3000 population. Although we did not see much hurricane damage in Santa Cruz da Flores (where we are staying), the town of Lajes was hard hit and the ferry which goes to Corvo was destroyed along with 10 of 13 boats that were not removed from the water. Gasoline is being rationed.
Weather made a taxi day-tour of the island pointless and we postponed it to our third day.
We did manage to walk through a great lava trail and visit a fine whale museum devoted to the whaling history of the Azores.
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| Whale replica in front of excellent museum. |
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| Waterfront near our bed and breakfast. |
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| Typical section of lava walk. |
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| On our seaside lava walk we saw pieces of the walkway presumably displaced by the hurricane. |
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| Cherne, translated as "wreckfish" is a fine steaky fish. |
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| The airport runway runs parallel to a main street, from which you can see the control tower. |
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| Natural swimming pools. |
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| Sculptural potatoes in the supermarket. |
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| Walking to our B&B |
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| Traditional whaling boat. |
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| Village festival of St. Peter. |
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| Removing blubber from whale replica. |
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| Another view of that whale replica. |
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| Restaurant regulars like Coca Cola and keep their personal bottles in the fridge. |
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| Our breakfast place. END |
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