This morning we journeyed over to Lagos, which is fairly close by Portimao. Lagos contains the oldest slave market in the (Western) world. Of course, we won’t get into how the Egyptians, Romans, Aztecs, and most other developed societies had slaves because we’re talking about the beginnings of proper civilization as we know it, i.e. America, i.e. the United States of…- (See yesterday’s postings)

Speaking of America, I would like to take this opportunity to say how happy I am that we are no longer under British rule. They don’t take care of their children worth a shit. Yes, I realize this is a massive generalization, but guess what? I’m typing my point of view and don’t really care right now – after discussions with other folks from different regions we came to the same conclusion – Limeys suck as parents. I mean, they let a whole group of kids go form a Puritanical nation on the opposite side of the world and did nothing to stop them. Well, they tried, but they got their asses handed to ’em on a red/white/and blue platter. God damn the queen. The other point to this pointless paragraph – Americans are ridiculously full of themselves – EVERYTHING over here on the Continent is older than our ENTIRE nation. EVERYTHING. Just to give you perspective, take Lagos here: (pronounced Lahg-Owesh)

This old, block-looking portion was part of the original city entrance – made by………………………………………………………………………………………………………….wait for it…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..MUSLIMS!!!……………………………………………………………………They law! What are we ever gonna do! The ragheads basically ran this region for about 500-600 years and a lot of their architecture still remains, or was repurposed by the Christians. Did you know math and proper medicine came from the Jesus-Haters? (No, not the Jewish folks, the other ones that are going to populate Hell.) The small fort outside the walls was added later on, and it wasn’t nearly as expansive as the fort on the point we visited yesterday. Anyway, some neat stuff here. (By the way, if there are any inaccuracies here, it’s almost 4am as I’m typing this trying to keep you entertained, so cut me some slack.)

Artillery….

Later this evening, we met up with our Portuguese friends and had an amazing seafood stew with fish, shrimp, clams, potatoes, onions, and all kinds of goodness. It were quite yummy- then we went to a nearby Portuguese bar and here we are.