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Madeira - 2009 Apr 20 - May 4

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Encumeada
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Levada do Norte
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The cafe at Encumeada
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Roger
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Pedras
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looking east

Paúl da Serra
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Roger with wind turbines behind
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After the vertiginous climb up the mountains, the flat bleakness of Paúl de Serra is strangely disconcerting. Even the car looks suprised.
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wind turbines looking east. See how the tops of the peaks peep over the edge of the plateau. The highest peak in the distance is the Pico Ruivo, 1862 metres and this plateau levels off at 1500 metres
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Compare this picture with our one of the Paúl de Serra seen from Pico Arieiro.
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Strange cacti - botanists please identify
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More wind turbines
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The straight road on Paúl de Serra is probably the only road which is straight for over a mile on the island

Rabaçal
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looking down from car park
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Water management system? and cattle
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cow resting with gorse
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Looking towards Calheta? Is the smoke the sugar factory?
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Woodland plant in the shade on the levada walk
Levada do Risco
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The levada walk
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Waterfall
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Roger
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Roger in silhouette
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Ferns under the waterfalls
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The levada path at Rabacal is wide and shaded by ancient laurel
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same as link but with cloud

Arco da Calheta
Loreto
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Capela de Nossa Senhora do Loreto. More Senhoras

Ponta do Sol
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Escola Basica e Secundaria da Ponta do Sol
harbour
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We ate espada (several pages on madeiraisland.com), in English known as black scabbardfish (which they serve with banana!) in the seafood cafe on the rocks. The food was excellent, as are the views.
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Various bridges in the British Isles are described as a "bridge over the Atlantic": see geograph.org.uk or the most famous one Clachan Bridge near Oban. This one could also claim the title
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View from the cafe terrace looking west
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São Vicente
Ginjas, Corrida Feiteiras
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looking up the valley
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Grutas (caves) and Volcanic Centre
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touring the caves
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Roger on right
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Our shadows, thrown by the spotlights, began to resemble primitive cave paintings
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Roger on left
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Ferns growing under the spotlights
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lapilli is a generic term so it is no surprise that this stuff looks nothing like the pretty white balls we found on Fuerteventura
Grutas (caves) and Volcanic Centre - exterior
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approach to
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grounds of
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Roger hidden by the Pride of Maderia plants
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Lameiros
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Nossa Senhora da Saúde. More Senhoras
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Domestic details - there are few supermarkets. All Madeirans seem to grow food and flowers, whether it is in a few fields or in pots on the steps.
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This combination of palms and misty peaks is typical of the north coast.
Capela de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
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in Laranjal, seen from Lameiros
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Restoration of the Chapel of Our Lady of Fátima. Apparently this hill is called the Pico da Cova. More Senhoras
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sea front
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The road along the north coast is now mostly through tunnels. Read how the arid thirsty Canarians looked enviously on this abundance of water
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Whereas the sea on the south coast was quite calm, the power of the Atlantic is obvious on the north coast. It could almost be a different ocean.
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looking back into the village (Image ripped off from somewhere on the web.)
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(Image ripped off from somewhere on the web.) Not actually sure of location but looks like the old road from São Vicente to Seixal
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(Image ripped off from somewhere on the web.)

Seixal
near Ponta do Poiso
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This was our only rainy day, but we were glad to find out what it is like in the north when wet Atlantic weather closes in.
harbour
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See the banks of nasturtiums cascading down the cliff
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fishing boat
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