Madeira - 2009 Apr 20

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Achadas da Cruz

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This small dwelling is harvesting wind power

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Sugar cane blasted by the salty wind

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T.S. Eliot in Little Gidding writes of places at "the world's end, some at the sea jaws". This is one of them.

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Wild poppies and scabious

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Roger on the rocks

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Who is that small figure in the distance?

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Wild poppies

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three dykes run up this cliff - compare with this on Fuerteventura

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Ferns

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Cacti

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Pride of Madeira

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The base of the teleférico

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Santa

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above Porto Moniz

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Candles, lilies and fresias decorate this roadside shrine. More Senhoras

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Homenagemdos Motoristas do Porto Moniz aNossa Senhora dos Bons Caminhos1.7.84

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Nossa Senhora da Conceição. More Senhoras

Porto Moniz

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Cactus garden at Porto Moniz

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Piscinas Naturais do Porto Moniz

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It is clear that the Madeirenses did not build the pool here for themselves, but so that they could be entertained by seeing foolhardy northern europeans swept out to sea

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At last, Roger gets to swim

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Only two other swimmers braved the waves, which crash over the rocks and send mini tsunami across the pool

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Roger swimming

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See how the rock plants crawl down the cliff

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