Rancho
top of teleférico
Câmara de Lobos
street scene with balconies and laundry
Eira do Serrado
looking down to Curral das Freiras
Walk to viewpoint
The view over Curral is vertiginous
Roger alone with the mountains
Curral
The hotel, cafe and car park which is the starting place for the walk to the viewpoint
Wild yellow flowers (botanists please identify)
Curral das Freiras
Village
Terracing work in progress
The viewpoint seen from below
churchyard
These beautifully tended floral displays are loving tributes to families and friends
Looking beyond the churchyard to even lower parts of the valley
Strelitzia - Bird of Paradise flower, and Protea? in arrangement
The profusion and beauty of the flower displays is quite breathtaking
Canna lilies and volcanic crags
Fajã dos Cardos
Monte
Following the track of the old rack railway
Monte church
(Image ripped off from somewhere on the web.)
Flowers growing on the rooftops
start of the toboggan run
the famous carros de cesto, literally "basket cars", stacked up at the start of the run - this was evening
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
Central Hidroeléctrica da Calheta N° 1
looking through the windows into the turbine hall
spare Pelton wheel
Lombo dos Faias
exterior
Lombo do Doutor
Caminho Lombo do Doutor
Lombo dos Faias -ish
Canhas
Recta da Canha
Vos que passais
Descuidados, presos ao mundo
Parai!
Morri por vossos pecados
Descobri-vos e
Rezai! which Google translates as:
You that raisins
Careless, stuck to the world
Stop!
Died for your sins
I found you and
Pray!
Nossa Senhora da Piedade (Sorrows) and Santiago (St James)
More Senhoras
Ribeira Brava
looking east at sunset across the Ribeira Brava valley
Ponta São Lourenço
the St. Laurence peninsula. the eastern tip of the island
Botanists please identify this strange plant
More Pride of Madeira and small ferns
The Swim V - Roger and friend
Botanists please identify
Botanists please identify
Botanists please identify
Botanists please identify
Santa Catarina Airport
(Shamelessly ripped off from this blog post which has more pictures of the runway extension.)
Santa Cruz
Public sculture - flower maiden and friend?
Roger - photography is very tiring
Arch dividing the beach from the harbour area
This cafe proudly offered free wi-fi
Flora growing on wires above the ribeira
After a good meal with vinho verde
Abstract representation of driving through one of Maderias many tunnels after vinho verde
Serrado da Adega
this rock has recently fallen on to the road
Santana
Parque Temático
dotted around the park are giant representations of various typically Madeiran things. Roger had to point out the walnuts before Lesley registered this as Madeira cake
This distorting mirror improves both our figures
As we toured the site,
we realised that the continuous folk music was coming from these singing stones -
speakers hidden in plastic rocks.
Note the little holes which are the give away.
Watch
the video!
The Singing Stone uncovered.
I am trying to pretend that it was heavy, but really they are very light.
For another take on the phrase "musical stones" see
MySpace and
Wikipedia
The sign inside this earth closet stated that it was not for public usage!
giant whicker chair made out of copper tube
The famous Madeiran embroiderers at work
Santana
Manhole covers
Santana
Encosta Cabo Girão
(I think the manager is called Eugene Manole!)
Vilamoura
Some specimens in Algarve for comparison
Câmara Municipal de Loulé
Loulé
Faial ?
Porto Santo is further away than the Islas Desertas and is more difficult to see
Pico do Arieiro
the Porto Santo ferry is sailing through the clouds.
The spelling Areeiro is also seen.
Indeed the
Carta Militar (cf. Ordnance Survey)
uses one spelling at one scale and the other spelling at a different scale!
Google thinks Arieiro is more common
The steps to the viewpoint
Roger checking his exposure
Pico do Ruivo from Pico do Arieiro
Roger on top of Pico do Arieiro
The hotel on the Pico is shut, but seems to undergoing some building work
the secondary peak is called the Miradouro do Juncal
Looking north to Eagle Rock
Looking north to Eagle Rock
Encosta Cabo Girão
cruise ship heading towards Funchal
Ribeira dos Cambios ?
or Lombarda dos Marinheiros
works access to two tunnels being built on the extension of the rapido
Ribeira dos Marinheiros
Lombadinha
possibly because it was May Day, people, mainly children, were selling these flower necklaces at the roadside all over the place
Ponta do Pargo - the point itself
the westernmost point of Madeira
Ponta do Pargo village
May Day is a workers holiday and native Madeirienses formed happy family groups with picnic tables at every attractive spot
Begonias in a front garden
Centro Cívico
The minimalist modern architecture of this civic square contrasts with the ornateness of the churches
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