Faial, Portugal

Faial, Pico and Sao Jorge Island.

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... 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 england ...

Our last day of tour is a taxi tour of Faial island, leaving glitsy yachtsmans paradise of Horta town and taking in the Caldiera, blue hydrangea hedges that run for miles, a container ship that 'accidentally' crashed into the coast, and the amazing ...

... slack-jawed as testament to not having seen a woman for weeks... Peter's Cafe Sport is famed in the yachting world. Faial Island and it's deep harbour of Horta is the place where trans-Atlantic yachtsmen have stopped for decades to make repairs, find ...