647 Algarve Coast; Fijian Customs; What Pandemic Showed Me

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 7 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Find out what makes the coastline of southern Portugal's Algarve region an ideal destination for family vacations. And learn about some of Fiji's most interesting customs as a guidebook author describes how the indigenous population of this South Pacific island nation has maintained its cultural identity. Plus listeners share tales of how the pandemic has impacted their lives and travels.

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0:00.0	Summer time is beach time in Portugal, especially along its scenic southern coast.
0:05.0	Coming up, we'll hear what the Algarve region offers for memorable family
0:09.0	vacations, as well as off-season beach comers.
0:12.0	And just discovering on the rocks the little shells and the clams and the stars.
0:18.0	The food scene is fantastic because you're right there on the water.
0:21.0	You get every kind of fresh seafood you can imagine.
0:24.0	In this health Pacific, the waters of Fiji offer some of the world's best coral reef diving
0:28.0	and the Fiji and culture invites you to relax.
0:31.0	That might include a welcome ceremony where you're offered a drink made from the bitter cover root.
0:36.0	The first thing that you usually feel is that your tongue goes numb
0:40.0	and then you feel very mellow and relaxed.
0:45.0	We'll also hear how listeners have been fearing during the pandemic
0:49.0	and what this strange time in our world has taught them.
0:52.0	It's all in the hour ahead on Travel With Rick Steves, Bula Bula.
0:57.0	My Facebook friends are a fun community of curious travelers
1:03.0	and you're invited to join in.
1:06.0	To stay away with me in my work, play, politics, philanthropy, and travels,
1:10.0	follow me at Rick Steves on Facebook.
1:14.0	The indigenous cultural values of Fiji help to find it
1:17.0	as someplace special among the island nations of the South Pacific.
1:20.0	Coming up on today's Travel With Rick Steves,
1:23.0	Fiji Travel Expert Minal Hadratwala fills us in on what helps make Fiji
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