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nosivad
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Tom, i see what you mean, but it does not look better from the other end due to the C S hotel complex |
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cubsur
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True enough - this one's better! Village of Pera in the background.
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definately, that's better, we love Pera, especially Patisserie "OPCAO " Viktor and his wife serve delicious snacks, drinks etc and their prices are very good. |
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cubsur
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Took a little ride around yesterday. The water level has dropped but not as much as I expected. The little stream is still trickling water into the lagoon.
Nearby, all work has ceased on the CS resort complex (the bits that weren't finished), just a lonely security guard wandering around. A sorry sight indeed. |
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Water level has dropped a little since February, unsurprisingly. Pictures taken this afternoon. It was the first time in ages that I have been there and not heard the noise of nearby construction work!
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Irispad
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Tom... We noticed the CS resort complete but deserted apart from the security guards . Is this another white elephant?
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cubsur
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Yes, it was closed down in March when the company downsized its operations.
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Andrew
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The CS resort isn't closed down, what I mean is, it can't be, we have friends who have an apartment there and they were there, and enjoying the facilities week before last.
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cubsur
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I forget which one was closed or mothballed, but one of the conjoined resorts was in trouble earlier this year as the company admitted it owed 1 million in wages to staff.
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Isn't it one of the two CS hotels at Sao Rafael that's closed? I think it may be the older one near the road, not the newer one closer to the beach. But please don't take that as gospel!
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cubsur
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Two months on and Salgados is very dry. Acres of baked mud with lots of birds pecking away rather disconsolately. Here's a couple of pictures; more to sort out later.
The ill-fated CS Salgados Mar development. There's loads of construction material been left lying around, including a couple of pallets of cement and no-one guarding the site as far as I can tell. |
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Andrew
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Seeing the lagoon so dry is worrying, what's that done for the wildlife, particularly the fish?
I thought this was a protected nature reserve area, why have the authorities allowed this to happen?
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cubsur
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There's no work taking place on the construction sites so it's possible this is just nature at work. The river that feeds it is a mere trickle now. I saw plenty of fish jumping about and birds looking out for them!
The rest of the pictures I took yesterday around Salgados and Galé are at http://sdrv.ms/MprDfg |
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There is an article regarding this in last weeks Portugal News
http://theportugalnews.com/news/salgados-lagoon-secures-its-own-water-supply/26161 |
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Andrew
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Cheers Tom, some worrying sights there, the beach ones cheered me up though, thanks.
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