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Algarve the southern most province of
Portugal and the best known in Europe for its beautiful beaches and
picturesque villages and towns. We spent 3 furious days visiting Algarve with
our friends Guilhermina and Zé. Guilhermina and Zé are long
lost friends from Angola. Guilhermina boarded in the same school as Filomena
in Nova Lisboa (now Huambo). Zé lived and studied in the same city as
I did, played basketball against me (I won every time…sorry Zé,
but I can’t lie), served in the army in the same regiment in Sá
da Bandeira (now Lubango) and during the war was in Mavinga in the same
company only one year earlier. With the troubles in Angola (1974) we lost
contact but thanks to the Internet and Google Earth we found each other again
25 years later. In Algarve we spent 3 wonderful days
with Guilhermina and Zé showing us almost the entire Algarve. I hope
the police radars were not operational at that time because we had to exceed
the speed limit just a little bit to be able to cover all the points
Zé planned to show us. Below are a few photos to give an idea of what
we did and how Algarve looks like in 2009. |
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