Hotel Luz Bay Club Lagos

... to the station. I sit on the bench and pick away at the ruby red fruit. Pomegranate is similar to sunflower seeds, in that psychologically you are eating, but physically you are consuming so very little. <br><br>I arrived in Faro early in the day, located the nearest internet cafe and sent out a flurry of requests to both Couch Surfing and WWOOFing hosts. I wander the streets, hoping to accidentally find the youth ...

... 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>

... but the bartender put a shot of vodka in it. <br><br>So, one thing i did notice is that the guys and girls that worked there were SOOO drunk. So i started to notice a pattern of them getting hammered every night, much like Ios, it had a similar feel.<br><br>Well, the days in Lagos pretty much consisted of me sitting on the beaches, Praia de Batata and just having a sandwich here, and sun, there. I did the second day with Neel before he had to leave and ...

... to sit with them. <br><br>That's all behind us now (including being last through customs in Faro - but we got plenty of travel advice and tips). The hotel we are calling home in teh Algarve over the next 5 days is called Monte do Casal and it is fabulous! Notwithstanding that they upgraded us to a Suite with our own private terrace with views to the ocean. Will upload some photos of the hotel (where no kids are allowed), but before we do that, some welcomed sleep is needed.

No trip to Portugal would be complete without a trip to the Algarve. Its reputation as Portugal's Costa Del Sol does it no favours and we've been deliberating for ages to see if we can get some beach time without the socks and sandals brigade, Sky Sports, bacon and eggs and News of the World. That said, the Algarve offers mile upon mile of beautiful coastline dotted with countless beautiful beaches and this is tempting ,for one of us at least.<br> <br ...

... discovering a gem of a local restuarant with amazing bbq chicken. 6 euro for dinner!!<br><br>The next day to fill in time before departing we looked at the Chapel of Bones, which was built from the bones of the monks from the local cemetary. Over 1200 skulls. Definite goosebumps eh!

... from Ohio and dancing alongside another friendly couple we met from California. After a stumble home, we called it a night. Sometimes the nights you can't remember are the ones you'll never forget... We started our day today with a real breakfast (not peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and not croissants!) in a little cheapo cafe founded by an American expat. It ALMOST cured our hangovers. After a long nap, we decided ...

... and a palace on the hill which was a beautiful Moorish style palace, it was a really beautiful place but unfortunately we had to get on to Lagos! We spent 3 nights in Lagos which is a nice little beach town, we went out for Tapas and lots of drinks for Susy's birthday - which meant we didn't get up to much except lie on the beach the day after! The night after the boys did some ...

... Being well into October we were not expecting the sun to be so strong. After a day of walking around the beaches we both had a good burn. We took a day trip on the train to a nearby town called Portomao. We got up in the morning and decided on the spur of the moment that we would go there. We looked at the train schedule and discovered we can either rush like mad to catch the next train that leaves in less than half an hour, or else we might as well wait until another day. The ...

... of us all over Lagos holding a Tobin sign and even got a few ladies in on the photo action. After many RedBulls and vodkas we ended up at a late night bar rocking out to the White Stripes and all kinds of great songs. It was like every new song was my "favorite song ever". We eventually ended up getting booted from there at 4 or so and then ended up on a hunt around Lagos looking for late night food. What a great night, but one my body doesn't want me to repeat anytime ...