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Madeira Photos

Here's photos from our week in Madeira, in May 2008. See also the holiday blog.

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Here's edited highlights for those in a hurry. Also see the panoramas.

Roadside flower	Local fishing at Ponta do Sol	Porto Moniz: flower and rock	Porto Moniz swimming pool
Evening reading	Ribeiro Frio levada walk	Grey evening cliffs	Boa Ventura
Funchal town hall	Statue on Funchal front	Ribeira Brava church	Encumeada flower and view
Encumeada levada tunnel	Swimming in Seixal	Ponta do Parga lizard and view	Sunset flare over Porto Moniz
Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado	Lava tubes at Sao Vincente caves	Nice light from Sao Vincente beach	Eleri playing pool

A couple of pix just as we arrived.

Chilling out around the hotel and Sao Vincente

Path to Sao Vincente	Sao Vincente street	Sao Vincente cemetery	Strange road sign
Chapel in estuary rock	Panorama from hotel	Enjoying the view

South-western coast and around to Porto Moniz.

Ponta do Sol	Ponta do Sol panorama	Local fishing at Ponta do Sol	Calheta artificial beach
Roadside flower	Levada at Prazeres	Looking down on Porto Moniz	Road down to Porto Moniz
Porto Moniz panorama	Porto Moniz: flower and rock	Porto Moniz swimming pool	Porto Moniz menu
Looking uphill in Porto Moniz	Evening reading	Evening panorama from hotel

North-east coast and down through Riberia Frio.

Boa Ventura	Boa Ventura panorama	Arco do Sao Jorge	Us at Arco do Sao Jorge
A-frame houses at Santana	Faial panorama	Faial church	Limoeiro panorama
Ribeiro Frio trout farm	Flowers in Ribeiro Frio	Ribeiro Frio levada walk	Levada tunnel in Ribeiro Frio
Monte and Funchal	Grey evening cliffs	Flash of sunset over Porto Moniz

Funchal and Ribeira Brava.

Funchal mosaic pavement	Funchal Police and Jacaranda tree	Blandy's in Funchal	A flowering tree in Funchal
Funchal town hall	Inside Funchal town hall	Funchal market	Flower-seller in Funchal market
Funchal backstreet	The Santa Maria in Funchal bay	Statue on Funchal front	Ribeiria Brava
Ribeira Brava panorama	Ribeira Brava church	Interesting sign in shop window

Encumeada pass and levada, Rabacal levada, mountains and Seixal.

Encumeada 360' panorama	Coke machine in the middle of nowhere	Encumeada flower and view	Flower on Encumeada levada
Encumeada levada panorama	Encumeada levada	Encumeada levada sluice	Encumeada levada tunnel
Lizards by Encumeada levada	Encumeada flower	Rabacal cloud panorama	Rabacal levada panorama
Rabacal levada steps	Ponta do Parga lighthouse	Ponta do Parga lookout panorama	Ponta do Parga lizard and view
Seixal church and cliffs	Swimming in Seixal	View from Seixal towards Sao Vincente	Hotel from Seixal
Reading by the sea	Sunset flare over Porto Moniz

Up to Curral de Freiras, then Sao Vincente caves and coast road. Final walk along volcanic sands.

Us at Curral das Frieras	Curral das Frieras 360' panorama	Curral das Frieras valley panorama	Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado
Horizontal panorama of Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado	Vertical panorama of Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado	Lava tubes at Sao Vincente caves	Coast road from Sao Vincente to Seixal
Footprints in the black volcanic sands at Sao Vincente	Nice light from Sao Vincente beach	View across to hotel from Sao Vincente beach	Eleri playing pool
Eleri wins at pool!

The journey home.

I did a bunch of panorama stitching. Here's the collection:

Panorama from hotel	Ponta do Sol panorama	Evening panorama from hotel	Boa Ventura panorama
Faial panorama	Limoeiro panorama	Ribeira Brava panorama	Encumeada 360' panorama
Encumeada levada panorama	Rabacal cloud panorama	Rabacal levada panorama	Ponta do Parga lookout panorama
Curral das Frieras 360' panorama	Curral das Frieras valley panorama	Horizontal panorama of Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado	Vertical panorama of Curral das Frieras from Eira do Serrado

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