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Islands
The large island is Deserta Grande. The islands have several species of birds, rabbits, goats, lizards and even tarantulas as well…
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All clear
Once they stopped they waited for our ship to pass before they moved their boat again.
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Speed boat
The Desertas Islands are protected and uninhabited. You need a permit to go there. This boat looked like it was coming from there.…
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Desertas Islands
After we left Funchal we sat in the atrium a bit and then back to the room. We sat out on the balcony and saw the Desertas Islands…
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Everyone napping
Bill wasn't the only one who took a nap when we got back from our tour. Several people were asleep in the atrium.
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Atrium nap
We decided to sit in the atrium and watch people come in from their tours. It was entertaining. We even saw someone try to run in…
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Rain
Then it started to rain. We were very happy we picked a short tour!
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Cloudy
We were glad we got back to the ship when we did. When we got on deck, dark clouds started rolling in.
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Back to the ship
We waited in line, not for a long time but for a bit and then they opened up the other entrance. Of course it was right when we pa…
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Free wifi
The winery also had free wifi so everyone caught up with texts and Facebook in the short time we were there. Cruise internet is SO…
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Wine samples
We got a free sample of the sweet wine and a coupon for a sample of the dry. They were both good! We drank them and watched this g…
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Same picture
I think we took this same picture when we stopped here at Christmas.
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Leaving
Our tourgroup is heading out!
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Cabo Girao Panoramic
A panoramic photo from Cabo Girao before we had to leave.
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Cloud height
I took this photo looking straight out from the platform. We were at cloud height. The water and the sky looked so blue!
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Cabo Girao Selfie
We made a girl move so we could get a pic of us in front of the cliffs.
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Blue ocean
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Awesome lookout
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A long way down
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The photographer
Be careful not to drop the camera!
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Plexiglass floor