Holidays: Life's a Beach ; Everyone Hopes That the Next Break Will Be the Holiday of a Lifetime, or at Least Include the Day They'll Never Forget. Travel Editor Paul Cole Makes a New Friend During a Villa Visit to the Algarve. Pictures by Sheila Cole

Sunday Mercury › November 03, 2005

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SITTING on the verandah as the sun goes down, gazing out to sea. Damien Rice is playing on the radio. There's a half-empty bottle of crisp white wine on the table and a six-pack of Sagres beer in the fridge.

Life doesn't get any better than this. Or does it?

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Holidays: Life's a Beach ; Everyone Hopes That the Next Break Will Be the Holiday of a Lifetime, or at Least Include the Day They'll Never Forget. Travel Editor Paul Cole Makes a New Friend During a Villa Visit to the Algarve. Pictures by Sheila Cole

Perched on the prow of the sailing ship Condor De Vilamoura, cutting through the waves off the Algarve coast, spray flying in our faces before dropping anchor off a deserted cove.

Life really can't any better than this. Well, actually ...

Swimming through the water with Hugo at high speed, then playing tag with his pal, wetsuit warding off the chill. And, oh, did I mention that Hugo is a bottle-n...

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