Devastated. I'm in despair, absolutely despondent. Today is the worst day of the trip and it was supposed to be the best. The whole reason we came to Lagos, the reason we stayed extra days here. Today was the day that the booze cruise was supposed to be. But it has been cancelled due to bad weather. The whole hostel is grief stricken. So it's off to the pub to drown our sorrows.Zilla

We arrived in Albufeira on Tuesday afternoon. It's a coastal town in the Algarve (South Portugal). It's really nice but very touristy, as it's a favourite holiday destination for the poms. We're getting sick of all the spruikers outside restaurants and bars trying to tell us that they've got the best food and cheapest drinks in town! There are some lovely beaches around though, and we spent today at the beach and wandering through the city ce...

As I write this, we're on a bus bound for Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. We've just spent two days in Porto, which is in Northern Portugal, and is the second largest city in the country. It's been great to finally be in continental Europe, as everything is so different to the UK & Ireland, which seem similar to back home in many ways. Porto is on the North bank of the Douro river, with it's world-heriatage listed old town centre, while the s...