ocr: the spanish border. Here in the sparsely populated upper Douro Valley Portugal's ramous port grapes grow. Small villages cling to the rising valley walls, and here and there images of stately pink and white quintas (wine farms) are reilected in the calm water of the river. Aboard our easy-to-use Feathercraft kayaks, we follow the old river route of the "Barcos Rabelos," traditional boats that once brought the port wine from the vineyards to the storage cellars in Porto on the Atlantic Coast. We e spend five leisurely days padaling our kayaks with plen- ty of time for picnicking on the river ba ...
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