Ok our night jaunt had taken us up to the town centre of Lagos, the posh main street bits are nice with bright lights and looks inviting - so we of course head to the dimmer backstreets - and the graffiti vermin have been out in force - I dont get it? It would probably drive me mad if I had a nice property, nicely painted and then one day come downstairs to find the graffiti rats had defecated on it. I would go to war against them, but it looks like everyone has just given up and let the rot take over - That said, there's not a bad vibe in the back streets and if like us, you're after beer at a reasonable price, then it's the back streets for you, We end up in a laidback place called the Three Monkeys Bar - It was okay for us but there are oddbods hanging around - we opted for the Super Bock ale (Pint glasses this time as there's no snobbery here), think it was about 4 Euros - so we generally have a catch up - then walk back down through the town - The graffiti isnt evident where the posher places have decided to make a stand. We head back to the apartment balcony for a chill - Grant has a kip, so Stevo and myself head to a local bar called Bar O Artista, we hit the Sangres Beer and that's good stuff - easier going than Super Bock in my opinion - Grant joins us and then some bloke on a guitar shows up to annoy people who like peace and quiet - usual pub fayre with backing tapes - he's pretty good and the folk from Leicester who seem to populate the booths here seem to like him - It's an expat type gaff but it's far enough from the town centre so you can see it serves a purpose. Next door is McCabes Irish Bar where we end the evening - that's a neat place and full of friendlies.

In the Morning we head out to a local eatery for breakfast - Stevo says this place is interesting as they dont have a menu, just tell you what they've got and today is Pork Chops, Beef Fillet or Cod - Stevo goes for the Steak and we opt for the Porkie Pigs - Vino Verdi is the breakfast liquid favoured by most Portugues and we follow suit. You wouldnt believe the size of the portions that came out from the kitchen - Stevo gets half a cow and we get about 8 pork chops each with chips and a massive ultra fresh salad - very good gear, but you're not going to get through this and it seems crazy to serve so much - But that's the way it is - Plenty of Agricultural Land and the living is easy - when we decide to surrender, we tell the waiter guy that it was very good, just too much for us - he tells us "This Restaurant has a motto - no one will starve in here" - He is of course correct...and it was very cheap.

Ghoul Tours

The weather is now nice and sunny, a bit different from Yesterday - So we hop in the car and head to Praia Da Luz, yes that Praia Da Luz, we're going to walk down to see the beach and village centre and of course will walk past the main attraction. We park up at the top of the hill so at least some energy will be exerted. As we walk down the hill Stevo points out the house where the Madeilene Mcann mystery occured - So we get a minute or so to behave like Goncalo Amaral - you see that window, now with Iron Bars on it and you see the bar where the Grown Ups spent the evening. We aint exacly rubber necking here but you get the feeling this is a bit of a horror fest - So we move on past and head to beach, it's very pretty and quite upmarket here - no graffiti vermin to deal with. We wander round and eventually do the long walk up the hill to get out of Dodge - What can you say about this little visit? Morbid curiosity got the better of us.

Fort São Vicente

We now head off to Fort São Vicente near Sagres, this is a bit more like it - It's a pretty big fort that was once considered vital for the defence of the Algarve - I'm guessig all sorts showed up, from Berber Pirates to British ones and on after reading a bit about this place I find out that it was once destrayed by none other that Francis Drake in 1587 and then rebuilt in 1606 - I didnt see this mentioned on any of the information boards - So basically what you see here is a much later version of the fort circa late late 18th cantury - It's usnsurprisingly similar to the Portuguese forts you'll find in Goa, India but this one is much much bigger - It's worth a visit if you're there.

Hee Bee Gee Bees

The cliffs here are on the Los Gigantes size about 300 foot high and there's fences all around the fort to stop you falling off - this is a bit of a hindrance to the local fishermen - they seem to have suicidal tendencies and jump the fence then perch themselves on ledges above the sheer drops - watch them casting their rods gives you the total heebs and you cant watch them for more than a few minutes without feeling queasy - I'd like to know the stats of the missing here - I'm thinking if you caught something that gave a bit of a fight, you could easily get pulled of that ledge - Maybe that's the thrill of it for them. We then spend an hour of so walking along the coastal path and that was good for the soul - again recommended - after that we head back to Lagos and have a general wander about, then back on the balcony for a chill and to plan for the next assault on the internal organs.