• Abhi Patel
  • Brian Schild
  • Abhi Patel
  • Brian Schild

Madeira (Goliaz way)

Un’avventura di 17 giorni di Abhi & Brian Leggi altro
  • Inizio del viaggio
    25 novembre 2025

    Day 1

    25 novembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Reach Madeira boarding an early fight from Berlin. First stop Machico, had a beautiful sunny weather 🌞, did a nice acclimatization hike and explored the city ⛰️. Living the trip the Goliaz way with some audios 🏃🏻‍♀️ on the beach. And finally finished the day with a tasty dinner and some fun with the boys!Leggi altro

  • Day 2

    26 novembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Hike Day 00: Reached the starting point of the hike. Started walking from Machico and had a nice lunch at Caniçal. At this point we are very excited about what the next days unfold and we are ready to take on this adventure.
    Sleeping just next to the sea with the sound of waves is so peaceful.
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  • Hike Day01

    27 novembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Hike day 1, woke up to the beautiful sea and got ready to start the hike. covered more than 27km and reached somewhere in the middle of nowhere. The path was beautiful with lots of going up and down. Since the energy was high we covered more distance than we expected. At last we found a spot to set up a tent and sleep.Leggi altro

  • Hike Day02

    28 novembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    Hike Day 2. The second day was challenging as we had to climb more than 1500m, the whole day was just climbing up and up, So we woke up and got ready, had a nice coffee and started climbing. After reaching a certain altitude it started getting a bit wet with fog and rain. But we were lucky to have a warm coffee and a tasty banana pie. We reached quite late and there was a lot of fog and it was also very cold and windy. So at last we pitched the tent in the parking spot and decided to stay there. It was a very cold night 🥶.Leggi altro

  • Hike Day04

    30 novembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Hike day 4 : After a nice comfy night at São Vicente, we again started walking to cross the island, the route was very nice as we were following the water canals and also experienced our first tunnel of Madeira. After afternoon lunch, things started getting a little bit ugly 😅 as we had a steep climb through the forest. But we reached and had a nice bonfire 🔥 to get ourselves warm again.Leggi altro

  • Hike Day05

    1 dicembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

    Hike day 5 : We started the day with fresh energy as we had a new member accompanying us. We started again walking along the water canals, passing through the tunnels and passing by some waterfalls. Reached the top again with some steep rock climbing. PS: it was a rock fall danger zone 😅. And also passed through nice grasslands. There was a moment when we walked through the mountains and the valley was full of clouds, it felt like we were walking towards nowhere, it was a meditating experience but I also got a little bit bored after a point 😅.Leggi altro

  • Hike Day06

    2 dicembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Hike day 6 : Last day of hike, couldn't wait to reach porto moniz and finish the hike. But nature had some other plans for us, before we accomplished this feat, nature wanted to test us so it threw a very cold, windy and rainy day towards us. After some point we were so wet and cold that our body forgot that we also needed food and I guess we walked around 28 km straight battling through cold, wind and rain. The journey coming down from the mountain was filled with lots of falls and slips that after one point I stopped counting how many times I felled 😂. After walking for so long and finally having a coffee felt so nice and then finally we had a first glimpse of porto moniz, which energized me at least. Before finishing the hike we had our last piece of cheese, as it was like a ritual during the hike 😂. At last we reached Porto Moniz and had a wonderful evening.Leggi altro

  • Day 10

    3 dicembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Day 2 at São Vicente, enjoying the sun with lots of 🥦 and 🐟. On the quest of finding a beach explored the whole one side of the island, couldn't find the beach but found nice spots for a sandwich and a very tasty banana pie 🍰 🤤.Leggi altro

  • Day 11

    5 dicembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    Said good bye to São Vicente, the quest to look for a beach takes us to Cahelta, through the forest of fanal. And we finally end the day with a beautiful Christmas market in the capital.

  • The Last day

    7 dicembre 2025, Portogallo ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    With a heavy heart I am saying good bye to the beautiful island. I did so many unpredictable and unimaginable things in the last two weeks. From eating cheese each day during the hike to enjoying tuna and broccoli, from sleeping in the cold night in a tent to sleeping in a warm and cozy bed, from walking almost 20 km every day to being lazy all day, from sleeping 12 hours to sleeping 4 hours, from watching sunrise to sunset, spending evening in nature to spending evening in the city, I enjoyed each and every moment.
    From this trip I am taking so much of gratitude and also a huge appreciation to all the people who were with me and made this hiking trip memorable 😊😊.
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  • Fine del viaggio
    11 dicembre 2025