Today we moved from Funchal to Porto Moniz, a small resort town in the northwest of Madeira, an hour by taxi. We had seen it on one of our day trips and thought it would make a nice place to spend the last four days of our Madeira stay - the four days that Boutique Hotel Se in Funchal could not accommodate us. Emma stopped counting at 26 tunnels on the trip to Porto Moniz. It's a real lava fest. Fascinating formations along the shore. Many tourist buses during the day but quiet in the evening.
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| The morning started with Emma spotting the arrival of a 5000 passenger cruise ship from our window, one of only two that arrived during our stay. |
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| On our walk around town after breakfast we got a better view of the monstrosity. |
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| We also passed a cannabis shop |
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| And the totally stoned town beach |
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| Exit of the last tunnel before Porto Moniz |
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| At the entrance to our hotel in Porto Moniz a collection of scenic photos made it unnecessary to leave the hotel. |
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But we left anyway to see the plants attack the lava and impressive lava engineering |
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And humans swim in lava pools |
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| Coral visible within - and fish, too hard to photograph |
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| Good reflections |
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| Further up into the hills |
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| A section of lava pools which have been artificially made more accessible |
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| Unmodified lava |
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| Who needs paintings? |
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| Philistine |
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| 8:30 PM |
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