San Miguel island - Day 5

Got up early and drove an hour to the northeast coast to hike to another waterfall. This one was much easier, only about 15 minutes to reach it, and worth the drive to get there. There were lots of other trails and waterfalls there as well, but i wasnt sure how difficult nor if worth it. Plus my legs were pretty sore from the day before.

Decided to get back into the car and go to a different waterfall trail near the south coast. Drove over mountain tops on secondary winding roads but huge rain clouds swept in and i had next to zero visibility for most of the drive. Could barely see 20 feet in front of me. And when i finally got to the map location, i couldnt find any sign or trailhead. Probably for the best because it rained really hard shortly after starting my drive back.

Took an hour nap, and then Tita and I headed out to join our off-roading tour and quickly got acquainted with our dune buggy. Was about 4 hours driving all over the island, from south coast to north coast and back. Hilarious fun. Our tour group had 4 people on ATVs and two dune buggies. It amazed me how well that thing could drive over just about any road pothole, curb, small dogs, and not even feel a thing. And oh boy did i have fun proving that fact! 😁 My favourite part by far was gunning the buggy through a small creek.. wow were we wet haha!! (See attached vid)

After a really loooong shower to get all the dirt and mud off, met back up with Tita's parents at an awesome azorean fusion restaurant for our last meal together. Then headed out to the pub that Helder works at where we met a bunch of canadians from a cruise ship. Took them to our favourite bar Resves and of course showed them the ropes on signing the walls with black pen. Some sad goodbyes to the staff and promises to try to return soon. Fantastic end to an amazing trip!!!Read more