Start of hike

Vereda da Ponta de Sao Lourenco

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October 10th 2022
Monday October 10– Up at 5:45, the first of many early starts. I decided that today I would do a hike. There are not so many buses…wait, that’s not right. There are a million buses, but not so many of the regional kind, so I wanted to make sure I was on the first bus that left so I could do the hike and make it back to town again. I left early to find the right bus stop for the 113 bus that ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Madeira » Machico

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more