Thursday 9 October 2008

Cascais, Portugal Sep 2008, Part 2

On the penultimate day of the visit, we took a walk along the coast of Cascais and took in some of the wonderful sights.


This is the entrance to the boca de inferno (mouth of hell) which is basically just a steep cliff leading down to the sea.
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And here is the boca itself!
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Some anglers near the boca. I included this cuz I thought it was one of the rere good quality pics I managed to take, and directly against the sun too.
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Some old buildings on the othe side of the coastline... reminds me of Melaka again!
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The bay where mostly fishing boats park up in the evening. By night, there would be 5 times as many boats than pictured.
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This is the square in the town centre of Cascais.
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Chopped octupus salad is served as a side dish everywhere we went
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Green lipped mussel salad served at the buffet in our hotel
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A selection of food from the buffet..some tomato rice, a white piece of steamed, reconstituted salted cod, baked chicken breast, the thinnest fries ever, and a fried fish cake.
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This is grilled baby octopus with baked potatoes, the meal I had on a previous night.
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This is barbecue squid with corn on cob. The idea was good, but the restaurant was sparse and I dont think the food was as fresh as it could have been.
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And finally, some Portuguese tarts! They were behind a glass cabinet and somehow my camera focused on the screen rather than the tarts!
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Dont know when I will ever visit Portugal again, but it was a memorable visit and the food made it even more worthwhile!

3 comments:

wmw said...

Wah, your face so black, didn't enjoy the holiday meh? Hahahah....

ling239 said...

erm...ur face... so badly burnt meh ? >.<"

Unknown said...

I have never been to Portugal, so I have had a very nice time seeing your photos. What a beautiful place you stayed, and what beautiful scenes you photographed. I also love all the seafood you ate. I must add Portugal to my list to visit some day.