While we were here in Lagos we wanted to go out for hike, but as we started looking at the different routes we could take none of them would give us a view and they all consisted of us having to walk through marshes.
Therefore, we decided to head off to Sagres, the furthest Western area of all of Europe! After grabbing some lunch to go we got on the bus and in less than hour arrived in the town. Now even though it wasww Sunday in a Catholic country I don’t think that can justify how empty the town of Sagres is. We walked around looking for anyone or anything that was open. We were able to grab a cool drink and then followed the path to lead us to the beach. Enjoying the view we had our lunch and prepared to go to the national park.
Walking there is seemed like I was literally at the end of the world or in a different planet. Now to me a park is an area of lush of a green forest, or at least this is what I have grown up knowing but this was the last thing this park was. It looked as though we were on Mars! The ground was so dry and the bushes acted as cactuses, soaking up any morsel of water. The view of the water was so gorgeous from this high vantage point though. We then entered inside the fortress. This is where navigators and explorers form all over the word came to Sagres to learn about exploration in the 15th century. Before the Portuguese found the new world this is what was considered to be the end of the world! This is also where Christopher Columbus sailed off on his expeditions. Looking out in the distance I tried to imagine what it would be looking out into the distance and seeing nothing but the ocean and imagining thinking that there was nothing else there.
We then finished walking around the park, learning about all the different grasses, bushes and flowers that are both or this area and those that migrated with the explorers when they returned form their journeys. What is also interesting is that Sagres is an area where over two hundred different species of birds come to migrate.
We then made our way back to out hostel and rested up so me could fully enjoy our last day in Lagos tomorrow.