Yesterday we walked one of the many levadas here on Madeira. Our host Jorge drove us to the nearest one and started the walk with us along with his dog Zuulaika and a neighbor's dog. He then bade farewell after a few minutes and we were off. The beginning of the walk was a wide path with beautiful views - "this levada walking is a piece of cake" I thought.... As you can see the scenery around us was beautiful. We then actually got to a levada....which was pretty cool. Mostly there were bars alongside the exposed areas (although if you lost your footing and did not hang on you would not have a happy ending) so it was easy going. And then we got to some tunnels.... Yes, we had to squat over and slither through, no hope of preserving any dignity there. I forgot to take my backpack off for this tunnel... oops.... Then we got to the bit where we walked along a thin strip of pavement that was approximately 14 inches wide with no ba
Tales of travel from a seventy plus girl at heart from the prairies of Canada.