Monte
start of the toboggan run
when the toboggans are working this place looks like this.
(Image ripped off from somewhere on the web.)
The sign at top right reads …
fare table for the toboggans - interestingly non-linear: 1 person - €20, 2 people - €25, 3 people €37.50
Further down the toboggan run with two drivers not in uniform
(See Hofi0006-29 for licence.)
Another tropical garden in a gorge
The charming but faded old town square at Monte
viaduct for the funicular railway.
Terreiro da Luta
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Paz
near Monte
Another bank of wild nasturtiums, with lorry
Rancho
top of teleférico
Taken from the restuarant at the teleférico
Roger using the camera's "night portrait" mode
Encosta Cabo Girão
looking down to Club House
Calheta
Beach
The sand is from Morocco!
Madeira is not dog friendly
Engenho da Calheta
Raw materials for the sugar factory coming in by lorry
outside the church
church
Wrought iron balcony and roses
Bush outside sugar factory (botanists please identify)
Bush outside sugar factory again
Lombo do Salão
Escola Básica do 1° Ciclo
Ribeira da Calheta
well up the Ribeira da Calheta visiting the point where the levada tunnel comes through from Rabaçal
Levada Nova
depth gauge showing 44 cm
monitoring station and a flag labelled escala marking the depth gauge
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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