Portugal, 2008: Fifth Annual HU Travellers Meeting

Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Portugal, September 19-21, 2008

• Meeting Location - Where is it?
• Other Accommodation
• Information about the area
• Membership
• Rides
• Local hosts, information

How you can help - put up a few posters! (English and Portuguese) updated Portuguese version!

The Plan

The plan is simple. Show up on Thursday or at the latest Friday afternoon, meet people and setup. Travel Presentations and Tech clinics are planned throughout the meeting, starting Thursday night.

2008 speakers so far:

TurKeyXpedition - presentation by Rui Santos and Cristophe Ferreira of their trip from Paredes to Aydin in Turkey and back

Até ao Fim do Mundo – presentation by Carlos Azevedo (Carlos has been travelling RTW in several legs and manages to have time to present his trips in HU Meetings every year - thanks Carlos).

First Aid for motorbike riders - Presentation by Anatilde Ramos (Certified Nurse from INEM)

Riding Gear for motorbike riders – Presentation by José Fonseca (Spidi and Arai Agent for Portugal)

Today Adventure – Tricks and bits necessary to depart in long trip with a small 50cc scooter – Presentation by José Paulo Matias

More to be announced...

how about you?? Let us know if you have something to show! Volunteers wanted for these and any other subjects you'd like to talk about! It's easy and fun, and we'll help you out.

 

September 21st (Sunday)

Tour in the area

2007 speakers were:

• how about you?? Let us know if you have something to show! Volunteers wanted for these and any other subjects you'd like to talk about! It's easy and fun, and we'll help you out.

There will be slide shows Friday and Saturday night, so come early and make it a great weekend!

Rideouts

 

Schedule

Membership - Show you're proud to be a Horizons Unlimited Traveller!

Just to clarify the membership situation: Currently there is no requirement to be a member to access the website, the HUBB or to receive the monthly e-zine. For now, what you get for your membership contribution is our sincere gratitude, good karma and knowing that you're helping to keep the motorcycle travel dream alive.

We will also upgrade your status in the HUBB to Member. In addition to recognising your contribution through your status, this will allow you to upload a custom profile picture and custom avatar, store more private messages, upload more pictures (10 MB maximum storage) and create polls.

Another benefit we can provide is if you decide you want a t-shirt, mug, fleece jacket or other Horizons logo product from the Souk, you can purchase Member logo products at the basic price. Just let us know and we can arrange access to the Members Private Store.

You can help!

If you have a few minutes, please download one of these two posters - (Adobe pdf format) and print off a few and hand them round your club or your local bike shop or anywhere seems like a good place.

(You may need to right click and choose "save target as...")

2008 Poster in pdf format, in English (890kb) full colour A4

2008 Poster in pdf format, in Portugese (900kb) full colour A4 updated Portuguese version!

Thanks for the help!

The Meeting Location for 2008

Coordenadas GPS: N 41º04.547’ W 006º46.768’

Na Praia fluvial da Congida, em Freixo de Espada à Cinta

Freixo de Espada à Cinta is located about 80K south from Bragança in the right bank of Douro River. It is located in the border line with Spain.

The area has great roads to ride a bike. Good tarmac, lots of curves and a landscape with plenty of medieval villages, roman roads, pre-historic drawings in the stones and impressive natural park with eagles, vultures, hawks and other species.

We’ll have the chance to make a two hour boat trip in the Douro River that will present a good opportunity to see and to photograph pre-historic engravings in the stones, Vultures, Eagles, Falcons and other species inhabitants of the Douro International Park, classified by UNESCO.

Other Accommodation Possibilities

For those that may prefer a proper bed to the sleeping bag there are some apartments to rent on the area. The prices are:

70€ for 2PAX
80€ for 3PAX
90€ for 4PAX

Note: the apartments only have two beds so any other occupant must sleep on the sofa

Details here.

On the Spanish side of the border (about 8Km from the meeting location) there is a village that rents apartments and rooms. The price is 35€ PAX

Information about the area

About the region interest and landscape see this link (it is only in Portuguese)

Local Hosts

António Caldeira is the organizer for this event. Thanks António! If you want to help make this an even better event, please contact António. He could use some assistance!

If you have any questions, he can be contacted here:

António Caldeira
Rua Marques de Oliveira, 22 - 1º
4250-280 PORTO

Home:  + 351 22 830 61 70
Mobile: + 351 93 830 61 70 or
FAX: 351 22 947 90 89

for further information.

Sponsors:

Please support our very generous sponsors for this event!

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Rui Paraty
AS Motorrad
Rua de Camões, 326 - 328
4000-139 Porto
Telef: 223394010
Fax: 223 394 019

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Triumph Porto
Motorcycles World

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http://www.cm-freixoespadacinta.pt/

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See you at a meeting this year!

Grant and Susan