When you're too early for the bus

Vereda do Larano (Coastal Cliff Walk)

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October 14th 2022
Friday October 14– Got up at 5:30 to get a bus at 7am. I hate rushing in the morning so I give myself some time to get everything ready (even though I pretty well already packed the night before). The plan was to get the bus to Canical, or at least, to get off the bus before the tunnel to Canical. When I left at 6:30, it was pitch black out and everything was so quiet. Madeira reminds me of othe ... 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