Azores. On the postcards from San Miguel Island you often see the lakes of Siete Cidades. They are located in the west of the island in the caldera – the former crater of the volcano.
Good roads go there so, tourists usually rent a car – it costs here from 30 euro per day plus insurance. But there is another way to go there: twice a day nice public bus goes there and you can reach the destination in one hour paying 3,40 euro. I departed at 8.25.
Nice landscapes on the way. Sunny coast, but when we get into caldera there were clouds on the mountains. Sorry…
I climbed the road via nice Sao Tiago Lake (definitely worth to see). After few kms I reached the famous viewpoint “Vista do Rei” (The King’s View” – named after the visit of king Carlos in 1901. Sorry, clouds disturb the view today. I was waiting half an hour – no changes!
Eventually I hitchhiked back to the coast to find there a sun.
Opposite the picturesque Mosterios village there are lovely rocks in the stormy ocean. They remind me 12 Apostols in Australia. It is much less apostols here, but the view is great. After a lunch with such a view (I brought my sanwiches with me) in the afternoon I took the bus back to Ponta Delgada.
I found the free internet in Ponta: it is in the public library!
