Algarve

Beach holidays!! I love it because you can just laze around and not do much... hehehe...

This summer, we decided to pack our bags and head off to the Portuguese beach resort of Algarve...

The weather there was really fantastic, with the clear blue skies and sunny days...

Vilamoura, the yacht-cluttered Marina... kinda reminds me of Monaco, albeit not as posh!!!

And most of the nicer hotels are on this side of the area... there is this hotel called Tivoli if I remembered correctly that was really luxurious and even has its own private beach!! But no... we stayed at a cheaper hotel... hehehe...


Given that it's a beach holiday, of course we spent most of our time just lazing around in the sun... hahaha... everyone was trying to tan themselves... I did my nails.. hehehe... read novels, had ice creams and ice-lemon tea... sigh... how I wish I was there again!!!

And oh... one of those nights... our hotel had this tribute to MJ performance... hahaha... I found it quite funny initially but then to my amazement, the guy was really quite good... he had all his costumes, the socks and shoes.. and even the hair (and skin colour!) right... if you look at him from far... you would have thought MJ came back to life!!! :P

Given that it's me... there must be something about food... hahahaha... seafood there was really quite nice... we had grilled fish, fish kebabs... super tiger king prawns (yes, it's really big!)... fish soups, calamari, garlic clams... etc.

Well... the boys wasn't really too keen to spend all their time on the beach (which Bin Bin and I was happy to do so!!)... so we headed off to the Marina for some water activities...

The boys with their "catch-of-the-day" from our deep sea fishing trip?

Of course not... me going fishing?? no thanks... I don't have the patience to do so...

We went for the power boat ride instead...

It was quite fun in the beginning... and the ride brought us all along the Algarve coast... there are so many different beaches but each and everyone of them was packed with people!!!

We also visited some sea caves, which were really pretty....

But after a while, I didn't feel too well on the ride anymore.... bleh... me and my sea-sickness... :(

The other activity that we did was PARASAILING... it took quite a bit of convincing from Naveen before I agreed to do it... sorry, yours truly is a coward... I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be hanging in the skies above the sea!!!

Getting ready and going out to the sea with our guides...

And before I knew it, it was my turn to go up... I was really scared initially!!! Luckily Bin Bin was with me... bleh :P

We went higher and higher and higher and higher... until everything was so tiny... see... we were held to the boat by this tiny piece of rope... sigh... I am such a coward...

But after a while, I began to relax because although the boat seems to be moving at a really fast pace... we were really just floating...

and the scenery was absolutely gorgeous... the bird's eye view was really superb...

and I started to actually enjoy it... hehehe... see my V sign??

But then... the guide cheekily dipped us in the sea on our descend even though Bin Bin said that she didn't want to get wet!!!

Then it was the guys' turn to go...

... and they were like... we want to go higher... and we want to dip and swim in the sea....

The experience was really more enjoyable than I thought it would be... and it was certainly less daunting that it seemed!!! So... I would recommend you to try it!!!

After this holiday, I made a promise to myself that I would go for a proper beach holiday every year because it is really a "holiday" compared to those trips that you try to get too much done!!!