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Dolphin and whale watching: School of rough-toothed dolphins  
   

Dolphin and whale watching: School of rough-toothed dolphins

We also observed bottlenose dolphins and Brydes whales. One of the latter surfaced just next to our RIB boat!
The lizards take over the island of the levadas!

August 18th 2017
The island of the levadas - that pretty much sums up a big part of the hiking trail network on Madeira. These water carrying, tunnel passing, the fields irrigating, hiker pleasing channels, formerly built by slaves, are a sight itself and should be at least one part of any Madeira itinerary. We saw several of them - Levada dos Balcoes, from Ribeiro Frio to Portela, the Levada do Norte to Cabo G ... read more
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Portuguese Flag 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
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