Dom Manuel Lagos

... but did some paddling! for lunch we headed 5km up the coast to Luz. A wonderful sunny afternoon and towards the end of it Lym did venture into what turned out to be rather too powerful surf tho he is now feeling more confident about trying to get "out back" beyond the white water, albeit usually unsuccessfully... more pracise required. Still, another day spent in mid20s temperature, few crowds and stunning scenery. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

Over the last couple days I've watched my shaky plan fall around me. I don't really know where to go next, and surprise bills are depleting my meager funds. Thankfully I'm stranded in Southern Portugal, its cheap and beautiful, indeed there are less desirable places to be stranded.<br><br>I decide to join a group of young kiwis heading to Lagos; partly for the social aspect, partly because I would like to see more of the coast. Faro ...

... 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>

The kiting in Alvor is supposedly one of the best spots in Portugal, because of a huge shallow lagoon, however the wind was in the opposite direction so we ended up kiting on the sea side in the waves. Exhausting, but very fun to launch off the waves. We met a wicked ...

... we een keer of 5 verblijd met een groepje rond de boot. Ze komen van ver naar je toe zwemmen. <br>Minder blij waren we met de duizenden vliegende mieren. De overlast viel uiteindelijk erg mee.<br>En nog wat beelden van rond Alvor, een heerlijk oord om voor anker te liggen.<br>

The west and south coast of Portugal is pretty much a long stretch of beaches surrounded and separated by huge red cliffs and you can get from one beach to another by crawling through caves in the cliffs (I also think that's where the bums sleep at night...) We did some surfing at a small secluded beach that I had been to 4 years ago with my family. We&#8217;re ...

... of Americans. We all seem to congregate on the rooftop at around 7 or 8pm and share our travel stories (or horrors!). The other day we got into a deep and meaningful about what we would do if we won the lottery. We all spent a lot of time drifting off into space during that conversation - thinking. Im sure some of it would be put towards coming back here! South Portugal has been the first place where I have seen the high-rise style of buildings and resorts that we tend to get along ...

... on the southern coast of Portugal. We stayed in the brilliant little camp ground right near town. Lagos is a bit of a touristy party town which suited us fine as it was Susie's birthday while we were there. We all went out for dinner and then a few drinks. Its my birthday and I'm from New Zealand is a pretty sure fire way to get free drinks from the locals! So it ended up a fairly large and cheap night. We spent three nights in Lagos relaxing on the beach. Such a hard life.

... I tried not to think about it too much, it was bothersome and a strange feeling to think you were locked inside an apartment. Finally Jack got back home. He felt horrible that he had locked me inside the apartment. We made light of it later, and joked about how I could have been burnt to a crisp, not being able to get out if there was a fire. We had a gas oven, neither one of us has any experience with this. We both don't like gas, it scares the **** out of us. The hot ...

... night. They rock.. The night was shaping up quite nicely. After a few Red Bull and Vodka's it was on to the next bar. We didn't get to stay long before it was last call, but as they were throwing us out, the bouncer told us about "In and Out", the late night bar. Good god... This place was straight out of a rock video. Or a horror film. The crowd was absolutely over served and needed to burp it's anger. When Rage Against the Machine started playing ...