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Travel Blogs from Horta, Portugal
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Tin Tin and the Mystery of Manual Transmission
... who ask, «where the hell is that?» i say, it´s in the atlantic ocean 900 miles from philadelphia and about 500 from portugal (or something like that). it´s portuguese but most people here speak english and everyone has a brother or sister in new ...
Faial Farewells
... of our previous islands: Pico and Sao Jorge. The trade-off is that Faial lacks the community feel of the other islands. Horta town is definitely savvy about travellers. Nonetheless it's our last stop on tour, the place to bid farewells, take final ...
The Blurry Horta days
... ; Ben - English / French Tim - English Jesse - Antiguan Today Jesse and i had planned to climb pico - the highest point in Portugal but due to the weather we had to postpone it until another day. So i have spent this week so far relaxing, catching ...
From one boat to another....
There has been a bit of drama in the last 24 hours and my arrangements have changed considerably. While having a few beers in peters yesterday afternoon with Tim he told me that has left the boat that carried him from the Caribbean and has found another ...
Island hoping
... have the rain stop just long enough to let us see an actual sunrise. The weather stayed nice as we reached the port of Horta and in the afternoon, several of the crew could be seen sitting along the pier, calling home on their mobiles one last time ...
Sailing into The Azores, Horta
... the extinct volcano tops and filtered sunlight shining through. The Azores are a group of Portugese Islands almost 1000 miles west of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean. But what surprised the most was, as we pulled into the marina the first sight to greet ...
Day Tripping Round Faial
Today we hired a car and decided to tour the island. Faial is one of the smaller islands in the group only 173 sq kms with a population of 16,000 mainly agricultural. So we figured we would have plenty of time to zip around and see the sights without ...
Horta und die Hortensien
... den Kanal zwischen der Insel Pico uns Sao Jorge, was vor allem nachts eine beeindruckende Kulisse boot. Wir erreichten die Inselhauptsatdt Horta am Vormittag, wo im Hafen die Hölle los war. Zahlreiche aus der Karibik kommende Schiffe stauten sich in der ...
Ilha do Faial
04/05/2008 – Ilha Terceira/Ilha do Faial Amanheceu um dia feio com uma chuvinha chata. Mesmo assim, pela manhã, subimos ao Outeiro da Memória e ainda passeamos um pouco pela ilha. Fotografei mais alguns Impérios. Antes de sairmos do hotel ainda ...
Vorgeschichte: "Sir Peter Blake and THE BIG RED"
Der neuseeländische Segler Peter Blake (1949 - 2001) hatte schon viermal am Whitbread Around the World Race teilgenommen. Segelte er 1973/74 noch als Crewmitglied auf der BURTON CUTTER mit, so war er 1977/78 bereits Wachführer auf der HEATH'S CONDOR. ...
Julie Bryn..Mogan Gran Canary to Kinsale Ireland.
... and rain so it was dreary enough. The island of Pico was ahead, Pico itself couldn't be seen, it is the highest mountain in Portugal at 2350 meters or 7000 ft. and I believe very impressive when clear. There was plenty of marine life around, a school of ...
Stopover in Azores
... ' boat with saltwater showers & a pedantic captain . This time around was a very different story. Our first stop was Horta, Faial in the Azores Islands. This tiny group of islands are the classic stopover point for sailors traveling from the Caribbean ...
Exploring Horta
Arriving to the volcanic island of Horta was breathtaking. I really wasn't sure what to expect but it was a surprise for sure as we sailed into the harbor. It was so green and the buildings and houses were staggered up the mountainside. The harbor is ...
Horta
DAY 56 … Sunday, May 6th … Horta, Azores Our last port of call of this trip …… and what a cute place. Reminds us of the fishing villages on the Atlantic coasts of the US, Canada or Great Britain…. ...
Das grosse Warten
... . So sahen wir uns ein wenig im eigentlich ganz malerischen Horta und auf der Insel Faial um. Die Azoren gehören zu Portugal und bestehen aus 9 grösseren und einigen kleinen Inseln. Diese sind etwa 1400 km von Portugal und 4400 km von den ...
Die Ankunft der STEINLAGER 2
Endlich, am Montagmorgen, dem 14. Juli tauchte die STEINLAGER 2 in der Bucht von Horta auf. Zuerst sah man nur ihre zwei Masten ausserhalb der hohen Hafenmauer, und bald tuckerte sie ins Hafenbecken und legte gekonnt an. Nach der Begrüssung, einige ...
Full day on Horta
OK I'll write one more before I catch some ZZZz's for the night. So today is one of those days where you have to pinch yourself throughout the day to make sure you are not dreaming. I have only had to do that a few times and today was one of them. ...
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