First tourist activity of the trip. We take the ferry to get to Pico. Important point to remember if you go there you need your ID's otherwise it's a quick taxi round trip so you don't miss the boat but it all ended well. Everyone was on the boat on time. Twenty minutes later and we arrived in Pico.
We had a great taxi driver, Carlos, who took us to see a vineyard, a UNESCO site, with lava stone walls to protect the vines from high winds. Almost a maze. Stunning! He then left us near a restaurant and a swimming pool (as well as a natural sea water swimming pool) for a few hours (11-14h). Just enough time to relax and enjoy the very cold water of the sea and the pool (probably the same water).
As he couldn't be with us in PM he sent us another driver, Tony at 2pm. Extraordinary this man, he made us visit several less touristy places. We were happy to be with him to see all this. We have been in a small but wonderful cave. He then took us up Pico Mountain at over 12,000 feet. But we didn't walk up the rest, Louis really wanted to go, but Cindy couldn't (knee pain: Louis was very happy ;)). It would have taken more than 7 hours (round trip) and finding a taxi afterwards is difficult. There is no central taxi, they are all individual. So if you have the number of a taxi, you keep it. If you go, I have a few numbers for you, including Tony. Someone wanted Tony's services, I told him with a laugh that we were keeping him. Several of them even offered us money, but… we wanted to keep him ;) Tony called a colleague for them.
We then went to see a lake (Lagoon) but impossible to swim. Apparently there is seaweed and some swimmers have died of seaweed toxins, or getting caught in the seaweed. We are not sure, but the word “death” is understood in all languages :) We understood the message, bathing bones in the “Lagoon”.
We continued in the afternoon, quickly going to see a small village where the people who worked in the vineyards lived at the time. There were even traces of cart wheels engraved in the volcanic stone, they must have transported a lot of wine this way.
Last quick stop before the end, because Tony had to leave us at the restaurant to pick up other customers, but he likes to show his island so much, that he couldn't resist making us make a last stop on the edge water to see the ocean rush into holes in the cliffs. To specify a little more, cliffs formed by lava, which made it an even more magnificent place.
Wonderful! He then left us at the Cellar bar where we had an aperitif and a little snack before taking the ferry back around 8 p.m.
Big day, but the kind of day your eyes have seen so much wonder you almost think you dreamed it!
We ended the day with a pizza after a good shower! Oh how well we all slept that night!
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