P.n.P.Gerês:PedraBela-Teixeira-Camalhão-Arado 21,22-05-2009 Pt

military letter in green the arround
trail line made

the view from Pedra Bela 828mts
to the Albufeira da Caniçada and Vilar da Veiga

passing at curral da Carvalha das Éguas

in Lomba with a lot of cows ...waiting for us...

mother and daugther naturally without stress...

the adventure team,
from the left 1st i,me-2st Jorge-3rdRita behind us:
,camalhão,borrageiro, meda de recalva,teixeira

Teixeira

hungry arrived in Teixeira,
jorge tasting the wine:very good!hum
me cooking...

insecto friend

Relax-no stress...this is the sweet home...

differing views of the place only give to laugh....

Camalhão and Borrageiro

trio in curral do Camalhão

view of Borrageiro across the valley

treeking the valley between Camalhão and Teixeira

one medium lizard taking the sun in the morning,
very strong caracter...

a frog next to the river Teixeira

a great mariola

aventure treeking trio with
the Teixeira valley behind us

me and the river Arado there well bellow

pure mountains...

waterfalls/cascatas do Arado

on the bridge/ponte do Arado
b. and w. effect

4 kms to end the trail ,after fonte do arado

just Nature...

after end the trail,
we return to Vidoeiro and we were more than ready
to take a lunch at fonte do javali,hiihihi,,,

crossing the bidge at vilar da veiga
the view is to Parada and São Bento,
goodbye beautifull Gerês...

P.n.P.Gerês:trilho da Peneda 16-05-2009 Pt

trail in the military letter

we at Colado da Fonte
beginning of the trail,
was organize by
www.amigosdamontanha.com

tanks!!for organize a treeking in a area so beautiful...

distance traveled:more than 12km

me at place/lugar das Portas 1120mts ,behind me
Bouça dos Homens
almost impossible to see this small mountain
agriculture community

treeking up!! Atalho!Paulinho is a little bit wet...

Atalho more than the half away...

i in Penameda Pequena from here is possible
to see the big stone in the midle of the lake in
Chã do Monte

no chance to scape from the rain,water but we survive!!!
gore-tex no working!!!....

time to leave the magic lake

me at Pântano best known like place Chã do Monte
in the midle of this water repressive

massive waterfall... into srª da Peneda

a lot of humidity and rain prevailing the day...
Meadinha

Trip visit to PORTO city 06-05-2009 Pt

in the train station Porto s Bento
the painting representation of one more battle win by the portuguese ...

my friend Roberto and the Café Majestic
we at rua de santa Catarina

obligatory passage to the mercado do Bolhão

the view from the crossing street/rua 31 de Janeiro to rua de santa Catarina

the view of praça /square da Liberdade and avenida dos Aliados

a visit to the livraria/boocktore Lello
great shapes and steps...

time to go up to the
torre/tower dos Clérigos!!

on the center,
is the higest tower in Portugal,with 6 floors and 225 steps.
It is 76 meters high.Its construction began in 1754,
and was concluded in 1763,under the direction of the italian architect Nicholas Nasoni.

my finger playing with the shadow of the torre/tower dos Clérigos...
hihiihiihi...

panorama to praça da liberdade and rua 31 de janeiro

me on the top of the tower

the view from the tower is massive!
to all the city...
in this we see the main historic center
and in the other side of the river douro
Gaia city

one Husky shy in the Ribeira praça/square
now is time to take a boat trip into to the river Douro!...

on the side of the Av de Gustavo Eiffel
in front the view of the ponte/bridge Luis I

from the river :
the boats,muro/wall dos Bacalhoeiros,Igreja S Francisco,
Palacio da Bolsa and the torre/tower dos Clérios

return from the mouth of the river

leave the boat and the Douro river

Brasão do Bolhão

sunset in avenida dos Aliados,
time to take the train...