Things - and places - change!

While the beach at Samara is as special as ever, and our villa at Samara Paraiso was a real treat, the town of Samara has changed over the last 6 years.
Partly because of the growth of tourism in the town - probably inevitable - the place has become almost a stereotypical resort town - it is hard to differentiate between the product being offered by any of the restaurants, bars, tour operators or hotels
On our last visit we regularly saw large numbers of Brown Pelicans and flocks of a variety of Terns flying overhead and fishing in the bay, However over-fishing on an industrial scale - which has since been stopped - has resulted in a shortage of food for the Pelicans and other sea birds, so that this year we saw only one or two Pelicans over the whole week.
Having said that, we enjoyed our stay in Samara - although it may be a few years before we are back again - there are so many other places still to visit.