Algarve, Day 9 - Boat Tour, Part 2, Caves

All back in our seats, we left the pod of dolphins

and headed back

towards the shore.

This section of coast

is riddled with caves

and the helmsman jockeyed the boat in, to get the required pictures of the hole in the roof.

while being pushed around by the waves and avoiding another boat doing the same thing.

These were the Benagil Caves

and we motored back along the coast

marveling at caves and rock arches.

I was now able to move freely around the back of the boat,

from side to side

and even

up sitting beside the helmsman.

I lost count of the caves

we nudged our way into

and the geological

formations we observed.

And on the seaward side

we passed 2 large cruising sailboats.

Back in the harbour, small fishing boats,

fancy pleasure boats

and colourful holiday homes.

We hadn't had time for lunch and were ravenous. The first thing to catch our eye ... crepes. I had caramel and lemon ice cream, strawberries, whipped cream and toffee sauce.

As we hadn't had Sangria yet, we had to rectify that!

On a sugar high now

we walked around the marina and found these

cute little rental houseboats.

The shuttle picked us up at 4pm and delivered us back to the hotel.