Jardim Tropical Monte Palace
Ancient olive tree and lavender
Monte
spare cars in the top station of the cable car
looking down from Foguete into the valley of Ribeira João Gomes with the harbour in the distance.
(Image ripped off from 2867523635_f03a5bfd94.jpg found somewhere on the web.)
Another view with location details
Cabo Girão
The farmer who tilled this field (by hand!) has done so within inches of a 500 metre sheer drop!
In this image (ripped off from Funchal_from_CabG.jpg found somewhere on the web) and taken at an earlier date, there seems to be some sort of edging to the field but in my pictures there is absolutely nothing!
Serra de Água
looking east across the valley
See how the pine trees bend in the prevailing north east wind
Terracing up the mountainside
There is so little flat land that farmers terrace as far up the mountains as they can
Central da Serra de Água (power station)
pipe bringing Levada do Norte down
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