King's Levada

An 11km walk today, there and back along the King's Levada. It was absolutely beautiful, and level, so it was a delightful walk 🫠. The levadas carry water all over Madeira (there are 2000km of them!) from the forests to the coast. It's an amazing system, begun in 1425 (if I remember correctly). Cats are often abandoned in the forests when their owners go on holiday 😕 and we found one.
We also tasted Poncha again, this time freshly made. I still struggled a bit, though, as you can see 😂.
We're now in Porto Moniz for a couple of nights with waterfalls planned for tomorrow's walk!
A delicious meal tonight of scabbard with banana and passion fruit 😋😋😋Read more