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Madeira - 2009 Apr 20 - May 4

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Achadas da Cruz
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Small shrine to St Christopher
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Rock plants
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Rush fences protect against the north east wind
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Is it a home or an allotment shed?
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The paths create a maze to a cafe which we never reached
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The gardens are fed by mini levadas
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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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Homenagem
dos Motoristas do Porto Moniz
a
Nossa Senhora dos Bons Caminhos
1.7.84
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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

Porto Moniz
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Tamarisk trees? Botanists please identify
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Ribeira da Janela
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Sea pinnacle
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looking back to Porto Moniz

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