Exploring Lagos By Boat

  Portugal Day 2 - The second day began nice and early. We headed to a different beach to hang out at while we waited for our sangria cruise around the coast of Lagos. On the beach, Jen, Emily and I participated in a soccer game which proved to be a lot of fun considering we were the only girls playing. The first group returned from sailing and then it was our turn. On the cruise, we had unlimited sangria which had cinnamon and mint mixed in making the Sangria extremely tasty.

  Once we reached where we were supposed to anchor, some people jumped off the boat for a swim while dingy boats took a small handful of students at a time into the Grottos (naturally made caves on the coast). This in itself was spectacular. Some of the rocks formed natural shapes such as hearts and elephants. This lasted for about 20 min, but it was a good 20 min well spent. 

Back on the boat, we socialized, took some pictures, and I even jumped off into the frigid waters. However, in the end, jumping off was worth it because now I can say I jumped off the boat into the open Atlantic Ocean. After the boat ride, we went back to the beach. Most of us had lunch in the only restaurant there. They also had free wifi which is a HUGE deal for study abroad students who need to stay connected to the world. Our sangria sail pretty much took up our entire day until sunset time. At dusk, the entire group traveled to a point in Portugal known as “the end of the world” when people thought the earth was flat. 

 Before arriving to our destination, we were told that this was one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. And indeed it was. People were staggered all of the cliffs peering at the gorgeous s sight. 

 

 The sunset itself was extraordinary. It was cool to get to see where people thought the world ended during the dark ages. Directly after the sunset, some of us got dropped off in downtown Lagos for dinner.  My SJU group opted to do this in order to attempt another shot at eating at the Nah Nah Bah. We had to wait a little bit but the wait was definitely worth the taste in food. I’m not a huge burger person but these monsters were the best burgers I have EVER had. The restaurant put pineapple on the burger which was a good exotic change. 

We finished our delicious dinner and trekked back to that Australian surf bar. At this point we were all really close to the bartenders and just hung out talking about random stuff. Then it was time to move on to the promotion of the night, Joe’s Garage. With the lights off this place looked pretty cool, but I could tell once the lights go on, it would look like a total garbage pit. Anyways we had a fun time dancing there and then headed back home again at a reasonable hour.