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Xavita and Kahiba paintings on the breakwater at Porto Santo
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rental car we toured around Madeira for three days with Johan & Birgitta
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beautifully painted front doors
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and through tunnels
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coming in to Funchal
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Funchal street
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great water
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and the modern tunnel going straight through the mountain
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looking north
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the old road cut into the mountain side
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here the levada is covered for walking on
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incredible how they could be built clinging to steep mountain sides, some of them hundreds of years old
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start of our 11km levada walk
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mountains rising to nearly 2000m
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the drier NE tip of Madeira
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a somewhat rude looking rock towering over one village
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stunning views all around this island
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view from Orchid garden Funchal
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the source of one of the levadas
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centre of island heading for levada walks
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hundreds of km of levadas, water channels, lead water from high in the mountains to the towns
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Orchid 3
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Eva in Orchid garden
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Orchid 2
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Orchid 1
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Kahiba in Quinta do Lorde marina, NE tip of Madeira
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the famous sledge rides in Funchal
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very thirsty weather!
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Quinta do Lorde marina with the chapel on top of mountain where the other photo was taken
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local musicians
