BP has 11 clean up crews now in Pensacola, Florida, after tar balls were reported on the beach in the coastal town. The containment cap is sort of working, says BP and they are proceeding with the other efforts in drilling relief wells and the ongoing surface cleanup. Meanwhile birds and other animals in Louisiana have been dying covered in crude oil.
This video is from the Associate Press and contains information about the tar balls in Pensacola.
Officials in Pensacola want to reiterate that the beaches there are open and that the tar balls are minor.
Bakau is mainly a working beach as you will see by the fishing boats called pirogues and the jetty that is used to haul in the catch. They mostly catch a fish called bonga here and most of it is taken to the smokehouses located on the shore. Bakau is useful, simple, transforming and persuasive. Tucked away on a low cliff between the mouth of the River Gambia and the Atlantic Ocean, Bakau is a small, densely populated coastal town with a good scattering of pleasant hotels. Its western and eastern enclaves, Fajara and Cape Point, are well-to-do havens for diplomats, professionals and expats, while central Bakau (home to fishermen, cooks and musicians) is a maze of crowded compounds where chickens and children scurry to and fro under the mango and pawpaw trees.
Fortaleza do Guincho is located in a spectacular location near the coastal town of Cascais, and is about 30 minutes north of Lisbon. Luxury Butler Travel reassures you that the area surrounding the hotel is simply breath taking with clear blue sea visible from all the sides of the hotel. Guincho is a windy place. To understand just how windy it is, you only have to look at the pine trees on the sand dunes. Guardian of one of the most exquisite landscapes in Portugal, overlooking the ocean and the wonderful Guincho beach, this fully-renovated 17th-century fortress, member of the Relais & Cheaux chain, will astound and enchant you with its myriad charms.
