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| Our hotel on the Seafront at Ponto do Sol |
Our hotel |
Our hotel |
The whole street used to be warehouses for bananas and sugar cane. |
Our hotel with the cliff behind |
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| The police station! |
West end of seafront with closed cinema up on the hill. |
View of the seafront from the police station. |
Our nearby church. |
The cliff at the east end. |
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| West end. |
The pub on the point. |
Bridge linking point to boat landings. |
From point to Ribeira Brava. |
Below the cliff. |
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| Jean taking the sun. |
Looking west. |
Church at Ribeira Brava |
Sylvia on Ribeira Brava Quay |
View from Ribeira Brava Quay |
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| Sam, Jean and Sylvia on Ribeira Brava Quay. |
Ribeira Brava |
Ribeira Brava |
Iceplant |
Bird of Paradise |
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| Ribeira Brava Church |
Lane leading to Blandy's Gardens. |
The house at Blandy's Gardens. |
View across the camellias to Funchal. |
Blandy's Gardens |
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| Sylvia, Jean and Sam at Blandy's Gardens. |
Blandy's Gardens |
Grapefruit in Blandy's Gardens |
"Porcupine" bush in Blandy's Gardens |
Ladies garden at Blandy's |
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| Frog pond at Blandy's |
Queen Mary II from the Botanic Gardens. |
Orchids at Botanic Gardens |
Orchids |
Orchids |
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| Botanic Gardens |
Botanic Gardens |
Still in the harbour. |
A comparison to a "normal" sized liner. |
Ponto do Sol |
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| View from Police Station |
Jean looking at Ponto do Sol. |
Church at Monte. |
Wicker toboggans at the top of the downhill run. |
Wicker toboggan |
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| Datura |
View of Nuns' Valley. |
Nuns' Valley |
Nuns' Valley |
Cliffs above Nuns' Valley. |
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| Jean relaxing in our room. |
Sylvia and Sam |
Sylvia, Sam and Jean |
Looking down on Ponto do Sol |
Morning Glory |
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| Bananas everywhere! |
Bananas everywhere! |
Bananas everywhere! |
Bananas everywhere! |
Good Friday procession., |
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| Sylvia coming out of Mass. |
Easter Sunday procession |
Police and Cinema |
Old Cinema |
View west |
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| Ponto do Sol |
Bougainvillaea |
Not all was scenic.. |
They were doing massive construction of sea barrier. |
The crane from our window |
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Astounding noise and confusion from sunrise to sunset. |
No access to any of the beach. |
It will be great... eventually! |