A Quick Tour of the Island
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Mike and Liz Downing
Tue 15 Jul 2014 00:49
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Decided to take a taxi tour rather than hire a car and
soon came to the conclusion that there are either no speed cameras on the island
or no speed limits! We wanted a quick tour as we were running out of time, and
that's just what we got. But it was good and we did see all we wanted
to.
 The caldeira in the centre of the
island.
 Capelinhos - created by an underwater
volcano in 1958 which added this headland to the
island.
We saw it 18 years ago and still no
vegetation has managed to take hold..
 The old lighthouse was partly buried by the
eruption and you couldn't go near it 18 years ago, but
today there's a fantastic museum built
underground and you can now also go up to the top
of the lighthouse, which we did (more
climbing!).
 Back in Horta at the Cafe Sport. They have
books there for visiting yachts to write a few words and
sign their name. Jonathan drew this picture
when he was with us 18 years ago (when he was
11) and it was stuck in the book in 1996.
Jose, who owns and runs Cafe Sport, got the old book
out today and the picture was still
there. Our boat back then was a Westerly Corsair, Crystal
Star.
 The lanes and hedges across the island are
covered in hydrangeas, so much so that Faial is known
as the Blue Island. They weren't quite out
and apparently would be much better in a couple of
weeks, but we thought they were impressive
enough.
    Pico always ends up in the picture at some
point! (Cloud covering the summit, as it has done
every
day since it was clear when we went up it
nearly 2 weeks ago.)
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