Ponta Delgada to Cedros

Three of us, Alfredo, .. and I
set off to do a trail from Ponta Delgada to Cedros and it was more than a handful but absolutely beautiful and adventurous. Luckily we had done a car shuttle.

First we came onto a small creek that flowed into a pool and past two boulders it dropped as a waterfall under the bridge into another pool. The way the stone was shaped by the water and the lush vegetation was breathtaking.

We went out on a cape and stood for a while looking over the cliff into the surf and the two bays, amazing views in all directions are continue to be amazed by this place. The weather is overcast but it can't dampen our mood.

Then we got lost on an abandoned trail and bush wacked through the over grown path through this jungle. It was great fun as we climbed for 45 minutes in these conditions. We finally get back to the trail and we think we will can start making some time, but the trail is windy, steep and slippery in the rainy conditions. I check the time and the distance left to travel and I estimate based on Komoot that we will arrive in the dark if we continue at this pace. An option is to take the road back for the last section. That was the safe choice but it turns out that Alfredo checked the trail the next day and it was not bad at all and we could have done it.

We get to the car kind of weary and get the shuttle completed. Alfredo goes back right away and ... and I wait for a store to open so he can buy cigarettes. Poor kid is addicted. On the way back we drive up to the top of the island at 980 meters clouds are hanging in the sky below us. The whole place is just out of of this world. Down by the beach we watch a sunset that is absolutely stunning as it fills the entire sky in many hues from red to purple. We miss Alfredo, but he didn't miss the sunset. His picture is award winning.

We go for beers and dinner in the exact same spot at Papadiamandis and we miss Helena's company who left yesterday. But its a great conversation nonetheless.

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