Sagres: The end of the world

December 7, 2018

My second afternoon in Lagos I caught a bus to Sagres, the most southwest point in Portugal. It's also referred to as The End of the World. (The first two days in Lagos will be expounded upon in greater detail once I have my diving photos downloaded.)

It was a windy affair, and I got there at the perfect time to walk around a bit before catching sunset.

I wandered down to the beach.

The cliffs in the distance that go to the left side of the photo are Cabo Sao Vicente, the western-south point of Portugal. I didn't have time to get over there this time.

Then paid my €3 entrance fee for the fort. There was a large area to walk on the other side.

And a lighthouse. Good thing due to the rocky coast nature of the area.

I watched sunset over the Atlantic while being buffeted by 20mph winds. (Between that and semi-clean diving hair, my head was a tangled mess)

Where there are rocks, people will build cairns. It's one of the laws of nature.

After the sun went down I wandered back to town, found an open-ish restaurant (they all seem semi closed since there's just about nobody in them right now) and got a beer and a ham and cheese sandwich to tide me over.

Sagres of course, because what else could I get. Also it's the cheap option.

The bus back to town was uneventful and dark. Once the sun goes down, there's no light outside of the streetlamps. Not much light pollution happening.

I arrived home a tired but happy cookie.