Sol E Praia Lagos

... we can, particularly of Praia de Bordeira. About 50km south of Odeceixe and we arrive in Lagos, one of the major Algarve tourist destinations. We arre initially overwhelmed by the size of the place (we really have been living in areas with low populationo density) and by the number of Brits abroad, but soon gain our bearings, checking out the surf (looks good!) and decide its time for us to have a night on the town, including a meal out (our ...

... demographic. As the kiwis marched forward I walked with Kirsten, a tall blond policewoman from Hanover. She laughed a lot, and spoke fluent Portuguese. I must admit I'm not the best traveler in the world, I often can't be bothered to learn the most basic of phrases in the local language; but I'm pretty darn good at traveling with good travelers. <br><br>We arrived at the hostel to find that it was A) 7 Euros more expensive than the ...

... 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>

... 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

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 ...

... t go down until about 9.30pm so we never have to rush to get there by a certain time which is awesome... the sunnier the better! after sunbaking, we headed home and got ready for dinner. we went to a restaurant and had swordfish and salmon and cocktail prawns for entrees... i must admit it was very romantic haha! whilst we were eating, so many groups of our new friends we met walked past... the austrians, french and belgiums... it was pretty funny as ...

... but it was informative. After our fort exploration we went to the beach right beside it. While Jess watched the girls playing at the water's edge, I explored some of the coves nearby. Tunnels have been drilled through th headlands so that you can reach one cove from another. This way you can work around 4 or 5 beaches. Really I was hoping to get back to that rudie nudie beach to join in the game of bocce. Much to my dismay I couldn't get that far. That ...

... head out with Sunny tonight. My flight home leaves London tomorrow at 2pm and I arrive in Vacouver at 8pm (just in case you all want to welcome me home!! haha) You can expect one more blog from me about this trip altough I will likely write it from home :) Thanks again to everyone for all the well wishes and for all the emails!! I feel like I really havent even been away! It has all gone by so fast, sigh. See you all soon!!!! xox Christie

... low and going out at night. The beaches are closer to the ones we have at home but it was a little cold and windy so we didn't get too many days beaching in. On our last day there I left Luke and Rus in bed and went on a surfing trip out to the Atlantic coast with a group of guys that ran tours. We went to two spots, one was a bit rough but the drive out was spectacular and the beaches were very dramatic; lined with massive ...

... was soccer or a bad Portuguese drama. The girls cam back at about 9.30pm and Freda was red but a brownish red, however, Sophia was red, red. She said she had wanted some colour but maybe not this much...! We sat around talking, discussing where we were going and where we had been when Melissa came home. the talking continued and Melissa gave us some advice of good restaurants/bars to go to tomorrow night (Portugal Vs Angola soccer game so it will be nice to be out and in the ...