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Madeira - 2009 Apr 20 - May 4

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Calheta
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churchyard flowers
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Gate
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Wrought iron balcony and roses
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Bush outside sugar factory (botanists please identify)
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Bush outside sugar factory again
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Lombo do Salão
Escola Básica do 1° Ciclo
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Ribeira da Calheta
well up the Ribeira da Calheta visiting the point where the levada tunnel comes through from Rabaçal
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Levada Nova
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monitoring station
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depth gauge showing 44 cm
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monitoring station and a flag labelled escala marking the depth gauge
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These lilies are in garden of the the abandonned cottage. At one time there must have been a levada keeper, but now everything is automated
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looking down the valley
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Central Hidroeléctrica da Calheta N° 1
looking through the windows into the turbine hall
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spare Pelton wheel Lombo dos Faias
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exterior
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Lombo do Doutor
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Caminho Lombo do Doutor
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Lombo dos Faias -ish
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Canhas
Recta da Canha
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32.697223,-17.116082
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Vos que passais Descuidados, presos ao mundo Parai! Morri por vossos pecados Descobri-vos e Rezai! which Google translates as: You that raisins Careless, stuck to the world Stop! Died for your sins I found you and Pray!
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Nossa Senhora da Piedade (Sorrows) and Santiago (St James) More Senhoras

Ribeira Brava
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looking east at sunset across the Ribeira Brava valley
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Ponta São Lourenço
the St. Laurence peninsula. the eastern tip of the island
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Pride of Madeira plants. Their botanical name is Echium candicans
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Botanists please identify this strange plant
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More Pride of Madeira and small ferns
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Common Iceplant or mesembryanthemum crystallinum
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The Swim I
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The Swim II
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The Swim III
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The Swim IV
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The Swim V - Roger and friend
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The Swim VI
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The Swim VII
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Local flora - cacti
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Another scuttling lizard
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Some form of heather?
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Botanists please identify
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Botanists please identify
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Botanists please identify
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Botanists please identify

Santa Catarina Airport
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(Shamelessly ripped off from this blog post which has more pictures of the runway extension.)

Santa Cruz
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Avenue of palm trees
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Dragon trees
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Roger on the jetty
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Public sculture - flower maiden and friend?
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Roger - photography is very tiring
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Development of new flats
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Arch dividing the beach from the harbour area
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Old fishing boat
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This cafe proudly offered free wi-fi
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Flora growing on wires above the ribeira
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After a good meal with vinho verde
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Abstract representation of driving through one of Maderias many tunnels after vinho verde

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