Vila Mos Lagos

... last day in Luz proves to be flat in terms of surf and we decide just to float til sunset, when weºll head to the Bull for the magnificent view there at that time of day, followed by a yummy dinner in Luz (Lymºs night off from slaving at the stove). Our last night in Portugal, so time for a typical dish portugesio stylee....

»»»apologies for lack of pics, we hope to upload either in Granada or La Manga.....«««««

... 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 ...

Another typical Porto Covo morning: bright, blue and upon inspection, very large swell; too large for us. Decision time - do we stay or move on? It was easy and unanimous, time to break camp and hit the road once again heading south. We looked at a couple of likely surf / camp destinations, until opting for Odeceixe, a town which straddles both the Alentejo and the Algarve ...

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.

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... made up 2 MASSIVE meals, and some we couldnt finish. It was awesome. Also, the owner of the hostel was an awesome portuguese guy who said that the loacl ppl always ate a salad made from a roasted, skinned pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, **** loads of olive oil and lemon juice with their fish...and man, as simple as it sounds, it was awesome. Cammy, I know youll want me to show you how to make it, its great. Speaking of good food, the one day we didnt eat fish or do up the power huor ...

The first priority for the day was to try out the pasterleria 5 metres from our front door. The Gomba café is full of locals and has fantastic pastries and cakes. More importantly, as we were to discover, it also has excellent coffee. The girls enjoyed some delicious chocolate cake while Jess and I were good and stuck to a croissant. It was a lovely day, so we decided to buy some supplies and ...

... they happened to be there, they were really fun to go out with but such randy little buggers.... a lot of the time was spent fending them off.... after a couple of days of this we decided enough was enough, it was time to get out..... but there were no buses for two days... so we were stuck with the clowns.... hahahaha oh well, at least they were good inpiration for our juggling (yes, we are going thru a juggling phase that the moment).

... bridge and find parking easily beside the river. Most of the streets in the historical centre are pedestrian only and we wander along cobbled lanes to the lovely Praça Large Jeronimo Osório. Here we find some terrific outdoor restaurants. Miryam converses with one of the waiters at the Casa Velha and finds the owner is Brazilian. We have to eat here, and Miryam orders a typical Brazilian picanha ...

... there were no more trips for the rest of the day. So their advertising of trips every hour was false. We were all entitled to go again and the company was prepared to give us passes except that I was leaving at 8.20 tomorrow and I couldn't go. I would have loved to have gone again, because ultimatley I wanted to see the dolphins. So i was offered a t-shirt. Like I need another t-shirt. More **** to carry. They wouldn't give me my money back, and they wouldn't do another trip ...