For our second stop in Portugal, we decided to head down to a beach city called Lagos located on the Southern coast on the Atlantic (actually about 20 km from where they thought the world ended). We stayed at a super hostel called the rising cock which came highly recommended to us, and no doubt lived up to the hype. We had our own Portuguese "momma" for our four night stay there, who would insist on making up fresh crepes and lemon tea every day for breakfast! Her constant reminder of the benefits of lemon tea for a hang over, even on the days we didn't have one sure did make me a believer.
Our first full day in Lagos we went for a walk through the city, headed down to the beach, and just checked the place out. It wasn't high season there so it was fairly quite, but none the less still a fantastic town. 
After that we took care of some administrative things, mainly further planning of the next leg of the trip and made some phone calls home.
After that we took care of some administrative things, mainly further planning of the next leg of the trip and made some phone calls home. The next day was mostly spent once again at the beach, however this time we found a much better spot, surrounded by cliffs and in around many different grottos. This was the main attraction of the town, as the beaches were really quite impressive as you can see for in the pictures. 
That evening while watching the sunset we even had a friend join us. We named her Randy. She was a cool dog, but no matter how hard to loose her she kept following us. Below is Scott and Randy. 
That evening while watching the sunset we even had a friend join us. We named her Randy. She was a cool dog, but no matter how hard to loose her she kept following us. Below is Scott and Randy. 
We decided for our last full day in Lagos it was time to be a little more adventurous and rent some scooters to go and check out the surrounding towns. This however did not go off with out a hitch. As we were making trails down the highway (which our scooters were maybe a little to slow to be on, they only had a 50cc engine) we ran into a police check for various traffic violations. Of course Scotts scooter didn't have a working front light which was illegal, so we were sent back to the rental shop, thankfully with no ticket. Of course it was closed for siesta, so we decided to keep going, only to almost run into the same cops in a different location. Thankfully this time we pulled over and parked the scooters without the cops seeing us. So we just chilled out until the cops left their spot allowing us to go through the day with no ticket. All in all it was a fantastic day of checking out the surrounding coastline, as we were able to get out and go places we normally wouldnt have been able to on public tansit.
Lagos was a very relaxing stop in our trip, definatly a favourite place.
Lagos was a very relaxing stop in our trip, definatly a favourite place.