Horta
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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