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

Blocks MH and MJ

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

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

MSC Lirica

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

White agapanthus

Banks of flowers

bottlebrush bush on the right

View over the villas

Lesley

Roger on CyberLinkYouCam

The view from the departures lounge - a bit different from most airports!

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!