1. Looking down from cable car station at Achadas da Cruz

2. View from the valley, looking up

3. Refreshments at the cafe

4. The original cable, still used by the locals (with the wicker basket)

5. Beach at Calheta

6. We stopped outside Machico on the way home to take a photo of the airport runway. Flat land is so scarce they have built it on stilts over the sea!