Beaches

  • the beaches of the albanian riviera

    we spent five days in sarandë and had two days to spend roadtripping it out in search of beaches.  spending our first day on our hotel’s private beach was a great day in it’s own right but we had no…

  • the sarandë promenade

    the main promenade of sarandë looked to be the most built up area of town* that we’ve seen during our stay in town.  it’s one of the longest stretches of uninterrupted waterfront property we saw and it stands out a…

  • r&r time at hotel mucobega in sarandë

    coming off of one heck of a travel day, we got dropped off at our lodging in sarandë in the pouring rain.  with the only things on our minds being to dry off and sleep off our travels, we did…

  • how we almost died in santorini

    our last atv trek was back in the philippines and took us down a fairly secluded dirt road to view some of the ‘chocolate hills’ up close and personal. in santorini, atvs are a dime a dozen.  everywhere you go…

  • santorini’s beaches: slumming it in the sun

    we heard that santorini didn’t have great beaches but we had to find out for ourselves and compare it to those of portugal and the philippines.  all of the ones below except for cape coloumbo were accessible by buses which…

  • a perfect daytrip to cascais and a farewell to portugal

    by this point in our trip (15 days in portugal; albufeira, porto as well as lisbon), we were already smitten by all of portugal’s offerings.  the people, the food, the architecture, the graffiti, the desserts and the beaches.  we heard…

  • daytrip to caparica beach from lisbon

    we took a day off of stairclimbing the streets of lisbon and headed south to squeeze in a beach day.  our original plan was to head to cascais but since we woke up late (something that’s been happening more regularly),…

  • first 24 hours in santorini

    jojo: what do i like? -white buildings & blue seas – the pictures of this place don’t lie, it’s pretty impressive to look at -beaches and crystal clear water – different from our previous stops.  stopped by two beaches, a…

  • Red Cliffs above Praia da Falesia

    I think the most picturesque beach we’ve been to so far is the Praia da Falesia. The red cliffs looming over the beach are so dramatic. Almost every shot is Instagram worthy. Here’s some of my favourite shots.

  • albufeira in a nutshell – beaches, bbq and brits

    our first stop in portugal was to albufeira, a beach/resort town on the southern tip of portugal in a region called the algarve.  the algarve is best known for their beaches and as such, sees a huge number of travellers…