lagos

after porto, i got on a night bus and headed to lagos.  geographically it doesn't make much sense because lisbon is on the way but since my flight to go home is out of there, i had to go this route.  i arrived and was greeted by beautiful beaches!

lagos is really neat because there are many cliffs on the southwest side of the town surrounding the beaches.  you can hang out on one beach for a bit then climb through an opening to the beach on the other side given that the tide is still low.  there really isn't much else to see in the city but i was ok with it because this was my last bit of beach time before heading home.  wah wah.  although the beaches and sun were perfect..the water was not.  literally i think my heart stopped beating when i forced myself under water to cool off.  i have never swam in water so cold before!  

on second day in lagos, i went hiking with soren and marije (two friends i made in the hostel) along the top of the cliffs.  we got to see a lot more cool rock formations and could climb down to whichever beach we wanted to hang out in.  there was an arch that soren and i were going to attempt to swim to but after trying to swim in the freezing water for 5 seconds i knew that there was no way in hell that was gonna happen!  

 

one thing that i will definitely miss in lagos, is pizza da luigi!  luigi, an italian transplant, opened up his wood fire oven pizza spot about 20 seconds away from my hostel 12 days before i arrived.  can you say dangerous?  the pizza was delicious and cheap.  i hit that spot up about 4 times in the 3 days i was there.  haha yea...don't judge me.

after three days in lagos, i left to go to my final destination before heading home: lisbon!  the ride was only 4 hours and the bus had wi-fi (yes, that's right...the bus) so time flew by.  time to up your ante, greyhound.