Hey lovelies,

Hey Lovelies,

Hey lovelies,

Today's post is the final travel diary from my break to Madeira! I had so much fun sharing all of my pictures and telling all the little anecdotes from my break away!

So today's post will focus on what exactly I did on the very last two days of my stay in Madeira. On the 7th of July we merely got up, got on a bus to the airport, went through all the boring stuff and went home. I managed to finish "All The Bright Places" on the train. As I was on adventures for a large chunk of the holiday I didn't really have time to read a lot. I managed to read a little every day and completed the book on the plane home. 

The day before we went home, I did one of the coolest things I'll probably ever do in my life and did my first ever scuba dive. The thought of it absolutely terrified me, but it was something I really really wanted to do. A few days prior to the scuba dive, I went down to the Carlton to book a training session for a Scuba dive. 

Afterwards, we were brought out to the pool to bring some of the exercises discussed by the demonstrators into action. I was a bit apprehensive of course, but the demonstrators were absolutely lovely and helped me along the way. When I compare this experience to my snorkeling experience during my kayak ride, there is really no doubt in my mind who I felt more at ease with. This is extremely important when you're doing something like this.

After a half hour or so in the pool, it was time to bring what we had learnt into the sea. I went down with my instructor to be entered into the most beautiful world of the sea. I felt like I had magically turned into the little mermaid or something and was in absolute wonder and awe of the sea life underneath. The fish were nibbling at my face and my arms but it didn't bother me in the slightest as I was way too fixated on how cool everything was. It seemed like the 40 minutes I got underwater went so quickly.

I'd highly recommend anyone to scuba dive with the Carlton, they did their job excellently. The only regret I have is that I didn't do the dive earlier in the holiday as I could have done some more dives and become a certified diver. I suppose that's an adventure I'll have to do another time. 

Hi Lovelies,

So I'm on to part 3 of my travel diaries of Madeira. I really hope you're enjoying them. I'm so happy that I'll have a place on my blog to come back to when I want to remember these great moments I've had in my life.

It was the 5th day of our holiday that my dad and I went Kayaking with Radical Madeira. Radical Madeira are an adventure company that is not just limited to kayaking trips. They also had advertisements for renting a jet ski and so much more. Seeing as I had previous experience kayaking (I did it for 8 weeks in Transition Year) I was happy to try it in Madeira and I really wanted to try snorkelling also! For two of us to go kayaking for three hours in the morning it cost 70 euro, but this also included a lift to and from your hotel as well as having pictures taken which I thought was a nice touch. My only complaint is that there was a lack of photos taken under water when we were snorkelling. The boys (one of them was younger than me) who took us out (there were only three of us kayaking) were lovely, but I felt that there was something a little unprofessional about them. As I had never swam in the sea without a kayaking jacket in my life, I did feel a bit apprehensive about going in the water and it was very hard to feel at ease whereas when I went Scuba diving later on in the holiday I felt a lot more relaxed with the instructor. 

Kayaking was pretty tiring so we left it at that for the day! We returned to the hotel, and at half five that evening I went to the hotel spa and had my first ever paid for massage in my life. What I got was a back, neck and shoulder massage which lasted for half an hour and afterwards I was given herbal tea. Have to say that the massage absolutely helped me unwind and relax so much!





Hat - Dunnes Stores
Play Suit - H&M
The following day was the Tuesday and this was the day that we went on the boat trip on the Catamaran! The representative from Top flight booked this excursion for us and we opted to go on a boat with the company "Sea the Best". They make a promise that if you don't see dolphins on the first trip that you'll get a second trip for free! There are plenty of other types of boat trips available in Madeira also. There was this pirate ship boat and there is a boat which has a glass bottom. I would have loved to go on the glass bottom boat just to see all the sea life underneath.

Before we got on the boat, we had a bit of time to spare to get a bite to eat. We were feeling a bit peckish at the time and we also did a bit more exploration around Madeira. We saw the cathedral in the old part of town, got some Gelato (I picked pistachio flavour) and went around the shops until it was time for our boat trip!







The Boat trip lasted approximately three hours, and in that time we managed to see some dolphins as well as turtles. The turtles were very hard to get images of. The dolphins were hard to get pictures of also as they would just elegantly jump up and quickly dart back down into the water without too much effort. It was also pretty fun to just be on a boat!

Half way through the trip, there was a stop to do a bit of snorkelling and swimming for about twenty minutes, then the boat would head back!


That is what I got up to on my 5th and 6th day in Madeira!
Tomorrow's part is the last travel diary!

Have you been on holiday this summer?
Have you any plans to go anywhere later on in the summer?
Be sure to tell me all about it in the comments.

I'll talk to you soon,