Horta - Azores

 

The five day sail from the Canaries out to the picturesque Azores island group is Meryle's first experience of a multiple day passage on the open sea. Fallado sails to six different islands in the group before returning two months later to the Canary Islands. A special highlight in the Azores was making it up to the top of the volcanic cone of Pico, Portugal's highest peak. A late afternoon ascent lets us enjoy a spectacular sunset, and after snuggling down into a sleeping bag overnight, also a spectacular sunrise across the Atlantic Ocean, before we scramble down again. Following  the example of others, Fallado's personal calling card is added to those painted on Horta's outer harbour wall  

Azores

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