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Leaving Funchal, capitol city of Madeira, we find very good roads with lots of tunnels and switchbacks. The red flowers seen everywhere in the south are Aloe.
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I thought I'd seen banana plantations before, and I thought I'd seen terraced farming before, but it was nothing compared to Madeira!
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Particularly on the south side of the island, every inch that can be terraced seems to be devoted to banana trees. Please pardon the reflections from the bus windows.
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A Nativity scene in Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal. The figures are mannequins draped in real cloth making them look quite lifelike.
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We're stopped at a viewpoint along the road up in the mountains at Serra de Água, Madeira, Portugal
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Hydrangeas, Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) flowers and jade plants in the garden at the view point.
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A Strelitzia flower, the national flower of Madeira. This was in the cemetery at São Vicente, Madeira, Portugal
