Hi everyone,
We spent six nights at Porto Santo. What a wonderful island! We were in company with OCC SVs Metzi and Asteria.
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| Central Porto Santo |
Through pure luck we were here for Porto Santo's Columbus Festival. The festival commemorates the return of Columbus to his family on Porto Santo. It runs over four days starting with a re-enactment of his return. It's a great show.
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| Replica vessel in Porto Santo for re-enactment |
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| Columbus coming ashore |
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| Bands |
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| Music on main stage |
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| In the stocks |
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| Fire show |
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| Fire breathing |
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| Final show |
We repeated our tour of the island with Porto Santo Destination Tours. In 2021 we did the tour with SVs Revision II and Matusadona. This time we repeated it with new friends.
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| 36 boats at anchor, vice 3 in 2021! |
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| OCC Rocks! |
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| Ice cream on every outing! |
On Sunday morning we had a brunch braai aboard Metzi. We brought the champers.
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| Metzi Brunch |
On our final morning we went for a three hour walk with cruising friend Yoshi. We met Yoshi in the Caribbean and again in Porto Santo (twice now). He guided us on a walk around the eastern part of the island. The highlight was a sandstone crevice. Thanks Yoshi!
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| Nicki & Yoshi |
It was great to revisit Porto Santo. Next we head for Madeira.
Trust all's well where you are.
We will always remember our cruises we you both and follow you now with interest xx
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