Hello Everyone,
I'm baaaack!
I had such a great time on holiday with Michael, I really did not want to come back.
Porto Santo is a beautiful Island and we got to experience a lot of it. I will definitely be reviewing it on TripAdvisor to help others with questions about the Island.
All Inclusive is a great way to holiday, I will definitely be doing it again, it was so nice to be able to get as much food, drink, desserts as you want and not have to worry about paying for it. That will be hard to adjust to now I'm home! hehe.
The Thomson Travel card is also recommended, I did a lot of research before hand and decided to go with Thomson. We didn't want to go on holiday with lots of euro's handing around and wanted our money more secure, we went in and had a chat and sorted out a card, most places in Porto Santo took the card, as long as it takes mastercard you can use it. It was so much easier to carry around a protected card and a small amount of euro's in cash rather than lots than could easily get swiped.
We got up to loads at Porto Santo, we had Thomson reps who we could talk to and ask questions, Emma was amazing, she helped us so much, we booked a Chill out Cruise, Scuba Diving and a Jeep Safari with her, all prices were pretty good, and after the experiences I say definitely worth it.
First off Scuba Diving, lets just say it looks a little easier than it is, I expected it to be quite simple, but there was a lot of things to remember, and more equipment than I thought, I still gave it a go even though I was quite nervous, we tried it out in the pool first to make sure we were ok before going to sea. I loved swimming around and found breathing a little hard to get used to but ok in the end, it was the what if scenarios that I struggled with, what if you lost your mouth piece and how to get it back, what if you get water in your goggles and how to get it out whilst still in the water (I HATE water in my eyes!) and what if you run out of air and how to use someone elses. I struggled with these and eventually gave up and said I was happy just to swim around, I watched Michael do it all, after a little struggling he managed to overcome it and finished it all, I was told I could not go to sea if I didn't do those exercises and I said I was fine with that, I wouldn't feel comfortable anyways. Michael also decided not to go to sea, as even though he managed to do it all, he still felt he needed more time (only 1 hour in the pool!) and practice before again feeling comfortable in the sea. So we went straight back to Emma and got a refund for the sea dive, I was a little gutted as I was so looking forward to seeing all the sealife under the sea, I love that kind of stuff, but knew I would just panic and not enjoy it if I went down. Maybe after a few more pool sessions we can do it next time.
Chill out Cruise was really nice, just us on a boat with some others and staff, really relaxing, can sit on the front and sunbathe, saw lots of great scenery, the whole beach from start to finish, stopped at Lime Rock for some swimming or snorkelling and then headed back. We got to see some Dolphins! lots of them it was so nice they were right underneath us :D We even got a glimpse of a whale. I got some great photo's from that trip.
The Jeep Safari Tour was fantastic our tour guide was called David, and we had another Jeep behind us following us along with another great tour guide called Cloudio. They both spoke great english and had lots to say about the Island, I was so glad I did it, It's nice to know more about where you are staying and were it came from, again lots of photos and footage from the day, it lasted 3 and half hours to get around all the spots so I thought it was definitely worth the money.
After all that we chilled out by the pool, sunbathed, drank and ate a lot, watched some fantastic shows by the Animation team in the sunset bar, which was in the resort, all on our doorstep. And some fantastic performances by the barmen.
Such a great fun filled, relaxing holiday, I seriously did not want to come home and back to work tomorrow :( it definitely makes us want to go on more though and makes us wish we had been on more in the past, but the fun begins here! We possibly might be going on holiday with some friends and their children next year which would be great fun, we'll see how it goes, either way we'll go on another holiday next year.
Pictures to follow!
Bye for now
