes, mas nós levámos para a viagem uma Ginginha feita pelo meu pai. Esta bebida foi sempre a nossa sobremesa depois de qualquer refeição, mas apenas durante as primeiras da viagem, eheh. Depois de jantar e lavar a loiça continuámos a falar, tocar algumas músicas com as guitarras e eventualmente chegaram uns amigos do João da faculdade ao acampamento, com toneladas de comida e vinho. Depois da meia-noite fomos até ao centro da vila ao Bar Rossio onde estava a decorrer um concerto e onde havia umas Caipirinhas muito baratas. De seguida fomos para um bar junto à praia que infelizmente era um pouco mais caro mas não ficámos por lá muito tempo porque estávamos nesta altura um bocado cansados. No caminho até ao Campismo ainda parámos na discoteca SudWest mas o preço de entrada era demasiado alto para o nosso orçamento, eheh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and.html" target="_blank">Part 1 - Last year's trip // viagem do ano passado</a></b></span><br />
<b><br /></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">Part 2 - Praia da Areia Branca - Praia da Aberta Nova</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/08/part-4-surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast.html" target="_blank">Part 4 - Vila Nova de Milfontes - Odeceixe</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The night before we started our trip to Vicentina Coast, we were planning on going out just for a couple of hours in Praia da Areia Branca, my Hometown, as at 12th August we would start the Road Trip and we wanted to get up early.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> A noite anterior a começarmos a nossa viagem para a Costa Vicentina, planeámos sair à noite na Praia da Areia Branca apenas algumas horas, de maneira a sairmos cedo no dia seguinte, 12 de Agosto.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Just like any Portuguese, we were out of schedule because the night was simply to good at Sunset Party of Barraca Bar. Praia da Areia Branca has a lot of bars by the seaside and in Summer there is always many people there at night drinking the Portuguese beers SuperBock and Sagres, talking about Surf and the Surf Lessons they had during the day or maybe just enjoying some music. During the day this bars are great because they give support to the people on the beach and one can go there to eat or drink some coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Como bons Portugueses que somos, hehe, atrasámo-nos bastante pois a noite foi muito melhor daquilo que estávamos à espera. O bar Barraca tem organizado umas Sunset Party todos os domingos com música na areia e muita malta a divertir-se. A Praia da Areia Branca tem muitos bares no paredão ao longo da praia onde as pessoas também se reúnem á noite para beber as boas cervejas Portuguesas SuperBock e Sagres, falar sobre as aulas de Surf que tiveram durante o dia ou apenas aproveitar para ouvir música. Durante o dia estes cafés também são porreiros porque servem de suporte à malta que está na praia. Um local onde as pessoas podem comer um gelado ou beber um café.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you are planning a Trip or just planning to go somewhere in the Coast of Portugal to enjoy some town at its maximum, you should come to Praia da Areia Branca because you will definitely have a good time. You can stay at the Camping, in the Youth Hostel that is located 5 meters from the sand or you can choose to go to <a href="http://www.areiabrancabeachhostel.com/" target="_blank">Areia Branca Beach Hostel</a>, where you would have a very welcoming staying and met Rui, a good friend and surfer that can help as your guide in Praia da Areia Branca.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Se estás a planear fazer uma Road / Surf Trip por Portugal ou então passar uns tempos num local fantástico na costa Portuguesa e aproveitar os teus dias nesse local ao máximo, recomendo vivamente que venhas para a Praia da Areia Branca onde terás uma estadia excelente. Podes ficar no Parque de Campismo, na Pousada da Juventude que é provavelmente a melhor de Portugal por se situar a cerca de 5 metros da areia!! ou então podes sempre ir para um Hostel, tal como o <a href="http://www.areiabrancabeachhostel.com/" target="_blank"><b>Areia Branca Beach Hostel</b></a> onde irás ter uma recepção muito acolhedora e conhecer o Rui, um grande amigo meu e surfista que certamente te guiará pela pela Praia da Areia Branca.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Praia da Areia Branca is also a great place for Surfing, where you have two Surf Schools. Most of the plans for accommodation also include Surf Lessons and you should ask for it, saving some money. Surfing is a great experience that one should at least try once in life. The feeling of riding a wave is just amazing and I am completely addicted to it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> A Praia da Areia Branca é também um local excelente para o Surf, tendo à tua disposição 2 escolas. Grande parte dos planos de alojamento tem disponível aulas de Surf e tu deves pedi-las de forma a poupar algum dinheiro. Surfar é uma experiência espectacular e todas as pessoas devem experimentar pelo menos uma vez na vida. A sensação de apanhar uma onda é inexplicável e pelo menos eu estou completamente viciado.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> You also have plenty of places where you can eat, like "Tasse Bem" with its delicious Burgers or if you prefer a more comfortable, full meal, I strongly recommend you "Foz" that as a great view over the sea, with delicious food and very good service.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Tens também muitos sítios óptimos para comer na Praia da Areia Branca. Podes comer os deliciosos Hamburgers no "Tass Bem" mas se preferires uma refeição completa e mais confortável podes sempre optar pelo "Foz", com vista para o mar, comida muito boa e óptimo serviço.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you stay in Praia da Areia Branca for a while, you can also take the opportunity to visit some cool places around like <a href="http://www.obidos.pt/" target="_blank">Óbidos</a>, a very old castle taken by the Portuguese probably at 1148. The village inside the castle is just beautiful, very well preserved and you can try the famous "Ginginha de Óbidos" a delicious local drink. You can also go to <a href="http://www.buddhaeden.com/" target="_blank">Buddha Eden</a>, an enormous garden related to Buddhism or you can go to Lourinhã, and visit the <a href="http://www.museulourinha.org/" target="_blank">Dinosaurs Museum</a>, as Lourinhã is the European capital of Dinosaurs. These are just some things of the vast options you have when visiting Praia da Areia Branca.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Durante a tua estadia na Praia da Areia Branca podes aproveitar para ver alguns dos locais mais espectaculares da zona Oeste tal como <a href="http://www.obidos.pt/" target="_blank"><b>Óbidos</b></a>, uma vila muito bonita dentro de um castelo milenar e onde podes provar a famosa ginginha de Óbidos. O <a href="http://www.buddhaeden.com/" target="_blank"><b>Buddha Eden</b></a> também é muito engraçado, um jardim dedicado ao Budismo. E já que a Lourinhã é a capital Europeia dos Dinossauros, porque não visitar o <a href="http://www.museulourinha.org/" target="_blank"><b>Museu dos Dinossauros</b></a>? Estas são apenas alguns dos planos que podes escolher enquanto gozas a tua estadia na Praia da Areia Branca.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So, last night, the party was awesome, with a DJ with his set in the sand and people dancing everywhere. We met some tourists from Finland and Germany that were in Praia da Areia Branca for 3 weeks to learn how to Surf. We even managed to get some free beers by helping dismounting the party. So, with such an amazing party, we got up at 12 in the next day, and you some delays we were on the road only at 14.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Portanto, na noite passada a festa foi muito porreira. Conhecemos algumas turistas da Finlândia e Alemanha que estavam na Praia da Areia Branca durante 3 semanas para aprender a Surfar. Ainda conseguimos bebidas "à pala" ao ajudar a carregar a máquina de cervejas até ao bar. Consequentemente, depois desta grande festa, acordamos apenas ás 12 no dia seguinte e com vários atrasos, apenas seguimos viagem às 14.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> For this trip we have taken a Surf Board, Tent, Table, Chairs, mini-fridge, 2 guitars, a football, plenty of food like tuna and rice, sleeping stuff, GPS and a box full of Cd's for the road, like Matisyahu, Arctic Monkeys, C2C, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Gentleman and others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Para esta trip, já que levamos um carro enorme e preparado para fazer um Rallyzinho, levamos connosco uma prancha de surf, uma tenda, mesa e cadeiras, tapetes, uma pequena arca frigorífica, muita comida, duas guitarras, GPS e uma caixa cheia de Cd's para a viagem. Ao longo da estrada teremos a companhia de Matisyahu, Arctic Monkeys, C2C, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Gentlemen e outros.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Then we started our trip with destination "some beach near Sines". We only stopped once in our way down to buy a watermelon from a farmer across the road. It is very common for the farmers to sell their fruits and vegetables alongside the road in Portugal for very cheap prices. We bought the watermelon for 1.50 euros and continued our journey South.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Começámos então a nossa viagem com o objectivo de parar numa qualquer perto de Sines. Parámos apenas uma vez na estrada Nacional para comprar uma Melancia de um agricultor que tinha a sua carrinha ao pé da estrada. É muito comum em Portugal os agricultores venderem os seus frutos e vegetais ao longo da estrada por preços muito baratos. Comprámos então a melancia por 1.50 euros e continuamos a nossa viagem para Sul.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stopped to buy a watermelon from across the road. This is our car, 4x4 for Rally eheh. You can also noticed the posters that we attached to the car's windows. The left one is about Surf Locus, with some links to the blog and Facebook Page. The right one was made by André and is about our Trip. Coast Trip version 2.0 // Paragem para comprar uma melancia. Este é nosso carro, preparado para fazer rally pelas dunas. Também podem ver os posters da Surf Locus que colámos no carro.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> A local friend that I knew in Lisbon, recommended me to go to Praia da Aberta Nova and so we drive there and the beach was very beautiful. Unfortunately for me, there was no waves and so no surfing. Nevertheless we enjoyed the beautiful beach, took a swim in the sea and then we decided to stay overnight to save some money. In Portugal is prohibit to camp on the beach/ set up a tent but if you sleep without tent and don't make a camp fire there is no problem.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Um amigo meu de Lisboa que é local de Grândola, aconselhou-me a passar pela Praia da Aberta Nova e portanto foi lá que fomos no primeiro dia. Essa praia é mesmo muito bonita e ainda preserva aquele estado natural que falta ás praias a norte de Lisboa. Infelizmente não havia ondas para surfar mas fomos de qualquer maneira para o mar tomar um banho e depois decidimos passar a noite na Praia da Aberta Nova. Em Portugal é proibido acampar na praia, ou seja, montar a tenda e fazer fogueiras, mas desde que não o faças não há problema.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We also cooked in the parking lot of the beach as it has a lot of tables with view to the sea. The water for cooking was brought for the bathroom of a nearby bar and then we start cooking pasta with tuna and sausages. The beaches in the South are almost non-touched by humans and so they are really beautiful:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Também cozinhámos no parque de estacionamento da praia pois este tem à dispozição uma série de mesas. Cozinhámos um verdadeiro "pitéu", massa com atum e salsichas. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coking our dinner at Praia da Aberta Nova // A fazer o jantar...</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> There was a lot of people parked overnight in Praia da Aberta Nova and we met a very nice Italian couple that were travelling the coast of Portugal (we met then later in the road). We show them Surf Locus and they show us their circus <a href="http://www.spaziobizzarro.com/" target="_blank">Spazio Bizzarro</a>. After that me and André started playing guitar nearby our car (some Jack Johnson and Arctic Monkeys) in some improvised bed and that was really great until it started to rain and we had to get back to the car and sleep there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Na Praia da Aberta Nova havia também muita gente como nós que ía passar por lá a noite e portanto tivemos a oportunidade de conhecer um casal de Italianos que também estava a fazer a costa Portuguesa (encontrámo-nos mais tarde noutra praia). Nós mostramos-lhes o Surf Locus e eles mostraram-nos o circo deles na Itália, <a href="http://www.spaziobizzarro.com/" target="_blank"><b>Spazio Bizzarro</b></a>. De seguida eu e o André começámos a tocar guitarra numa cama improvisada que montámos ao lado do carro. A noite fez-se por alguns tempo aos som de Jack Johnson e Arctic Monkeys até que começou a chover e tivemos de voltar para o carro, onde acabámos por dormir todos apertados. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the morning after a "perfect" night sleeping in the car // Depois de uma noite de dormida no carro</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">André is an artist. This is his drawing of the 1st day. Sleeping in the car along side the beach // O André mostrou o seu lado artístico e desenhou o primeiro dia de Trip.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #b45f06;">Espero que tenhas gostado deste post. Aqui ficam as outras partes desta reportagem:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and.html" target="_blank">Part 1 - Last year's trip // viagem do ano passado</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/08/part-4-surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast.html" target="_blank">Part 4 - Vila Nova de Milfontes - Odeceixe</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/part-5-surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>Part 5 - Algarve and Monchique</b></a></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-63316987991477050972013-08-20T13:16:00.001+01:002013-08-28T21:26:37.694+01:00(PART 1) Surf / Road Trip, Vicentina Coast and Algarve - Last year's trip // Viagem do ano passado<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> First of all, I decided to write this post in both Portuguese and English because this trip was around the coast of Portugal and I believe there is a need to show the beautiful coast-line of Portugal not only to non-Portuguese speakers but also to some Portuguese, Brazilian and other Portuguese speakers that may want to visit this part of Portugal that is truly amazing. If you don't know Portuguese, please read only the paragraphs in black, otherwise you may read the brown ones! Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Boas, primeiro que tudo gostaria de informar que farei esta série de posts também em português, pois acredito que é necessário mostrar a bonita costa portuguesa não apenas a todo o resto do mundo, como forma de impulsionar o turismo no nosso bonito país, mas também mostrá-la aos Portugueses que ainda não visitaram esta parte de Portugal. Também é importante não esquecer a enorme comunidade Brasileira e todos os outros países como Angola e Moçambique onde a língua oficial é o Português. Portugal é mesmo um país espectacular com uma riqueza cultural incrível que deve ser mostrada a todo o Mundo. Portanto, se és Português, podes ler apenas os parágrafos a castanho ;). Espero que gostes!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Hi once again! As I had <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-locus-new-logo-and-surfroad-trip-v.html" target="_blank">previously</a> said last week, me, João, André and Surf Locus took a trip around the beautiful coast line in the South of Portugal, also known as Vicentina Coast. Before we went to this trip, me and a friend created what would be the next Surf Locus logo that you can already see in the top of this page and in <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">Surf Locus Facebook Page</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Olá mais uma vez. Tal como tinha anunciado <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-locus-new-logo-and-surfroad-trip-v.html" target="_blank"><b>anteriormente</b></a>, eu e dois amigos que conheci em Erasmus decidimos fazer uma viajem com a Surf Locus pela bonita costa Sul Portuguesa, a famosa Costa Vicentina. Antes desta viajem criei com a enorme ajuda de um grande amigo meu o novo logo da Surf Locus que já podem ver no topo do Blog ou na página de <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank"><b>Facebook da Surf Locus</b></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We also decided that we would do the best publicity to Surf Locus in this trip as we could, so we printed a lot of small cards with Surf Locus Facebook and Blogger domains that we distributed by people that we met on the road. He also printed some big logos and putted in the car's windows.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Também decidimos que iríamos, ao longo desta viagem, fazer o máximo de publicidade ao Surf Locus junto das pessoas que iríamos conhecer. Portanto imprimimos uma série de cartões com o logo da Surf Locus e o nosso domínio Blogger e Facebook e colámos uma série de posters no nosso carro. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This amazing trip started in Praia da Areia Branca, my Hometown, at August 12th. Me, João and André met in Prague while doing our Erasmus semester and last year we did this great trip that began in Caminha and ended in Sagres (something like 600!!!! km of coast), and so we travel through all the west coast of Portugal in 2 weeks and was so amazing, such a great adventure that we decided to do it again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Esta viagem começou na Praia da Areia Branca, onde vivo actualmente, no dia 12 de Agosto de 2013. Como disse anteriormente nós conhecemo-nos em Praga enquanto fazíamos o melhor semestre da nossa vida de estudantes universitários, o Erasmus. No verão de 2012 fizemos também uma grande viagem pela costa Portuguesa começando em Caminha, lá mesmo no topo de Portugal e acabando em Sagres, fazendo cerca de 600 km de costa. Esta viagem teve a duração de 2 semanas e sendo simplesmente espectacular, decidimos repetir a experiência. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Last year we've been in so many Portuguese cities like Braga, Oporto, Aveiro and Lisbon and also discover so many new towns across the coast-line full of day and night life. We also took the opportunity to reunite with some friends from Eramus and stayed in mine and André's house in Porto. The adventures from last year are countless and amazing that before I start to write about this year's trip I have to show you some photos from last year, enjoy:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> No ano passado viajamos por muitas cidades Portuguesas como Braga, Porto, Aveiro e Lisboa, mas também por praias maravilhosas com uma vida nocturna espectacular (principalmente costa Norte) ou praias quase no seu estado natural (costa Sul). Tivemos também a oportunidade de estar com os nossos amigos de Erasmus, espalhados um pouco por todo o país e ainda ficámos algumas noites na minha casa e na do André no Porto. Gastámos muito pouco dinheiro nesta viajem (menos de 300 euros em 2 semanas) e foi uma aventura espectacular. Antes de começar a escrever sobre a trip deste ano, preciso de mostrar algumas fotos da viajem do ano passado:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caminha, the Northerner point in the West Coast of Portugal</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nazaré, very well know for the biggest wave ever surfed by the Surfer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_McNamara" target="_blank">Garrett McNamara</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> As we are short on time because we have to write our Master Thesis, we began this trip in Praia da Areia Branca and continue to drive South. In one week of travelling we've been in many places, met tons of People, embraced the rich Portuguese culture, enjoyed the beautiful beaches of Portugal and despite the fact that we were camping we ate a lot and actually very good food, especially in João Silva's place in Monchique.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Como estamos apertados de tempo pois estamos a acabar as nossas Teses de Mestrado, decidimos começar esta viagem na Praia da Areia Branca e continuar a descer a costa. Apenas em uma semana de viagem conhecemos muitas pessoas novas, locais, abraçamos a rica cultura Portuguesa e aproveitamos as praias espectaculares de Portugal e apesar de estarmos a acampar, comemos muito e bem, principalmente na casa do João Silva em Monchique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>Before I write anything about this Surf / Road Trip that pass through Sines, Vila Nova de Mil Fontes, Odeceixe, Albufeira and Monchique I felt that was necessary to show you last year's trip. Stay tuned for the full report of this trip. Have Fun!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Esta viagem passou por Sines, Vila Nova de Mil Fontes, Odeceixe, Albufeira e Monchique. Antes de começar a relatar esta viagem achei necessário falar um pouco sobre a viagem do ano passado e portanto nos próximos posts continuarei a falar da viagem deste ano!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Please follow the following links to the other parts of this report:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Por favor siga os links seguintes para as próximas partes desta reportagem:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast-and_21.html" target="_blank">Part 2 - 1st Day // Primeiro Dia - Praia da Areia Branca - Praia da Aberta Nova</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/part-3-surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast.html" target="_blank">Part 3 - Praia da Aberta Nova - Vila Nova de Milfontes</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/08/part-4-surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast.html" target="_blank">Part 4 - Vila Nova de Milfontes - Odeceixe</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.pt/2013/08/part-5-surf-road-trip-vicentina-coast.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>Part 5 - Algarve and Monchique</b></a></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-18701392553215750692013-08-11T21:00:00.004+01:002013-08-11T21:00:39.961+01:00Surf Locus New Logo and Surf/Road Trip v 2.0<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The last few days, me and a good friend of mine developed the new logo of Surf Locus:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next week, as I previously announced, me and some Friends are going on a Trip to the SouthWest Coast of Portugal, "Costa Vicentina".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Although I believe the waves are not going to be as I wanted, I will do an extensive report of the Trip, showing you the amazing coast line of Portugal, its amazing wild beaches, what to visit, where to sleep and how to have a great time in such a wonderful country as Portugal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> One friend of mine draw this for the trip, take a look:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I will be updating the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">Surf Locus Facebook Page</a> with some photos from the trip, stay tuned! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I hope you liked the new logo of Surf Locus and I look forward to write the report about this Trip, in hopes I could inspire you to visit Portugal or, if you are Portuguese, visit the coast line of Alentejo and Algarve. Have Fun!!</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-20873497008628005352013-08-07T19:33:00.000+01:002013-08-07T19:33:01.409+01:00Graham Hughes, how to travel the world on the cheap<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hughes" target="_blank">Graham Hughes</a> is truly an inspiration for someone (me included) that wants to travel all around the world and meet all these different cultures, experiencing everything that is to do in this amazing world. He began an incredible journey in 2009 called "<a href="http://www.theodysseyexpedition.com/" target="_blank">The Odyssey</a>" which led him to travel to 201 different countries by the end of 2012. A 4 year's journey WITHOUT FLYING.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> He currently helds two Guiness World Records: "133 countries in one year by scheduled ground transport" and visiting every UN member state and eight other countries (201) without flying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> During this experience he presented a weekly television program, "Graham's World", on the National Geographic Adventure Channel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Let me show you a very interesting YouTube video, where Graham Hughes explains how to travel around the world and spend very few amounts of money. Enjoy ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I am planning to do a road/surf-trip next week to the south-west coast of Portugal, and then I will be making here the report of that trip, letting you know the wonderful coast-line of Alentejo and Algarve, Portugal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you enjoyed this post, please "like" Surf Locus Facebook Page here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a>. Have Fun!</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-53842475733078486312013-08-05T22:39:00.000+01:002013-08-05T22:40:31.402+01:00Billabong Pro Tahiti 2012 Highlights<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> At 10 days from starting one of the best ASP World Tour Events, the Billabong Pro Tahiti, it's time to watch last year's Highlights. Last year's event was won by the 2-times World Champion Mick Fanning followed by the current World Champion Joel Parkinson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Teahupoo is probably the most dangerous wave on the planet due to its huge size and power. The danger is further increased by the coral that is at the button of the sea. Teahupoo is THE tube-riding event of the Dream Tour, with HUGE and CRAZY Barrels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Without further ado, let me show you the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2012 Highlights:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The event in Tahiti is the perfect example of a Dream Tour Event with beautiful and mind-blowing landscapes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Stay tuned for this awesome event that starts at August 15th. Have Fun!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you liked this post, please "like" Surf Locus Facebook Page, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a></span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-41434758565612658952013-08-01T17:47:00.001+01:002013-08-01T17:47:34.937+01:00Dashboard Confessional<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Have you ever heard about Dashboard Confessional? They're an Alternative Rock band from Florida, USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Dashboard Confessional's first album "The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most" was released in 2001. What I like more about this great band it's their awesome acoustic songs and the great voice of Chris Carrabba.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> You can listen Dashboard Confessional <a href="http://open.spotify.com/artist/4ERtgeBbWRkFzIz6LaFCeY" target="_blank">HERE</a>, at their Spotify Profile. I especially like the songs "Hands Down", "The Places That You Came to Fear the Most", "Screaming Infidelities" and " Turpentine Chaser", although is very difficult to choose the best one's since their songs are all very good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Dashboard Confessional's song "<a href="http://youtu.be/2WoJV4NLxqg" target="_blank">Vindicated</a>" was also on the soundtrack of Spiderman 2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Let me show you two of Dashboard Confessional's songs, "Screaming Infidelities" and "Hands Down". I also share with you their awesome MTV Unplugged concert:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So, I hope you liked Dashboard Confessional and I recommend you to go to their Spotify Profile and go through their songs. Please follow me at Surf Locus Facebook Page "<a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a>". Have Fun!!</span></div>
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Francisco Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530413988243073481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639782806488210423.post-25424264170009631562013-07-29T22:44:00.001+01:002013-07-29T22:46:08.409+01:00US Open of Surfing, Final Day Highlights<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The US Open of Surfing as come to an end. The Brazilian Alejo Muniz is the new champion of the legendary waves of Huntington Beach. I hope you enjoyed this Prime Event. Sincerely, I didn't appreciate so much this event as the waves were not so good as I was expecting, moreover coming from the event at ASP World Tour Championship at <a href="http://surflocus.blogspot.com/2013/06/oakley-pro-bali-2013-surf-review.html" target="_blank">Bali, Indonesia</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Alejo Muniz won over Kolohe Andino at the final. I also want to point out the outstanding performance of Michel Bourez throughout the event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you liked this post, please "like" Surf Locus Facebook Page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/surflocus" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/surflocus</a>. Have Fun!!</span></div>
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