Plan A was to go to the easternmost end of the island and take a walk on the Ponta de Sao Laurenco walk. totally unlike the other terrain on the island, barren and rocky. This time we chose to pick a taxi from the ranks and work out a four-hour price. It happened that the first taxi in the line was the South African who drove us to the mediocre fish restaurant the other day. 100 Euros for four hours, considered a half day. Sunny when we started in Funchal but after 45 minutes, when we reached the beginning of the walk, it was too windy with light rain, not good for that hike. So he suggested Ribiero Frio back in the central mountains where we took a two-hour levada walk which was quite nice, highlighted by some small waterfalls. Then back to Funchal on a wonderful winding road and lunch at the super-economical Pingo supermarket, excellent Maracuja ice cream at a smallshop and back to the hotel for a two-hour nap. The day finished with our second excellent dinner at Akua fish restaurant where we sat at the counter watching and interacting with the chef and staff.
Afterwards a walk, locating the pickup point for the bus that will take us to the ferry for our trip to Porto Santo Island on Sunday and failing to find a Laundromat,for the upcoming laundry, but finally learning its location from the guard of a government building.
And so to bed.
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| Our taxi approaches the engineered extension to the airport runway. |
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| We saw many lovely views from the car, difficult to photograph. |
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| Fog and clouds make good photos. |
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| The Levada walk had some nice little waterfalls. |
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| African lilies abound |
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| Another view from the moving car. [Photos from viewpoints will come in the next blog.] |
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| Seafood dish for two at Akua. |
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| Excellent Portuguese white. |
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| Great bread, baked in a special oven in 28 minutes. |
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| Stroll after dinner. Petals on canopy. |
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| View of street near water in Funchal |
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| Ditto |
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Flowering tree.
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