Azores, Feb 2008

Street in Horta on Faial across from our hotel

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Street in Horta on Faial across from our hotel

Pico Mountain shrouded in clouds

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Pico Mountain shrouded in clouds

Since Horta is an old whaling town, there's one right there!!! In summer, they have lots of whale and dolphin watches, some of them run by former whalers!!!

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Since Horta is an old whaling town, there's one right there!!! In summer, they have lots of whale and dolphin watches, some of them run by former whalers!!!

Horta from the hilltop

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Horta from the hilltop

Horta from the hills

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Horta from the hills

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Capelhinos is where the volcano erupted in 1958, sending many Azoreans to New Bedford, Canada, and Mozambique

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Capelhinos is where the volcano erupted in 1958, sending many Azoreans to New Bedford, Canada, and Mozambique

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When the volcano buried this town, all that was left of the church was this cross

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When the volcano buried this town, all that was left of the church was this cross

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This is the caldeira left by the volcano

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This is the caldeira left by the volcano

All the signs at the tourist places include English and they all have at least one bird species on them

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All the signs at the tourist places include English and they all have at least one bird species on them

Janice going into a cave

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Janice going into a cave

Traditional windmill

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Traditional windmill

Modern wind turbines across the street from the old windmill

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Modern wind turbines across the street from the old windmill

This building has ceramic hydrangeas on it.

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This building has ceramic hydrangeas on it.

Traditional Portuguese sidewalk with Azorean windmill theme

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Traditional Portuguese sidewalk with Azorean windmill theme

View of Pico mountain on the next island from our Horta hotel window

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View of Pico mountain on the next island from our Horta hotel window

The building with trees in front of it is our hotel. I took this from the ferry to Pico. As the boat was pulling away from the dock, a taxi screeched up, a guy jumped out and jumped about ...

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The building with trees in front of it is our hotel. I took this from the ferry to Pico. As the boat was pulling away from the dock, a taxi screeched up, a guy jumped out and jumped about ...

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This South American tourist yelled at one of the natives for throwing a cigarette butt into the water....he was crazy. He yelled in English since it's the universal language and asked the g ...

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This South American tourist yelled at one of the natives for throwing a cigarette butt into the water....he was crazy. He yelled in English since it's the universal language and asked the g ...

Madalena, the town on Pico

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Madalena, the town on Pico

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The whole island was covered in lava stones. There are walls everywhere since they had to put the stones somewhere. This little area had nice little summer homes. The taxi driver said his ...

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The whole island was covered in lava stones. There are walls everywhere since they had to put the stones somewhere. This little area had nice little summer homes. The taxi driver said his ...

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There are a bunch of lakes in Pico and the driver had a bag of bread crumbs to feed the ducks.

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There are a bunch of lakes in Pico and the driver had a bag of bread crumbs to feed the ducks.

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This is a Common Chaffinch, but it's a separate subspecies particular to the Azores.

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This is a Common Chaffinch, but it's a separate subspecies particular to the Azores.

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This checkerboard of walls are all tiny vineyards. It's amazing. Each little block has grapevines in it. They just moved stones away and made walls out of them. Volcanic soil is very fer ...

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This checkerboard of walls are all tiny vineyards. It's amazing. Each little block has grapevines in it. They just moved stones away and made walls out of them. Volcanic soil is very fer ...

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Windmill overlooking the vineyard

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Windmill overlooking the vineyard

After a lunch in Lajes do Pico and a visit to a whaling museum, we returned to Madelana for the ferry ride back

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After a lunch in Lajes do Pico and a visit to a whaling museum, we returned to Madelana for the ferry ride back

Madelana harbor

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Madelana harbor

Ruddy Turnstones just like the ones in Fairhaven

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Ruddy Turnstones just like the ones in Fairhaven

Looking toward the island of Faial

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Looking toward the island of Faial

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Walked around Horta one day

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Walked around Horta one day

wasn't too cold....about in the 70s

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wasn't too cold....about in the 70s

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The hawk is the symbol of the Azores....in fact, the name means hawk. The first visitors saw a lot of buzzards and hawks here.

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The hawk is the symbol of the Azores....in fact, the name means hawk. The first visitors saw a lot of buzzards and hawks here.

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Strange cement figures

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Strange cement figures

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Cool window in Horta with whales around it.

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Cool window in Horta with whales around it.

View from our Horta Hotel.

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View from our Horta Hotel.

Had lunch in a cafe across from a park with a Communist poster.

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Had lunch in a cafe across from a park with a Communist poster.

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Yankee Clipper plane in our hotel

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Yankee Clipper plane in our hotel

On to Sao Miguel and back to our favorite hotel, the Terra Nostra Garden

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On to Sao Miguel and back to our favorite hotel, the Terra Nostra Garden

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There is a big pool with warm water from the hot springs in Furnas (the name of the town says it all). This grey wagtail was swooping into the warm water and then shaking himself off.

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There is a big pool with warm water from the hot springs in Furnas (the name of the town says it all). This grey wagtail was swooping into the warm water and then shaking himself off.

Pair of Mandarin ducks (imported) in the botanical gardens.

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Pair of Mandarin ducks (imported) in the botanical gardens.

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Haven't found out if these Canada Geese are vagrants or captives. There are only two other records of Canada Geese in the last 100 years finding their way to the Azores. The male was attac ...

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Haven't found out if these Canada Geese are vagrants or captives. There are only two other records of Canada Geese in the last 100 years finding their way to the Azores. The male was attac ...

One of the tame Mute Swans being followed (constantly) by a North American Wood Duck. This duck is one of only 10 known instances of a Wood Duck being in the Azores in 100 years. He's been ...

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One of the tame Mute Swans being followed (constantly) by a North American Wood Duck. This duck is one of only 10 known instances of a Wood Duck being in the Azores in 100 years. He's been ...

The famous Wood Duck

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The famous Wood Duck

One of the Azorean buzzards who look and sound like our Red-tailed Hawks.

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One of the Azorean buzzards who look and sound like our Red-tailed Hawks.

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The orange stream is warm water from the hot springs. The other one is cold.

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The orange stream is warm water from the hot springs. The other one is cold.

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Flowers growing on the roof of our hotel

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Flowers growing on the roof of our hotel

View from our window

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View from our window

One of the caldeiras. I put a small video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay2XkUsNkAE You can get a meal (called "cozido") cooked in the hot springs....excellent!!!

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One of the caldeiras. I put a small video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay2XkUsNkAE You can get a meal (called "cozido") cooked in the hot springs....excellent!!!

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I have a feeling this is becoming a blight.....they are very noisy and you don't need a license to ride it. The quiet walks in the botanical gardens were ruined by the noise of these ATVs on ...

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I have a feeling this is becoming a blight.....they are very noisy and you don't need a license to ride it. The quiet walks in the botanical gardens were ruined by the noise of these ATVs on ...