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February 16, 2025

Madeira

Photos from my trip to Madeira in February 2025.

Porto Moniz

Evening coastal scene, waves crashing over rocks in front of a restaurant
The evening coast of Madeira near Porto Moniz
Wave crashes over rocks, spray flies high into the air, resembling a horse
Waves in Porto Moniz
A wave frozen in time breaks over rocks
More pictures of the waves at Porto Moniz
Panoramic view of Madeira’s coastline, large rocks in the water, blue mountains in the distance
Panorama from Porto Moniz towards Seixal
Three people standing in the harbor fishing in front of a red car
People fishing in Porto Moniz

Levada Nova Hike

Close-up of a green maidenhair fern
Maidenhair fern, Adiantum Capillus-veneris, is one of my favorite plants, it is very widespread
Standing on a metal platform in the mountains Standing in front of a waterfall

Seixal

Beautiful room with an ocean view in the post office of Seixal
Foggy, densely forested mountain peaks rising high above each other
Misty mountain peaks over Seixal

Hike around the Pico Areeiro

Curvy road between red, earthy hills

Hike around Porto da Cruz

Sitting in a giant fern

Whale watching

Humpback whale breaching out of the water
A young humpback whale practicing jumps for mating season off the coast of Calheta

While traveling, I enjoy photographing plants that catch my eye. Here are some pictures of interesting plants I saw on Madeira. To identify them, I used the app PlantNet.

Interesting plants of the island

Dracaena reflexa (Song of India) Oxalis pes-caprae (Bermuda buttercup) Oxalis purpurea (Purple woodsorrel) Bituminaria bituminosa (Pitch trefoil) Galactites tomentosus (Purple milk thistle) Sonchus fruticosus (Tree dandelion) Persicaria capitata (Pink knotweed) Rhaphiolepis bibas (Loquat) Psidium cattleyanum (Strawberry guava) Tecoma stans (Yellow trumpetbush) Roldana petasitis (Velvet groundsel) Bidens pilosa (Spanish needle) Crassula multicava (Fairy crassula) Some kind of liverwort, possibly Targionia lorbeeriana Aeonium canariense (Canary Island aeonium)