AZORES - island of São Miguel July 2009
in the Atlantic Ocean
1300 kilometers west of Portugal

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Ponta Delgada
capital
main square
 
Ponta Delgada
São Sebastian church
16th century
 
Ponta Delgada
baroque ornamentations
on church 18th century
 
Ponta Delgada
town hall
 
Ponta Delgada
emigration monument
 
Ponta Delgada
 
 
Ponta Delgada
Jesuits' church
18th century
 
Ponta Delgada
tile panel
in convent chapel
 
Ponta Delgada
interiour of
former synagog
 
Ponta Delgada
flame tree
 
Ponta Delgada
small street
 
Ponta Delgada
street leading to harbour
 
Ponta Delgada
harbour
 
Ponta Delgada
art academy
 
Ponta Delgada
market hall
 
Sete Cidades
hill with hortensias
in the mist
 
Sete Cidades
crater-lakes in the mist
 
 
Sete Cidades
crater-lake
Lagoa de Santiago
 
Sete Cidades
aquaduct
 
Sete Cidades
aquaduct
 
Sete Cidades
lichen on aquaduct
 
Sete Cidades
crater-lake and town (left)
 
Sete Cidades
cows on edge of crater
 
Sete Cidades
milkcan transport
 
Sete Cidades
town upon the lake
 
Sete Cidades
town upon the lake
 
Sete Cidades
Montbretia (Crocosmia)
(also in my garden)
Sete Cidades
old stone house
and barn
 
Sete Cidades
stone house
with large chimney
 
Sete Cidades
old wooden house
 
 
Fajã de Baicho
pine-apple plantation
 
Fajã de Baicho
pine-apple plantation
 
Fajã de Baicho
pine-apple plantation
 
Maia
tea plantations
the only ones in Europe
 
Maia
tea factory
old drying machine
 
Maia
tea factory
selecting and tea-bag machine
 
Ribeira dos Caldeirões
water-fall
 
Ribeira dos Caldeirões
water-fall
 
Ribeira dos Caldeirões
landscape
 
Nordeste
on the east coast
 
Nordeste
 
 
Nordeste
 
 
Nordeste

 
Nordeste

 
Nordeste

 
Nordeste

 
Nordeste

 
Nordeste

 
Ponta da Madrugada
botanic garden
 
Ponta da Madrugada
botanic garden
 
Ponta da Madrugada
botanic garden
 
Povoação
first settlement
on the island 1432
 
Povoação
church 15th century
 
 
Povoação
 
 
 
Povoação

 
Povoação
and the river
 
Povoação
river, bridge and ocean
 
Ribeira Grande
on the north coast
 
Ribeira Grande
town hall
 
Ribeira Grande
theatre
 
Ribeira Grande
Holy Ghost church (baroque)
 
Ribeira Grande
Holy Ghost church
 
Ribeira Grande
gateway at the town hall
 
Ribeira Grande

 
Ribeira Grande

 
Ribeira Grande

 
Ribeira Grande
main church
 
Ribeira Grande

 
Ribeira Grande

 
Ribeira Grande

 
Ribeira Grande

 
Ribeira Grande

 
Lagoa da Fogo
fire lake
 
hot spring
near Lagoa da Fogo
 
hot spring
near Lagoa da Fogo
 
tree ferns
near Lagoa da Fogo
 
tree fern
near Lagoa da Fogo
 
warm natural pool
with sound
 
on the ocean
looking for whales
 
on the ocean
sea turtle
 
on the ocean
sea turtle
 
on the ocean
sperm whale
 
 
on the ocean
sperm whale, blows
diagonally forward
 
on the ocean
sperm whale
bending its back diving
 
on the oceaan
dolfins
 
on the oceaan
dolfins
 
on the oceaan
dolfins and the island
 
Vila Franca do Campo
street leading to harbour
 
Vila Franca do Campo
tile panel above door
 
Vila Franca do Campo
tile panel with address
 
Vila Franca do Campo

 
Vila Franca do Campo

 
Vila Franca do Campo
harbour
 
Vila Franca do Campo
sunk crater
 
Vila Franca do Campo
sunk crater
 
Vila Franca do Campo
lizard
 
Furnas
village
 
Furnas
village
 
Furnas
water mill
 
Furnas
botanic garden
tree ferns
 
Furnas
botanic garden
healing mud
 
Furnas
botanic garden
 
 
Furnas
traditional meal preparing
in stew pot in the soil
 
Furnas
hot mud in hole
 
 
Furnas
covered hole
containing stew pot
 
Furnas
hot water well
 
 
Furnas
bubbling mud
 
 
Furnas
bubbling mud
containing different minerals
 
Furnas
mineral drinking-water
 
Furnas
bus stop
 
Furnas
ginger lily
 
Furnas
lake
 
Furnas
lake
 
Furnas
view of village
 
Bay of Santa Iria
view point
 
Bay of Santa Iria, northern
coastline to the west
 
Bay of Santa Iria, northern
coastline to the east
 

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