It seems that cows have free reign in the Azores. We came across a cow that was standing in the middle of the highway because it wanted to eat the grass that was growing on the side of the road. This bull was not tied to anything, and could easily have charged us, but it was just eating grass while it looked at the waves breaking on the cobblestone beach.
The bull seemed pretty calm and relaxed, but I would still not recommend grabbing this bull by the horns!
These waterfalls are considered to be the most gorgeous waterfalls in all of the Azores, and there are a lot of waterfalls on these islands!
A few days ago, we saw them for the first time and were in awe at their beauty. Today, the weather was clearer and bits of blue sky were poking through the clouds. We decided to see them again, in the morning sunlight.
Sometimes, when you see something amazing and then go away, your mind can manipulate your memory and exaggerate what you thought you saw. Upon returning to see it again, you might become disappointed because it is a far cry from what you thought was there. Reality can hurt like that sometimes.
These falls did not disappoint! It had been a few days since we last saw them and they were, honestly, more spectacular the second time around! Instead of filming and recording everything we do when we first got there for our YouTube channel, we just sat there and took it in.
Sitting on a small boulder that is jutting up out of the ground as you gaze upon the power of the waterfall will clear your mind and make you realize that no matter how hard you struggle, time will flow on, and it will work itself out in the end.
The water that was calmly flowing through the river suddenly comes to a cliff and freefalls several hundred feet. Wind will push it one way or another trying to pull it in untold directions as the water falls. In the end, the water will reach the bottom and continue flowing on as it once was, with the chaos of the fall a distant memory in its long journey of life.
Flores means Flowers in Portuguese, and this island does not disappoint! In the spring, the island is supposedly covered in flowers, but in the winter, flowers still shine through.
We see many remains of hydrangeas that had bloomed, now covered in the brown remains of their white or blue flowers, and other plants that have since gone to fruit after the blooming has ceased. That said, the island is covered in plants and there are some that choose to bloom at different times. These select plants have much less competition from the other plants for the attention of bees! Bees seem to be condensed around the few flowering plants, giving them all the attention they could desire, making it rather beneficial for the plants to bloom at a time away from all the other plants.
These waterfalls are considered to be the most gorgeous waterfalls in all of the Azores!
The are located on the island of Flores, and lay peacefully waiting your presence just a mere 600 meters from the street.
Maddie and I did the hike up the magical stone walkway, through trees, ferns, and along the small stream that drains the lake into the ocean. When we got up there, it was so beautiful and majestic that we sat in awe in the presence of these falls. Watching the water pour over the cliff through all the small cracks and valleys so high up is breathtaking.
Being how we visited Flores in the winter, which is their rainy season, we got to witness many more tiny waterfalls on the cliff side. Most people visit here in the summer when the days are dry, but this also means that the waterfalls are dry. Only the largest of the falls will remain during this season, but in the winter, all the little falls will be pouring out wispy sprays that are carried off by the wind into a fine mist that spreads out over the cliff face.
Having seen many waterfalls on our first day in Flores, I must say that these really were the most spectacular and memorable of them all!
While we are on the hard doing a refit in Terceira, Azores, we decided to have ourselves a little vacation from the boatwork and fly to Flores, Azores.
This island is a very rainy place, which leads to lush vegetation and incredible waterfalls!
Right by our hotel is this beatiful cliff with stunning waterfalls coming down it’s face.
There is a short path, about 300 meters, to the base of the waterfall where the fresh water from the islands inter lands pour out over the rocky cliff and dump the water onto the rocks beneath.
We were able to fly our drone up and above the waterfall to discover several smaller waterfalls and ponds that feed this massive cascade!
The waterfall and cliff didn’t seem all that high, but it was! Our DJI Spark (https://amzn.to/2TFDeP5) had to fly over 700 feet up to be level with the top of the cliff and then higher to gain the view from above!
The winds up there were not very nice to our drone and it was expending a lot of power just trying to hover, but the video it captured was worth it!
This waterfall is so gorgeous and magical, yet so close to our hotel. Every time we leave our room we can see it and it reminds us that we are in a world full of fanciful imagination and no longer in reality. We are in the Azores!
