Richard and Jolanda – our journey

Days 186 to 191: Andalucía country – southern Spain

Day 186 of our big adventure saw us in Cadiz – situated on the south-western coast of Spain about halfway between the Portuguese border and Gibraltar. It was a fair distance from our yoga retreat in Portugal, around 400km, but on these fast toll roads it seemed...

Days 180 to 185: Yoga retreating on Portugal’s southwest coast

I was feeling less than a hundred per cent when we arrived at Prana Casa – a yoga retreat centre close to Aljezur on the southwestern coast of Portugal. Since Lisbon I had been feeling a distinct loss of energy and the stirrings of a cold brewing. Situated in the...

Days 177 to 179: Lagos in Portugal’s Algarve region

No its not the Lagos in Nigeria, as Google maps keep wanting to take me to, but the Lagos on the southern Algarve coast of Portugal. Interestingly the two seem to have a connection, the Nigerian Lagos having been visited by the Portuguese in the late 15th century and...