looking east towards the fort

The famous fish market was finished for the day when we arrived and was being cleaned up

The courtyard, where flowers, fruit, leather and other goods are sold

The Independence of the Seas dwarfs the buildings in Funchal

Jacaranda trees and bougainvilla

Homenagem a Bordeira - statue outside the Embroidery Museum

bougainvillea grows out across the wires over the ribeiro

The Jacaranda trees contrast well with the yellow taxis

Note the woman at extreme right taking a photograph. She appears in the same posture on the left of the previous!

Statue of João Gonçalves da Câmara de Lobos first captain of Funchal (wikipic of same statue)

Toyota showroom with traditional azulejos

near the Marina shopping centre

the Independence of the Seas seemed to be visible at the end of every street

Elisabeth of Bavaria. The flowers in her hand are real

Farewell to the Independence of the Seas

In the old town restaurant area

looking down on the Cimentos Madeira cement factory in Ribeira dos Socorridos

the three chimneys on the right are on the Central Térmica da Vitória - the thermal power station with 16 diesel generators. Despite all that water (and a bit of wind power), this station generates 60% of the island's electricity

Looking up to Monte

Cacti are used to create a fence below the cars.

Inside the base station

Close up of the cactus fence

When I saw this telephérique, I said "I bet that was built by Austrians" and sure enough it was. See Rancho for another by Doppelmayr

Me at ease. Teleférico in the background

Looking to the harbour with AIDAaura moored there

Looking towards Monte

Scaffold monkeys?

In 2016 August there was an extensive wildfire here. Six weeks later Frank Ardley took this view from the telephérico. The hillside is totally bare. On the left we can see things like fridges scattered on the ground. Follow the maps link and look at Google StreetView to see the lush vegetation that was there before.