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Santo do Serra
Starting at the hotel, a walk along the levada de Santo...
The profile of this walk: we stayed highetr than the...
Mapped on Google Earth showing the locations of the images.
The vew in birdseye, that gives an idea of the profile
Abandoned factory - in the nature reserve, this type of...
Mist raising from the forest
Path - probably formerly a road.- at times very slippery
Most trees are low - once in a while a higher tree,...
Cut-off trees, slippery surface: not an easy path to go....
... at horse-stables. We complained about the state to...
Some typical flower
Mimosa flowers
Chapel in the wilderness - the path went up the stais at...
...crossing a patch of Agapanthus - one of the view that...
..., a short track along the narrow levada ...
... to the 'bridge', where we got up along the stairs
Bank and a view over a field - we had a short rest here
Cleaned up the mess of last week's stormy wheather
Slope that slowly passes down
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Trees - Momisa between eucalyptus and other shrub
Eucalyptus branch over the path: tree went over in the...
Ferntree in the side valley
levada in the woods
Fallen trees at the vally, at one of those turns
Open levada
Opening in the woods - another bend
Viewin the ocean over the woods
Blocked
forest road - wider bend, the levada - or what remained...
Storm fall - of some years before, when a severe storm...
Storage area
Abandoned factory area
Cloud over Santa Cruz - and a water container, that we...
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The watre storage. Quite a lot of frogs lived in here
View over the valley
Full wide view over the valley of Santa Cruz
levada in open woodland
Tree that fell in last storm, and due to steepness, slid...
Another tree, further on the track: low passage
Old and new forest
Open canopy
FrenTrees at an open plain, just over a steep slope on...
Crossing another valley
Forest tunnel
Steep side aside the path
The wall below the path
Passing the valley - the high side...
... and the low side
Parallel to agully - about 5 meters (or more) lower than...
CRossing the gully, on top of the levada
View from the bridge
Same route back - on the other side
View over the woods
Mimosa trees in other woods
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Victims of the storm - fallen down the hill
Tapping the levada
Criossing the road - the levada went on
Santa Cruz - the cloud drifts inland
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Terraces on the other side
Passage ithrough the rocks
Some bends offer panoramaic views
Deeper inland, agai a view on the terraces
Waterfall
Closing in.
Higher fall.
The rockface and hanging garden
Well above the rocks
River below
The riverbed
At the passageway over the river
Upstream view
Climbing out of the valley
Zigzag uphill
Next, the stairs to the plain
On top
Volcanic soil
View from the terrace after return
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