Azores Video by Neil Donovan and Veronica Valdivieso
Our trip to Sao Miguel Island, Azores, is now on YouTube! Check it out here:
7 Days in Sri Lanka Day 6 – Ella
I awoke early to go for a morning bird-watching walk with the amiable Keith around the camp. The electric elephant…
Azores – a week on Sao Miguel Island Day 6 – Furnas, Gorreana Tea Plantation, Ponta Formoso and Moheina beach
They say meat cooked under the earth tastes better. The meat stew (a delicious combination of pigs ears and chicken,…
Azores – a week on Sao Miguel Island Day 5 – Sete Cidades, Mosteiros, Ferreira
We gave in and hired a car today – smart move, SMART car, for 30 euros a day, in a…
Azores – A week on Sao Miguel Island Days 3 and 4 – Whale Watching, Ponta Delgada, and Sao Roque
The weather in the Azores is notoriously unpredictable – there are 4 seasons in one day, and the weather changes…
Azores – A Week on Sao Miguel Island Day 2 – Lagoa Do Fogo and Caldeira Velha
The local panadarias in Portugal are a delight. There’s never a need to fork out for a fancy hotel buffet,…
Azores – A week on Sao Miguel Island Day 1 – Ponta Delgada
The compact archipelago of the Azores, specks of land in the middle of the Atlantic some 1,500km off the coast…
Madeira Day 4 – Funchal
With a flight in the early evening, we decided to spend the last day exploring Funchal’s hills. We strolled through…
Madeira Day 3 – West Island tour
Organised tours are generally not my cup of tea…being herded from site to site, crushed under the hoofs of 50…
Madeira Day 2 – East Island Tour
Luis Suarez, wearing a suit with black bowtie and a chauffeur’s hat, greeted us at the hotel and asked us…
