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Jardim do Mar - Paul do Mar
Another proposed walk, along the coastal path, crossing a...
Uphill to get out of the valley, crossed the plain next...
Mapped on Google Earth showing the locations of the images.
Birdseye
Jardim do Mar - Village square
The church
Signpost to local bar and guesthoudes - and our route:...
Garden aside the path
This bar is famous - but closed at this time. Noteh the...
.. up the (madeiran) stairway - paved with small stones,...
Between the stones
Getting up the stairway, to the upper end of the...
.. where the pavement ends and is replaced with stones,...
Starirway - aside the rocks.
The village drom above
and a bit further, a wider view of the village and the sea
The shallows
The cliffs over the village
Wide view over Jardim do Mar
High above the ocean - almost at the top
Steep, uneven stairs to get at the summit...
...evnem more uneven...
...but with magnificant views
Through a tunnel - by plants...
Plants over the stairway
The typical plant
Almost at the top, a bend in the stairway
Seeds
Dracaena tree and Opuntia cactus
View into the mist - and another view of the path we...
View from the picnic place at the top
Ruins
Jardim do Mar in the distance.
and Paul do Mar ahead. That is the way we had to descend.
A bit further on the road, towards the descned , the path...
One more bend
Crack in the pavement: sign of a landslide?
The steep rocks over Paul do Mar
Looking back of the stairs we walked down - this was the...
Trraces at the other side...
... just what remained after finsihing agriculture
dead trees
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Drop into the valley
Clouds over the Atlantic
Rocks over the path
The valley to descend
Rocks in full sunshine
Full flower
Waterhode from the top - aside volcanic rock
Steep slopes aside - here the path was rather flat
Another flower in the valley
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The path in the valley
Basaltic rocks
Huge bolder - spewded from the volcano
Steep down to the end of the valley
Erodes rock - propbly remaisn of ashes, quite loose...
Look into the valley, showiing the watrefall in the end...
Closeup
Looking back, it shows the steepnes of the path
The waterfalls a, river and lakes at teh bottom
Roots in the holes in the rock
At the end of the valley - looking along the coastal cliffs
Paul do Mar village - teh route officially followed it...
The path towards the village
Pigeon on the roof of the hotel
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