We decided to do some more exploring of the island. We headed first further down the south coast to the picturesque town of Camara de Lobos. Churchill famously feel in love with town and painted it.
We were fascinated by the precariously terraced agricultural slopes of the island. They grow a lot of their own fruit and vegetables and are famous for their banana liqueur.
This is what is looked like on the other side of the harbours natural walls.
Rough weather means the fisherman can get jobs done aboard, including drying their catch.
We followed the south coast a ways and enjoyed ascending the incredible rocky cliffs and outcrops. Then we crossed over the island through a deep ravine that reminded me of something out of Jurassic Park. Jungle covered cliffs boarded us on both sides as we followed a deep river bed through to the sea on the north side. We came out at the town of Sao Vicente and followed the coast north east to the entertaining town of Porto Moniz.
There were two ‘cool’ things about Porto Moniz. The first is the rock pools.
The second was the grilled limpets. I never knew you could eat them. And they are GREAT!
We decided to follow the north coast back to the Marina, which was not a good idea.
The roads were so windy and steep that it took us hours to get home well after dark.
We have learned that taking the express ways and the mountain tunnels is the way to travel on this island.
A little hiking in the mountains is over due.
