Portugal. A Very Neat Place (Part Three - More Algarve); September 2019
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Lagos and Tavira are distinctly different towns, and the street flavor of each seemed unique. Lagos was teeming with tourists; hotels and vacation homes (and cottages of ex-pats looking for warmth) stretch along its hills. The side streets are colorful. Tavira seemed more of a real community. It had a very efficient tuna industry that eventually killed all the tuna, and thus the industry. Fish traps even more efficient than Alaska's salmon traps captured the tuna in pens where they could be speared and processed. Videos of the process depict fishermen wrestling with these beautiful, big fish (maybe 100-200 pounds).
The streets in both are vibrant and colorful.
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Gusts along Lagos esplanade animate dress displays on market days.
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After a lifetime of mainly expressing myself with words, my postings here will mainly rely on images. They will speak for themselves to some extent, but I'll usually add a few comments of explanation. I've taken photographs for decades, since the 1950's, inspired in part by my father's photographic skill. Four years of photo assignments and quality darkroom time eventually gave way to decades of casual and family picture-taking. I re-immersed myself when I left film and turned to digital.