Lagos

Still in Lagos and yesterday we had pretty boring weather with rain showers and chilly weather, in other words we were mostly at home and took it easy, took the opportunity to go down to the supermarket to fill up the supplies between the showers and judge by my surprise when a team with a donkey and cart arrives, stops in front of Pingo (the equivalent of Costco), ties the donkey to a lamppost and goes in and does some shopping. The contrast is incredible with all those Teslas, Mercedes AMGs and a donkey, indescribable and as the tourist I am, of course I snap a picture.

The day today started with showers but cleared up quickly so we got in the car and drove out to Ponta da Piedade. Ponta da Piedade is a type of rock formation that stands on the cape just outside Lagos. Most tourists take a boat trip out and visit the rocks and its caves this way and yes, it is probably the coolest way to be honest but visiting and seeing from the top was also really impressive and hard to capture in a picture.

The more I travel here the more amazed I am by this country, a gigantic tourist attraction as above and I can only imagine how chaotic they must be during peak season, it was a really extensive system of trestles, bridges and lookouts, everything adapted for the disabled and stroller friendly. I probably wouldn’t have thought about them before but now I really feel how much I appreciate it and that they offer this for free…wow!

Last night in Lagos and I have to sum it up as the favorite so far closely followed by Tavira. Carro gave the facebook comment “Go to Lagos, Fantastically cozy there” and I can only agree. It isclean, nice people, small cozy alleys to wander lost in while you look in both modern shops such as Billabong or Ripcurl interspersed with ceramics and with traditional clothing stores. We are here off-season so many bars and nightclubs have closed but I suspect there are and will be over if you are interested in partying!
Off-season also means cold in the water and even though the surf shops are open there is not a queue to rent surf and kites, you do see many cars with boards on the roof so obviously the breaks are here if you want to go out.

It’s a much quieter trip than I usually go on for obvious reasons, but we still try to go out to cafes and restaurants. Most of the time they’ve been good even though they look like a hurricane has passed where we’ve been sitting. What strikes me, though, is that almost all of them have a high chair to offer, both male and female waiters flirt and play hello wildly with the little guy, and they’re happy to help heat up baby food. However, Portuguese baby food is a total no-no for our young master, so we’ve now learned to just order some bread with butter for him and then he gets to eat from our plates, which has resulted in him starting to get used to a diet of squid, mussels, swordfish, sea bass… it’s going to be expensive if we’re going to maintain this diet once we are back in Sweden.