Ribeiro Frio Forest Park, Madeira

Ribeiro Frio Acima, on the Path of Balcões


Ribeira da Half Below
Meander of the Vereda
A Vegetable Nativity Scene
misty hill
Vereda dos Balcoes
The Mist Returns
The brook. the cold
The Rainbow Trout
Tree fern
Check-in at Counters
The Great Balcony
View over the North
Ribeira da Metade bed
Snack Bar “Flor da Selva”
passing hare
This region of the high interior of Madeira has been in charge of repopulating the island's rainbow trout for a long time. Among the various trails and levadas that converge in its nurseries, the Parque Florestal Ribeiro Frio hides grandiose panoramas over Pico Arieiro, Pico Ruivo and the Ribeira da Metade valley that extends to the north coast.

We are exploring the North, between Fortim do Faial and Miradouro do Guindaste when the appeal of the forested highlands takes us back.

We return to the Praia do Faial road.

We climb its countless meanders, here and there, through ridges that give us dramatic views of what we left behind. Previously highlighted above the ocean, against the sky, the Penha d'Águia hill flattens out and disappears into the intricate orography of the island.

Shortly after passing the Chão de Cedro Gordo, we get into a blanket of dense fog that hangs over the relief to the east and, sometimes it caresses it, sometimes it covers it completely and transforms it into ghostly vegetable shapes of pine trees that protrude from the hills.

Ribeiro Frio: in the Highlands of Madeira Island

As always in Madeira, the fog remains localized.

When we reach the height of more than 860 meters of the houses that announce Ribeiro Frio and the snack bar “Spark” that serves the village, we can only glimpse distant glimpses of the “lebrina”, as the Madeirans often call it.

A fulminant rain had once again drenched the village and irrigated the homonymous Forest Park that surrounds it.

We stop at the bar, determined to reheat from the successive photographic scales, hit by the damp wind, something frigid from the northeast.

We drink hot chocolates. Recovered, we walked the asphalt of the ER103 that was missing for the tourist and fish center of Ribeiro Frio.

The almost tropical forest closes in again.

We are surrounded by a carpet of lush ferns, most of them low-growing, and a few arboreal specimens that seem to rival the surrounding leaves and tis.

We hear the echoing flow of any watercourse. Further up, we come across an assortment of stone grating tanks of different shapes, thirteen of them, to be more precise.

When we see them full of dark and mottled fish, we confirm that we are at the Ribeiro Frio Aquaculture Post.

And in the right place.

The Rainbow Trout Nurseries of Ribeiro Frio

Over the centuries, the ingenious settlers of the island of Madeira provided it with a huge network of levadas that carry water from the streams where it is needed.

Rainbow trout have long roamed these streams and even the tightest channels of the levadas.

For natural reasons and others related to the complex division and manipulation of streams and water, the number of trout has always fluctuated.

Since 1960, Ribeiro Frio and its people have had the possible mission of generating new specimens, from eggs to fry and already resistant fish.

Once created, they release them into the waterways, in order to make fishing possible in the interior of the island and to encourage the healthy consumption of this river species.

Without even going into fishing and not surprisingly, the village's restaurants keep trout as one of the main dishes on their menus. Residents consume them frequently.

A nearby chapel, built in honor of Our Lady of Fátima, blesses them and visitors, in aged white and which has, at the door, tiles evocative of the Virgin Mary and Jesus as “Lamb of God”.

Ribeiro Frio: a Pejado de Laurissilva Forest Park

Trout, restaurants and temples aside, in terms of Breeding nature, God has done an immaculate work, also in these remote parts of Ilha Jardim.

Ribeiro Frio is at the heart of an immensity with all the natural attributes that give it the title of genuinely Madeiran.

There's a good reason the surrounding park has been named forestry. It is filled with a dense and generous patch of Madeira's original forest, the one that the settlers found and, little by little, had to clear.

The Ribeiro Frio, its tributary streams and the northern clouds, renew a flora with peculiar names that remains, in large part, endemic.

It is made up of the tis and pastries that we have already mentioned, countless laurels, vinháticos-islands, uveiras-da-serra, heathers-das-brooms and heathers-molars.

And yet, shrubs and other flowering plants, such as isoplexis, estreleiras, mountain orchids and massarocos, in our view, but subject to debate, the most eccentric plant species on the island.

This dazzling plant amalgam forms or integrates the ecosystem of laurisilva, exclusive to Madeira – of which it occupies about 20% of the territory – and other islands in Macaronesia, the Azores, Canary Islands and, of unexpected and tiny pockets of the African coast of Mauritania.

The stunning Levadas and Veredas that pass through Ribeiro Frio

Paths and levadas furrow this prodigious forest, for the convenience of the rural people of Madeira, often (if not almost always) one paired with the other.

With this and other profiles, some of the island's unmissable pedestrian itineraries depart from Ribeiro Frio, for example, the PR-10 of Levada do Furado that winds up to Portela and rewards those who complete it with glorious views of Penha d'Águia.

Satisfied with wandering around the nurseries and around the village, we turned to PR 11, much shorter and simpler than its predecessor.

To do this, we left the tar of the ER 103 for good. We went into the forest.

We follow the curves and counter-curves of Levada da Serra do Faial.

The leafy tops of oaks and plane trees serve as a roof. Despite the summer, they drop leaves that yellow in hues and adorn the fertile brown soil of the path.

From time to time, the dense cover of vegetation gives itself away. It gives us glimpses of scenarios that we would soon be able to appreciate with eyes to see.

After a XNUMX-minute walk, in the company of finches, blackbirds, little birds and even bisbis, we came across a yellow sign, in the shade, which reads “Balcons”.

The Unbelievable Panoramas at the End of Vereda dos Balcões

We go around the hyperbolic rock that the signal almost touches.

On the other side, we discover the mouth of the so-called Vereda dos Balcões and the panoramic structures that give rise to the name.

A huge grated observation platform extends beyond the slab.

He ventures towards the abyssal valley, as if to insinuate to those who arrive, the urgency of leaning over the fence and letting himself be amazed by the geological monument around.

That's what we do.

facing west of Madeira, we are dazzled by the sharp serration between the Pico do Arieiro (1817m) and Pico Ruivo, with, 1861 meters, the zenith of Madeira and the third elevation of Portugal.

Below, extending to the north, until it merges with the Atlantic, the deep and zigzagging valley of Ribeira da Metade dissolves.

We see it covered in laurel forest.

From the line of white pebbles as it passes, to the pointed tops of the hills.

Ribeiro Frio, Madeira, Vereda dos Balcões, Ribeira da Metade II

The mist that had shadowed us for a good part of the ascent is once again present, in the form of a compact mantle of humidity.

O ridge trio Arieiro-Torres-Ruivo bar it. It subjects the eastern valleys to a natural chlorophyll-laden greenhouse effect.

From that open balcony, contemplation generates more and more respect.

Remembering that we were at the dead end of Levada dos Balcões, we decided to activate the plural of the name and improve contemplation.

A few quirks of the rock that we had previously skirted served as steps to a second improvised balcony at the top.

Ribeira da Metade Below, to Penha d'Águia and the Atlantic

From this top, in balance, we once again follow the contours of Ribeira da Metade.

To the still lit houses of São Roque, to the leafy hill that almost hides it, and to the distant silhouette of Penha d'Águia, sandwiched between the sky gray and the blue of the sea.

As we study the vastness, Madeira's wild birds flutter hither and thither.

Wood pigeons, impressive speed. And more bisbis, all around, always attentive when visitors leave the Balcões and leave them with gifts of bread and other precious snacks. That's what we do in the meantime.

We reverse path. We interrupt the return to Ribeiro Frio at the snack bar and handicraft shop “Jungle Flower” that, we found lonely, on the edge of the path.

We chatted with the lady who served us a providential snack, pleased to be helping to alleviate the shortage of customers caused by the pandemic.

And the Late Return to Funchal

After which we returned to the car and to the road, this time, pointing towards the south coast and Funchal.

On this final route, we pass through Chão da Lagoa, through the door of the estate where PSD Madeira used to hold their parties.

The same caravan of clouds that we had admired from the Balcões flowed, just below, against the sun that was precipitating over the western horizon.

As well as the ascent from the north coast, the descent to Funchal proved to be a journey of stunning beauty, inside and outside the clouds, against mysterious silhouettes of vegetation, through a steep zigzag worthy of the Madeira Rally.

Restricted by so much curve and distraction, it is already with the city's luminous amphitheater showing itself at twilight that we take shelter in the Funchal.

Dusk over Funchal, Madeira

Funchal townhouse illuminated by artificial lights and the sunset from the west.

Pico do Arieiro - Pico Ruivo, Madeira, Portugal

Pico Arieiro to Pico Ruivo, Above a Sea of ​​Clouds

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Paul do Mar a Ponta do Pargo a Achadas da Cruz, Madeira, Portugal

Discovering the Madeira Finisterre

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Funchal, Madeira

Portal to a Nearly Tropical Portugal

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Praised Be the Island of Porto Santo

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Terra Chã and Pico Branco footpaths, Porto Santo

Pico Branco, Terra Chã and Other Whims of the Golden Island

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The First Light of Who Navigates From Above

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São Jorge, Azores

From Fajã to Fajã

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Flores Island, Azores

The Atlantic ends of the Azores and Portugal

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Castro Laboreiro, Portugal  

From Castro de Laboreiro to Raia da Serra Peneda - Gerês

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Through the Campos do Gerês and the Terras de Bouro

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Through Alto do Barroso, Top of Trás-os-Montes

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Graciosa, Azores

Her Grace the Graciosa

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The Unlikely Atlantic Shelter on Corvo Island

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Vale das Furnas, São Miguel

The Azorean Heat of Vale das Furnas

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Residents walk along the trail that runs through plantations above the UP4
City
Gurué, Mozambique, Part 1

Through the Mozambican Lands of Tea

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Host Wezi points out something in the distance
Beach
Cobue; Nkwichi Lodge, Mozambique

The Hidden Mozambique of the Creaking Sands

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Lion, Elephants, PN Hwange, Zimbabwe
safari
PN Hwange, Zimbabwe

The Legacy of the Late Cecil Lion

On July 1, 2015, Walter Palmer, a dentist and trophy hunter from Minnesota killed Cecil, Zimbabwe's most famous lion. The slaughter generated a viral wave of outrage. As we saw in PN Hwange, nearly two years later, Cecil's descendants thrive.
Herd in Manang, Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
Annapurna (circuit)
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Manang: the Last Acclimatization in Civilization

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Bertie in jalopy, Napier, New Zealand
Architecture & Design
Napier, New Zealand

Back to the 30s

Devastated by an earthquake, Napier was rebuilt in an almost ground-floor Art Deco and lives pretending to stop in the Thirties. Its visitors surrender to the Great Gatsby atmosphere that the city enacts.
Aventura
Volcanoes

Mountains of Fire

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Jumping forward, Pentecost Naghol, Bungee Jumping, Vanuatu
Ceremonies and Festivities
Pentecost Island, Vanuatu

Pentecost Naghol: Bungee Jumping for Real Men

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Detail of the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam, India.
Cities
Guwahati, India

The City that Worships Kamakhya and the Fertility

Guwahati is the largest city in the state of Assam and in North East India. It is also one of the fastest growing in the world. For Hindus and devout believers in Tantra, it will be no coincidence that Kamakhya, the mother goddess of creation, is worshiped there.
Beverage Machines, Japan
Lunch time
Japan

The Beverage Machines Empire

There are more than 5 million ultra-tech light boxes spread across the country and many more exuberant cans and bottles of appealing drinks. The Japanese have long since stopped resisting them.
Gothic couple
Culture

Matarraña to Alcanar, Spain

A Medieval Spain

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Spectator, Melbourne Cricket Ground-Rules footbal, Melbourne, Australia
Sport
Melbourne, Australia

The Football the Australians Rule

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Boat and helmsman, Cayo Los Pájaros, Los Haitises, Dominican Republic
Traveling
Samaná PeninsulaLos Haitises National Park Dominican Republic

From the Samaná Peninsula to the Dominican Haitises

In the northeast corner of the Dominican Republic, where Caribbean nature still triumphs, we face an Atlantic much more vigorous than expected in these parts. There we ride on a communal basis to the famous Limón waterfall, cross the bay of Samaná and penetrate the remote and exuberant “land of the mountains” that encloses it.
António do Remanso, Quilombola Marimbus Community, Lençóis, Chapada Diamantina
Ethnic
Sheets of Bahia, Brazil

The Swampy Freedom of Quilombo do Remanso

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View of Fa Island, Tonga, Last Polynesian Monarchy
Got2Globe Photo Portfolio
Got2Globe Portfolio

Exotic Signs of Life

Luderitz, Namibia
History
Lüderitz, Namibia

Wilkommen in Africa

Chancellor Bismarck has always disdained overseas possessions. Against his will and all odds, in the middle of the Race for Africa, merchant Adolf Lüderitz forced Germany to take over an inhospitable corner of the continent. The homonymous city prospered and preserves one of the most eccentric heritages of the Germanic empire.
Fluvial coming and going
Islands
Iriomote, Japan

The Small Tropical Japanese Amazon of Iriomote

Impenetrable rainforests and mangroves fill Iriomote under a pressure cooker climate. Here, foreign visitors are as rare as the yamaneko, an elusive endemic lynx.
Geothermal, Iceland Heat, Ice Land, Geothermal, Blue Lagoon
Winter White
Iceland

The Geothermal Coziness of the Ice Island

Most visitors value Iceland's volcanic scenery for its beauty. Icelanders also draw from them heat and energy crucial to the life they lead to the Arctic gates.
silhouette and poem, Cora coralina, Goias Velho, Brazil
Literature
Goiás Velho, Brazil

The Life and Work of a Marginal Writer

Born in Goiás, Ana Lins Bretas spent most of her life far from her castrating family and the city. Returning to its origins, it continued to portray the prejudiced mentality of the Brazilian countryside
Salto Angel, Rio that falls from the sky, Angel Falls, PN Canaima, Venezuela
Nature
PN Canaima, Venezuela

Kerepakupai, Salto Angel: The River that Falls from Heaven

In 1937, Jimmy Angel landed a light aircraft on a plateau lost in the Venezuelan jungle. The American adventurer did not find gold but he conquered the baptism of the longest waterfall on the face of the Earth
Girl plays with leaves on the shore of the Great Lake at Catherine Palace
Autumn
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Golden Days Before the Storm

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Camiguin, Philippines, Katungan mangrove.
Natural Parks
Camiguin, Philippines

An Island of Fire Surrended to Water

With more than twenty cones above 100 meters, the abrupt and lush, Camiguin has the highest concentration of volcanoes of any other of the 7641 islands in the Philippines or on the planet. But, in recent times, not even the fact that one of these volcanoes is active has disturbed the peace of its rural, fishing and, to the delight of outsiders, heavily bathed life.
Teide Volcano, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
UNESCO World Heritage
Tenerife, Canary Islands

The Volcano that Haunts the Atlantic

At 3718m, El Teide is the roof of the Canaries and Spain. Not only. If measured from the ocean floor (7500 m), only two mountains are more pronounced. The Guanche natives considered it the home of Guayota, their devil. Anyone traveling to Tenerife knows that old Teide is everywhere.
aggie gray, Samoa, South Pacific, Marlon Brando Fale
Characters
Apia, Western Samoa

The Host of the South Pacific

She sold burguês to GI's in World War II and opened a hotel that hosted Marlon Brando and Gary Cooper. Aggie Gray passed away in 2. Her legacy lives on in the South Pacific.
Coconut picker in Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
Beaches
Unawatuna to Tongalle, Sri Lanka

Along the Tropical South of Old Ceylon

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Glamor vs Faith
Religion
Goa, India

The Last Gasp of the Goan Portugality

The prominent city of Goa already justified the title of “rome of the east” when, in the middle of the XNUMXth century, epidemics of malaria and cholera led to its abandonment. The New Goa (Pangim) for which it was exchanged became the administrative seat of Portuguese India but was annexed by the Indian Union of post-independence. In both, time and neglect are ailments that now make the Portuguese colonial legacy wither.
Serra do Mar train, Paraná, airy view
On Rails
Curitiba a Morretes, Paraná, Brazil

Down Paraná, on Board the Train Serra do Mar

For more than two centuries, only a winding and narrow road connected Curitiba to the coast. Until, in 1885, a French company opened a 110 km railway. We walked along it to Morretes, the final station for passengers today. 40km from the original coastal terminus of Paranaguá.
Creepy Goddess Graffiti, Haight Ashbury, San Francisco, USA, United States America
Society
The Haight, San Francisco, USA

Orphans of the Summer of Love

Nonconformity and creativity are still present in the old Flower Power district. But almost 50 years later, the hippie generation has given way to a homeless, uncontrolled and even aggressive youth.
Fruit sellers, Swarm, Mozambique
Daily life
Enxame Mozambique

Mozambican Fashion Service Area

It is repeated at almost all stops in towns of Mozambique worthy of appearing on maps. The machimbombo (bus) stops and is surrounded by a crowd of eager "businessmen". The products offered can be universal such as water or biscuits or typical of the area. In this region, a few kilometers from Nampula, fruit sales suceeded, in each and every case, quite intense.
A campfire lights up and warms the night, next to Reilly's Rock Hilltop Lodge,
Wildlife
Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, eSwatini

The Fire That Revived eSwatini's Wildlife

By the middle of the last century, overhunting was wiping out much of the kingdom of Swaziland’s wildlife. Ted Reilly, the son of the pioneer settler who owned Mlilwane, took action. In 1961, he created the first protected area of ​​the Big Game Parks he later founded. He also preserved the Swazi term for the small fires that lightning has long caused.
Bungee jumping, Queenstown, New Zealand
Scenic Flights
Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown, the Queen of Extreme Sports

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