Aqualuz-Suite Hotel Apartamentos Lagos

... we awoke around 8am) start, it was time to stock up on provisions from the Intermarche, the Portugues version of a large supermarket. We have noticed a wide variation in prices for eg bread which is very well baked,is cheaper than in the uk. the same goes for beer and wine also fruit and veg. not so items which are imported such as alpen (euro 5 a box pg tips euro 2.40 for 80. Anyhow having stocked up we headed to Praia Mos, a little too late to ...

... Imposing cliffs drop into the sea, and it has an "end of the world" feel to it. I forgot my camera, so you should just google some photos.<br><br>I returned to the hostel to check my emails. Good news for a change! I have a host in Seville through couch surfing, and a host in Badajoz willing to take me on for a couple weeks of olive picking. Life is good. I joined Kirsten for a celebratory beer, and a wander through the streets of Lagos.

... of Lagos, and many beautiful beaches of Barlavento of Algarve as Meia Praia, Praia D. Ana, Porto de Mós, Praia D. Maria, Burgau, Solária, Batata, beach of Estudantes, Pinhão, Camilo, Canavial, etc&#8230;. <br><br>Head on to the Cabo de São Vicente (Cape St. Vincent - the southwestern tip of Europe, and considered to be the &#8220;world&#8217;s end&#8221; in the Middle Ages), the trip continues towards Sagres ...

... it was pretty tame until one of the toreadors almost got trampled by one of the bulls, the dude was lucky they dulled the tip of the bulls horns. <br><br><br>http://picasaweb.google.com /Jonny.D.Lawrence/20091016Albufeira?aut hkey=Gv1sRgCImA4oCXitDO5AE&amp;feat=dir ectlink<br>

... tons of mussels on the bottom, also not fun. The road to get to this lagoon was really sketchy, there's a video in the link below so you can see for yourself.<br><br>http://picasaweb.googl e.com/Jonny.D.Lawrence/20091012Alvor?au thkey=Gv1sRgCN_Jy47QxsiTwAE&amp;feat=di rectlink

... not "surfers" but we we&#8217;re much less scared of getting tossed by the big waves this time. We also came to the conclusion that it maybe wasn&#8217;t us that, but that it&#8217;s the size of the board that was hindering our performance....<br> <br>http://picasaweb.google.com/Jonny.D .Lawrence/20091011Sagres?authkey=Gv1sRg CMmMtI7egbGKvAE&amp;feat=directlink

... I had fun lugging my purchases back up the hill to the hostel. I think I drank almost half a litre of milk before I convinced myself to put it into the fridge to save for breakfast. Then I used the rooftop kitchen to make some yummy dinner and ate it out on the patio, chatting to some of the other people who were staying there. One thing about Lagos is that it is very windy. Annoyingly windy. I'm sitting up on the rooftop here writing this and everything is blowing around me. I ...

... on Mondays. We have 3 Portugal guidebooks and they all say the fort is open daily so we were bummed. There really isn't much there but the views would have been even more spectacular. Fort Sagres and Cabo Sao Vicente are the ...

... powers of recovery were not going to help. We took him to the vet and he died at 10.00 in the morning. We got Monty ( or Dalrada Red Bonnet to give him his full title) just after we moved to Tarbert in December 2001. He loved Tarbert and particularly the hills around the village where he enjoyed chasing the wild deer. He and our previous Welsh Springer - Bernard - were great dogs to have on the West Coast. They were both great companions and ...

... out in Rimini) and he would get his ear pierced the next day. We tried to convince Wally, but he wussed out. Finally we Ended up at the club we had gone to the night before, but this time we sat on the rooftop deck and talked. And even though it was great and I was having a fabulous time, there was a tinge of melancholy to everything. This was it. On the walk home it started to rain. I woke up the next day with the sun shining and feeling great. The eight of ...