Hotel Costa D Oiro 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.

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 ...

... 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

De ooievaars verzamelden zich, een paar honderd meter van onze boot, voor vertrek naar Afrika. Het waren er honderden. Nog wat ver weg voor de video, maar een prachtig gezicht door de verrekijker.<br>Weer een stukje film met dolfijnen rond de boot, op weg van Sines naar Lagos ...

... 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

... on my feet. How many days since I wore shoes you may ask?? Hmmm, too many to count I think!!! Hahahahahaha. Best feeling ever. I cannot complain I have been able to stick to my budget really well here, I have actually been under it the whole time by at least 10 euros. I am spending about 25 - 30 euro a day including accommodation. My budget is around 40euro. More money to spend elsewhere. I have met some really lovely people here in this hostel, lots of aussies, a few Canadians and a ...

... The weather cleared as we left Porto so we did manage to drive along by the river and have a look at the old wharf area and the Port cellars. From Porto we made our way south to Sintra. We spent the night there with five vans lined up in a cemetery car park. Very peaceful! Sintra is a beautiful town with winding cobbled streets, big public gardens and a castle on the hill. It's a bit of a get-away for the rich and royalty so we didn't stay too long. Our next stop was ...

... me too much. Then I started to think about it a bit more. The other issue was, we were on the 7th floor, the top floor. The buzzer for our apartment does not work, so no one can buzz to see if I am in there, we have no phone, what if there is a fire or something. I dug around the place and found a screw driver and started to try and take the lock device off the door. There was no use, it was mounted right into the door and not coming off. So I sat and waited, and waited and ...

... got the news that our good friends Chrisa and Tom had just had a baby boy, Tobin. From that moment on, it was on. With the first of what would prove to be many toasts to the lad, the Tobin pub crawl began. After a nice dinner and some drinks we headed across the street to a bar called Eddie's. They had very good taste in music there. They didn't know the meaning of "weak" when it came to drinks either. Neill turned me on to a band called "Wolfmother ...