This morning Andrea, Maude and I went out to go on a three hour kayaking tour. Both Andrea and Maude have never been kayaking before so I hoping that we won’t flip! The kayaks were designed more like a paddle board, in the sense that it had a very thick and flat surface. The only thing that was authentic about this kayaking was that the paddles were the same. Hopefully this means that it will be easier for Andrea and I to work together!
Neither of wanted to bring our cameras out on the water, despite having a water proof bag to use. It was an amazing experience and I wish I could have captured it so I could share it! Our guide led us through the grottos, we passed by so many different caves and were able to go inside some of them as well! We paddle sting to avoid going into the whirlpools and inside one of the caves there was a circular opening in the middle that was like mother natures own skylight. Inside other cave entrances that we passed thorough there were fisherman casting reels and setting traps up. Also in the waters there were so many boats for private tours, it seemed like they had first priority in the water since our guide always urged us to move to the side to let them pass, it was also a good thing or else we would have gotten run into! They seemed like they were in a tight timeline. We then continued our way down looking at all the different beaches there are here! We picked out our favourite one Prahia do Camillo ( Camel Beach, since the grottos supposedly appear to look like one). It is apparently the most popular one here in Lagos known by locals so we will be sure to make a trip there tomorrow! The water here is like a chameleon. It changes from a beautiful blues all so radiant and luminescent! It is like nothing I have ever seen before! For a quick break we stopped off at a beach and swam and explored the grottos before heading back into out kayaks. This time though we all connected our kayaks together in a chain and got pulled back by a boat; talk about easy sailing!
Afterwards we all grabbed some lunch and made our way back to the beach. We didn’t go out as far out to the beaches that we saw earlier, instead we went out a few meters past where we went kayaking. The sand was different here form the other beach and since the grottos enclosed around us we didn’t have to worry about the crazy winds like before either. What was really interesting is that as I explored the grottos I noticed that the water temperature different from each beach. I had to climb through and inside the different grottos to get to the different beaches. Once I was done exploring I headed back to soak up the sunshine and I watched people jump off of the cliff. After Maude jumped off I needed a little convincing and I jumped off too!!
We the got cleaned up and went out for dinner. The three of us split tapas on of which was chorizo. They brought it out in a little grill with alcohol in the bottom and then light it on fire and we grilled it to perfection! The flame actually got really big and the sever got really nervous and brought out her boss to extinguish it! Afterwards we went out on the hunt for pastel de nata for dessert. Coming back successful to our place we went up to the balcony to enjoy the view and joined an impromptu pub crawl. I think we have the hostel a new business idea, Paula took us out to see the Lagos nightlife, that just like other places we’ve been doesn’t start till basically the morning!