Hotel Colina Do Mar Albufeira

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

I made it to Lagos yesterday. Its basically a beach/party town. The second place that I walked into turned out to be a really great room for 25 euros a night complete with my first english language tv of the trip. Today I spent part of the day in Sagres, the southwestern most point in europe. Good for pictures and walking really really far. Tomorrow I´m going to attempt to get to Seville.

... the city. Lagos is such a small but beautiful town. The people are more friendly than I've experienced thus far here in Spain. The shops are soo unique, just like the city they are filled with so much life and culture.

I feel so tremendously lucky, I never thought I'd have such an opportunity to be able to travel like this. Our world is so full of culture and I've only begun to explore it!

... to snowboard. But, that can change if i make it my second home.

So, i go to Lagos and meet Natalie on the train, she was from seattle. Her and this other canadian from Ottawa were on the train, though, on the way there, i chose the same place to check out as Natalie, so we walked to our respective hostels. Upon getting there, we met two Belguim girls, Delphine and Lorena. Both were from the French speaking part and along with Neel, a guy from ...

... Portuguese cod dish, which was out of this world. It was our first dinner as the 6 of us, which was definitely nice.

We were a little astonished by the amount of attention we got just walking down the street. Greece, Italy no problems but for some reason a group of 5 white girls plus 1 asian girl makes an impression on the men. Not mentioning any names, but one of us was treated to a nice slap on the ass. Please see upcoming photos for ...

... english and German tourists for the 1st 4 days of our stay!), and walking the little streets of the old town - full of white little buildings.

We had a great hostel - one of the cleanest I've ever stayed in with great facilities - 2 kitchens and a roof-top terrace with BBQ, a top manager called Arthur who sounded Russian even though he was Portuguese, and we were lucky enough to have a great group of people staying there with us, so we made lots of new friends to hang out ...

... lucky to have her in my life & I'd really like to get a replacement ring.

If anyone is visiting and is able to drop off a few rings to a nearby resort. My friend owns a timeshare and the people at the resort will pay you to make it worth your while.

Thanks,
Andy

Ha lifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

... about perfect and the most direct. QF9 Mel to Lon, then switching airports in London to catch BA2694 to Faro), and the timings meant we missed a lot of the crowds and traffic, particularly in London - so well done to Yvonne who pulled together our travel arrangements.

There were a few things we had to watch along the way - mainly in London, for instance, there is now a shuttle bus service that runs between London Heathrow and Gatwick airports (so no longer a ...

... Ended up surfing one day with a Crazy Englishman who loved to talk a pulling his pud, the friendliest Welshman, a relatively quiet Irishman, a very cool yank and a couple of spanish lads as well. The change of pace was a great decision in the end, a lot more chilled out, scored some epic waves and made some really good mates along the way. So to some things up- first trip as a solo traveler- complete success!

... it would take us another desperate hour to find the Villa management company in Portimao and subsequently the house we had rented for the week in Albufeira. This is the beachside town that received frequent visits from our family through the 60's and 70's, from Jose Luis and I in the 80's and 90's and always remained a small thought in a drawer in the back of our mind for eventual retirement , but prices have gone through the roof and now the Algarve has become one of ...