Sept 9 2017, Bom Sucesso

This morning Liam and I got up early and were off on a tour to the other side of the lagoon.  Liam and Suibhan’s home is on the east side of the lagoon of Obidos.  To get there we had to ride all the way to the south side of the lagoon and then follow the narrow strip of land up the west side of the lagoon.  This strip of land is called Bom Sucesso.   

Once out there you find a number of large property developments which suffered the same fate as the area south of the Trilogy we call area 51.   The area was completely ready to go with roads and utilities installed and then in the 2007 when the big crash happened all development stopped leaving these properties undeveloped and they are now over grown and falling into decay.  The one area does have a very nice golf course and a hotel so it may recover however the other area does not and the abandon guard house looks very bad.   The area is also suffering uncertainty as the expats who were purchasing these developments were primarily from the UK and the uncertainty caused by Brexit has all  but halted these purchasers. 

Once out to the end of the strip of land you have the most amazing views to the Atlantic and across the bay.  When we were there the tide was all but out so you could see the huge expanse of beach.  It was pretty windy there and the wind surfers were just flying. 

We turned and headed back home.  It was a short 50 kms ride but we still managed a 900 meter climb for the day.  

This evening we had a burger at one of the beach front restaurants and enjoyed the sun set.  What a great day. 

Terry