Madiera 2006

Madeira title.jpeg	Departure day, May 20, 2006	Cockpit closeup	Lisbon airport	Lisbon airport
Waiting for TAP to Madeira	First sightings	TAP touchdown	Bougainvillae Apt/ Hotel	Home for 3 days
Balcony view	Balcony view - Funchal	Ready to explore	Also ready	Apt/Hotel entrance
IMG_2950.JPG	IMG_2951.JPG	Funchal street scene -1	Funchal street scene -2	Interesting architecture
Funchal street scene -3	Funchal street scene -4	Funchal street scene -5	Bougainvillae	IMG_2772.JPG
Jacaranda	IMG_2774.JPG	Jacaranda & Reid's Hotel	IMG_2776.JPG	IMG_2778.JPG
Portulaca	Waterfront	Snack time	Me too	Street scene -6
Street scene -7	Beautiful paving	Street scene -8	IMG_2791.JPG	IMG_2793.JPG
Street scene -9	Street scene -10	IMG_2799.JPG	IMG_2800.JPG	Geraniums along hotel driveway
Celebrating Mary's birthday	IMG_2809.JPG	Street entertainer	Street scene -11	Mary
Oleander	Plaza paving	IMG_2898.JPG	Street scene -12	IMG_2900.JPG
Street scene -13	Flower vendor	Flower buyer ?	Strawberries & cherries	Street scene -14
Street scene -15	Strawberries & cherries	Embroidery shop	Embroidery Showroom	Embroidery Showroom
Marketplace	Tile mural at marketplace	Marketplace	Marketplace	Mary ponders the fruit stand
Marketplace	Yum yum	Marketplace courtyard	Tuna	espada
Marketplace wall tiles	Mary being choosy	Souvenirs	All kinds of fruit	Looking down into courtyard
More fruit - What else?	Friendly vendor	Gondola up to Monte	Views from gondola	Views from gondola
Views from gondola	Views from gondola	Views from gondola	Views from gondola	Views from gondola
View back to harbour from gondola	View of highway from gondola	View back from gondola	View from gondola	Nossa Senhora do Monte
View from Monte	Nossa Senhora do Monte	View from Monte	Transportation down from Monte	Ready to go - 4 km
Our "drivers"	Nossa Senhora do Monte	Church of Socorro - Mary's Mom & Dad married here in 1927	Across street from Curch of Socorro	IMG_2952.JPG
Church of Socorro	Church of Socorro	Main entrance	Inside Church of Socorro	Church of Socorro
Mary & Fados singer Alexandria Sousa	Street scene -16	IMG_2962.JPG	IMG_2963.JPG	IMG_2964.JPG
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Mr. D's former home	Street scene -17	Rua de Santa Maria	Street scene --18	IMG_2988.JPG
Waterfront	"Major intersection"	IMG_2993.JPG	Street scene -20	Street scene -21
Street scene -22	Street scene -23	Town Hall - Municipal Square	Town Hall	IMG_2982.JPG
IMG_2983.JPG	Municipal Square	Mrs D's street	Street scene -25	Street scene -26
IMG_3005.JPG	Snack time outside the Market	Good coffee	Street scene -27	IMG_3011.JPG
Jardim Tropical Gardens at Monte	Jardim - "World's largest ceramic vase"	IMG_2983.JPG	Jardim	Jardim
Jardim	Jardim	Dinner time	Camara De Lobos	Camara De Lobos
Camara De Lobos	Camara De Lobos	Camara De Lobos	View from Vila Afonso B & B	Vila Afonso B & B
Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso
Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso
Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso -entrance to our room	View from Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso
Mary's favorites	Vila Afonso doorman	Vila Afonso	IMG_2990.JPG	Vila Afonso
Our climb up to great restaurant	IMG_2998.JPG	Great dinner - Chicken & beef espetata	Checking out the kitchen	Vila Afonso
Vila Afonso	View from Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso	Vila Afonso
Vila Afonso	Curral das Freiras (Nuns Valley)	Mountainside road	Nuns Valley	On road to Nuns Valley
Nuns Valley	Nuns valley	Nuns Valley	Nuns Valley	Nuns Valley
Nuns Valley area	Nuns Valley	Calheta Beach Hotel	Calheta	Hotel pool
Calheta	Calheta	Calheta Beach Hotel	Hotel grounds	Boat harbour
IMG_3059.JPG	IMG_3060.JPG	Calheta Beach Hotel	IMG_3069.JPG	View from Mt. Encumeada
View from Mt. Encumeada	Encumeada	Looking north from encumeada	Looking south from encumeada	IMG_3077.JPG
IMG_3078.JPG	IMG_3080.JPG	Road up to Encumeada	Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente
Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente B & B	Sao Vicente	Hydrangea
IMG_3096.JPG	IMG_3097.JPG	Sao Vicente	Church in Sao Vicente	IMG_3102.JPG
IMG_3103.JPG	Sao Vicente	Highway to east	Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente B & B
Lady of the Manor	IMG_3131.JPG	Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente	Seixal
Seixal	Seixal	Seixal	Seixal	Seixal
Seixal	Road to Brides Veil Falls (to the right)	IMG_3161.JPG	IMG_3162.JPG	IMG_3163.JPG
IMG_3164.JPG	IMG_3165.JPG	IMG_3166.JPG	IMG_3167.JPG	Clinging to the rock face
IMG_3169.JPG	IMG_3176.JPG	Solar da Bica B & B-Sitio dos Lameiros -Sao Vicente	Solar da Bica	Solar da Bica
Dining room	IMG_3188.JPG	Wine press	Wine press	Pool at Solar da Bica
Solar da Bica	Solar da Bica	View from Solar da Bica	IMG_3185.JPG	Solar da Bica
Driveway going down from Solar da Bica	IMG_3196.JPG	IMG_3197.JPG	Lameiros	IMG_3201.JPG
Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente	Sao Vicente
Hibiscus	Solar da Bica	Solar da Bica	Our window view	Window view
Footpath up to road	IMG_3235.JPG	IMG_3236.JPG	View across the valley	Solar da Bica
Passion fruit	Porto Moniz	Salt water pools - Porto Moniz	Porto Moniz	Porto Moniz
Porto Moniz	Porto Moniz	Porto Momiz	Parking space at Casa das Hortensias	Nastursiums
Poinsettia Tree	Garden view	Breakfast table	Siesta time	Our room - Second floor
View from garden up to road.	Hydrangea	About 1500 feet down to ocean	Amaryliss	Dining room
Dining Room	IMG_3264.JPG	Mary in her glory	IMG_3267.JPG	Paw paw
IMG_3270.JPG	Fig	Entrance into garden	IMG_3275.JPG	Path from road down to garden
IMG_3279.JPG	Our accommodation	Beautiful suite	IMG_3282.JPG	IMG_3283.JPG
Our room view down to garden	Paw paw tree	IMG_3286.JPG	IMG_3287.JPG	Passion flower
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IMG_3294.JPG	IMG_3295.JPG	Hydrangea	Cliffside view down to Arco de Sao Jorge	IMG_3303.JPG
Mary & custard apple	Quite a drop	IMG_3306.JPG	Santana -early homesteads	IMG_3308.JPG
IMG_3311.JPG	IMG_3312.JPG	Glads	IMG_3315.JPG	IMG_3321.JPG
Hydrangea	IMG_3323.JPG	Eating again	IMG_3331.JPG	Orchids
Machico	Machico	Machico	Back in Funchal	Our last nights dinner
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The Pope & Mary	IMG_3356.JPG	Discovering unknown relatives	IMG_3363.JPG	A great evening
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