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Madeira - 2009 Apr 20 - May 4

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Ponta do Pargo village
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Begonias in a front garden
Centro Cívico
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includes Centro de Saudé
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The minimalist modern architecture of this civic square contrasts with the ornateness of the churches
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Achadas da Cruz
teleférico
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Page at Madeira-web
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built by another Austrian firm: Reisch Maschinenbau - page on their website
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bottom of the cliffs
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On the small patch of flat land at the bottom of the cliff are strange gardens (allotments?) divided by stone walls
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Small shrine to St Christopher
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Rock plants
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Rush fences protect against the north east wind
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Is it a home or an allotment shed?
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The paths create a maze to a cafe which we never reached
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The gardens are fed by mini levadas
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This small dwelling is harvesting wind power
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Sugar cane blasted by the salty wind
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T.S. Eliot in Little Gidding writes of places at "the world's end, some at the sea jaws". This is one of them.
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Wild poppies and scabious
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Roger on the rocks
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Who is that small figure in the distance?
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Wild poppies
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three dykes run up this cliff - compare with this on Fuerteventura
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Ferns
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Cacti
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Pride of Madeira
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The base of the teleférico
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