Piscinas Naturais do Porto Moniz
See how the rock plants crawl down the cliff
Porto Moniz
Tamarisk trees? Botanists please identify
Ribeira da Janela
looking back to Porto Moniz
above Ribeira da Janela
Cruz da Caldeira
200 metres up the road to Fontainhas
Quinta Grande
Igreja
Vera Cruz
Estreito de Câmara de Lobos
Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Graça in Rua Cónego Agostinho Figueira de Faria.
I looked up this good canon.
Google's translation
of an article about him says:
"by resolution buddy of 18 May 1995 the City Council Chamber of the Wolves
gave their name to the street between the apricot and Largo's skate".
More Senhoras
looking across to Garachico.
Igreja da Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso.
More Senhoras
Lourencinha
Ribeira Real
Pizo
Pico das Arrudas
from bridge over motorway
Pico dos Barcelos
Igreja in Santo Antonio
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São Martinho
Quebradas
Cabo Girão
Santuário de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Health and Safety may not have visited the
sugar cane factory but they have seen to it that live candles are forbidden within Portuguese churches. This outside stand is for burning candles
A small room stands near the chapel. I believe it is the original
1931 chapel.
Inside is this curious collection of wax (?) heads.
Encosta Cabo Girão
Car park at eastern end of HPB site
Cabbage cultivation on Cabo Girao
levada nearby
MSC Lirica
Once outside the neat HPB site, the local people tend their vertical gardens and pile up useful wood
Terrace gardens with a view
Cruz da Caldeira
Levada do Norte
just as the levada emerges from the tunnel
the damage to the railing is probably not caused by vandalism but by falling rocks
Igreja da Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
in Quinta Grande
Cabo Girão
at the miradouro is a small exhibition about tourism to Madeira in the past. This photo shows George Bernard Shaw learning to tango at Reid's Hotel in 1925. The dance instructor is
Max Rinder and the young lady is
Hope du Barri
Encosta Cabo Girão
Funchal
list of cruise ship visits to Funchal displayed in the reception area at Encosta Cabo Girão
sailwx.info is a wonderful site that keeps track of hundreds of ships. This screen shot shows that apparently Albatros has only got to Morocco since last Sunday
port area
the Porto Santo car ferry has just come in so a bit of traffic control is required
note the pistol on the hip of this traffic cop
at Estrada Monumental 139
their website designers apparently saw nothing wrong with flopping this view from the hotel
1933 price list for Reid's - on display at the exhibition at Cabo Girão - see
link
Encosta Cabo Girão
Cabo Girão
Encosta Cabo Girão
HPB Site
bottlebrush bush on the right
interior of apartment MJ6
Santa Catarina Airport
The view from the departures lounge - a bit different from most airports!
EasyJet Flight EZY 8938 from Madeira to Gatwick
Whyteleafe, Surrey
In Madeira they make friends with the slope and build their houses into the hillside. Here in Surrey they fight the slope - they insist that an house must have a front door and a back door. But at least they had the adventurous idea of putting the garage in the loft!
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