PIctures from Portugal

Since my post about Portugal was a bit short, I'll let you see some pictures of the paradise I got to spend 7 days in.

First, the three different beaches we got to surf:

Amado Beach... Our first, most frequent, and my favorite beach

This was more or less our base beach. This is where the surf shop and equipment rentals were and where we went for the first 3 of the 6 surf days. It was my favorite for many reasons but mostly because it had a cafe that had really good coffee which is really nice after you've been in cold water for a few hours. It also had a lot of white water to surf so its good for begginners (aka me).

Baranco Beach... our 2nd beach, affectionately referred to as "the hippie beach"

This beach was really, really pretty, maybe even prettier than Amado. It had those beautiful orange cliffs that are apparently characteristic of the Algarve region of Portugal we were in. It was pretty small though so it got kind of crowded. Everyone came with campers and RVs to stay there for a few weeks which is (I guess?) why its called the hippie beach. One upside was that it had a ton of dogs everywhere that I played with, of course.

Our third and final beach... don't remember the name.

This beach we only went to for our last day or "free surf day." This place was on the southern coast of portugal so the waves were smaller but still plenty big to surf. It was also the closest to our house. It was a really big, tourist beach with lots of families but we were the only ones really surfing so we didn't have to compete with waves or run over people or any of that.

Now that you got a view of the beautiful beaches I got to spend all day at, here's a little view into Algarve Surf Camp:

The surf rental shop and cafe at Amado Beach

This is where we picked up our boards and wetsuits and where I got that wonderful coffee I mentioned earlier. We also have a cameo appearance of a few of the 17 Norwegians that were at camp the same time as me.

One of our jeeps with the boards being loaded up

First of all, I just have to say that I really want one of these jeeps. Second, you can see two of our surf coaches, Alli and Mo, both of which I loved. Let's just say that if one of them asked me to move to Portugal and leave in a beach town with them it may be hard to refuse, partially because Portugal is that beautiful and partially because they were that great.

And after 7 days, I had to leave :( But, on the way back to london I got to go to Lagos, Portugal and spend one more day on the beach:

The Marina in Lagos

I hope this has convinced you that you should go to Portugal, because you definitely should. And if you do go, please take me back with you!