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Tenerife - Los Gigantes & Charco el Diablo

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        Los Gigantes           We stopped at Miraduro de Los Gigantes to take some pictures but personally, I did not find it so astonishing as described. We wanted to take a boat and go whale and dolphin watching but after reading the reviews we changed our minds. It seems that most people get sea sick and for 2 hours they are stuck on the boat vomiting and even if they don’t, it is disturbing for the other people. 😖           Maybe the great stone formations would have looked nicer if we would travel closer to them but we decided to go the opposite dirrection. There is a free parking 🚙 between Playa de Santiago and Playa Neptuno. We left the car there and spent some time on the rocks from the right side of the parking lot. They looked like lava waves that cooled once they reached the ocean. There were great waves here and we took our time to enjoy their beauty. 🌊         Ch...

Madeira day 4 - If you love rocks, you have to go here!

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          Today we slept longer. We wanted a day to “recover” and wander to different places. So we went to the opposite side from where we where (Funchal), in Porto Moniz, a little town situated in the north-west of the island. This place is popular for its natural pools. The seawater lava pools are naturally filled by the Atlantic Ocean’s high tide, offering a warm and safe setting to swim right through the imposing rocks. The scenery is unique and...oh man, do I love rocks so much!           Unfortunately, it was cloudy and we didn’t took a bath here. BUT, after enjoying this wonderful views, we then continued our today trip to Seixal. I was surprised, and I hope you will be too, to find out that the name of the city comes from some type of smooth stone (seixo) that is found in the rivers and this was used to describe the geomorphology of the region. And really ain’t talking s#!t; we got down to the beach (Praia do Porto d...