Casa da Moura Lagos

... douche! Compensation however was provided in the form of left over indian coupled with homemade garlic bread; a fitting end to yet another wonderful day under the sun.

17 Nov
I ho I ho, itºs off to Praia Mos(pronounced Mosh) we go... itºs another beautifully warm day in surfville, Lym and Annabelle all tooled up with picnic, drinks, waxed boards and a whole load of optimism as we arrive at the mosh pit. Lymºs in first, Annabelle ...

... have proved very difficult, hence we decided to move on. We continued to hug the coastline checking out the waves as we went. Nothing tempted us to jump in (the weather being poor also), however the coastline proved absolutely stunning between Odeceixe and our next destination Lagos. We were continually overwhelmed by the rugged beauty of the coastline coupled with the power of the ocean; we have some wonderful images which we will add to this blog ...

... above the river Odeceixe which runs out to the Atlantic. This was an idyllic location and though the tide was all wrong to surf, we parked up on the river bank within sight of the ocean: an absolutely fantastic location which was all ours complete with open fire. We commented on how different the Portuguese attitude is to free camping; its almost part of their constitution!

... hostel in town, and B) located next door to the other hostel. The choice was obvious, and I quickly ditched the kiwis to join Kirsten next door.

By another random coincidence, I ran into an older American traveler who was staying at the hostel in Faro with us, and who I had talked to earlier that morning. Over breakfast I had made an effort to score a free ride with him to Lagos, but had been unsuccessful. He was just ...

In Albufeira, we went to a Portugese bullfight, not the real deal as in they don't kill the bull, rather they stab them in the back with a bunch of arrows. I thought it was mean, especially the first bull because it was pretty much still a baby and looked scared instead of angry. Jon ...

... there, he was hilarious and exactly like a euro version of an American beach bum.
We also went to check out the lagoon, I got out for a couple tacks, the wind was super light and I crashed my kite and it deflated... fun. I had to walk my kite back through shallow water ...

... people travelling from other areas of the world. And no-one travels for as long as we do! Meeting people like this makes me even prouder to be Australian. Travelling has also opened me up a lot more, in terms of speaking to people. I have had some of the most in-depth, personal conversations with people who I had never spoken to 1 or 2 hours before. And you tend to finish off these huge conversations not even knowing the persons name. Its something that I am loving. You see a different ...

... trip a title I thought "Taking the Long Way" was cute but it has turned out to be really prophetic since everywhere we go we seem to take the long way. We reached the fort at Cabo Sao Vicente to find it closed for restoration ...

... to the Costa Blanca. It has been great fun receiving your news via e-mails, phone calls and even visits here in Iberia. Please keep in touch in 2007. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Rewarding New Year. Yours Aye, Bob, Gina and Monty

As much I love Sevilla, I knew that a little sun and surf would do my body good after traveling all over Morocco. The trip had worked me out and I felt tense. Well my sister and her boyfriend with the Protuguese connection suggested to visit ...