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To Taichung
We went with the High Speed Railway from Taipei to Taichung. There we visited the Botanical Gardens and went to the Sun Moon Lake.
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Back to the Netherlands
Road to Sao Roque After a short stay in Piedade we biked to Sao Roque. Ofcourse we had some nice views. And who are we, not to show them to you. Sao Roque The trip to Sao Roque was hard, but it was the last long trip before our flight back to the Netherlands. In Sao Roque we walked around the town. It was just as lovely as the rest of the island. The last view of Pico was setteling in. Our last ride on our bikes we went down a road with a velocity of 50 kilometers a hour. That was fun. Return from Azores Our last flight in…
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Leaving Faja Grande
Lakes Negra and Comprida We think Faja Grande is one of the most beautiful places we have seen in the Azores. With our bikes it was really hard to reach our goal to end up back in Santa Cruz. Flores is a small island, definitely worth visiting, but think twice when you want to visit it with bikes. On our way to Santa Cruz we wanted to see the lakes Caldeira Negra and Caldeira Comprida. Which we should have seen with the aborted walk from Faja Grande. It was very cold at 600 meters high, but the lakes were worth the climb. Leaving Flores We wanted to visit Corvo on…
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Magnificent Flores island
Lajes das Flores From Santa Cruz we drove to Lajes a small town south of the island. Here we wanted to walk along one of the Unesco trails. After a three kilometer walk we arrived at the start of the trail which it went down the cliff. After a short period of time we found out that the trail was blocked by a tree that fell down. It left a pile of dirt on the trail which was to big to climb over. We decided to go back and go to an other viewpoint on which we saw a little of the Unesco sight we wanted to visit. Faja Grande…
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Vila do Franca and maybe bye Sao Miguel
Vila do Franca After Furnas we biked to the city Vila do Franca, because we wanted to go do some whale watching. Sadly because of the weather it was canceled and we walked to a church instead. As you do. This church itself was nice, but the view was even better. We stayed here for more than a hour, just to watch. Ponta Delgada We arrived back in de main city of Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada. Our idea is to celebrate Christmas here, then fly over to Flores at the 27th of December and celebrate New Year there. The flight to Flores was canceled because of the wind. We had…
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Hot springs in Furnas
Lagoa las furnas Visiting a lake never gets old for us. This time it was the lake Lagoa das Furnas. As we walked around it we saw a lot of nature and at the edge of the lake there’s an old church which looks like it’s neglected, but really interesting. Terra Nostra Hot springs Furnas is famous of Terra Nostra park. This park has a lot of exotic plants, we liked it even in the winter. The entrance fee was super cheap. It was only eight euro’s per person. The main attraction of this park is the hot spring. We liked it a lot. The thermal water in the main…
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Nordeste, Povoação and Furnas
Bye beautiful Nordeste We think that the roughest nature of this island is in Nordeste. Nordeste has some nice cliffs and views looking over the ocean. The first part, to our new location in Povoação, was really hard to climb. The next day or even the next hour we forgot about the climb. Loving it. Povoação As we arrived in Povoação, there was a long downhill road. We had to use our brakes so much, that our hand muscles became sore. In Povoação we saw a lot of houses with chrismas lights, the ones you normally see in America. We went to a beach that existed out of black stones…
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Lagoa do Fogo and Lombadas
Ribiera Grande The road at the coast of the island is quite flat. So it was easy to ride and enjoy the view to our next place Ribiera Grande. In Ribiera Grande we had a house that was small, but it was one of the better houses we had. We stayed here for six nights before we went on. Lombadas In that time we visit a few places that were in the middle of the island, ofcourse. We went to Lombadas at first, which was a very hard climb. But in the end we arrived at a nice valley where we could rest for a while and enjoy the scenery.…
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The beauty of Sete Cidades
Made our way to Sete Cidades After we left Ponta Delgada we rode to Sete Cidades. We wanted to take the road that had the most sightseeing spots. Little did we know that that road was an 15 km uphill climb. As we did our best to get to our final destination of that day, we saw some beautiful things along side of the road. The most impressive thing we saw was an abandoned hotel on the top of a mountain, with a beautiful side. After the climb we were relieved to see some downhill road and we enjoyed it very much. Sete Cidades One day resting from climbing with…
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The start of our trip in the Azores, Portugal
Travel day One of the things we love while traveling is the days we just can sit down and relax before catching our flight. This time it was a little bit different. We had to make our bicycles travel ready and put them into cardboard boxes. Which was a lot of work. After that we made our way into the airplane to Lisbon (Portugal). As we arrived in Lisbon the first thing we looked for was a lounge. We had a layover of eight hours. This was the part we loved the most. The lounge itself was cheap and had a lot of food and drinks. After those eight hours…
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