Orta, with the whole world through each other

Torgovnik
Located on the island of Faial (FAIAL), Tacheng (HORTA) is the essence of my trip to Azores last station. Just arrived at the airport, taxi driver rushed I said several "you come true is not the season".
Faial island known as "blue island", It comes from the Blue Hydrangea island full of everywhere. Summer is the best time to visit it, I was at the end of December. In fact, very reluctant to leave the land of idyllic beauty like Foluoleisi Island, but my heart is not strong enough in most West European silent midnight dark corner alone listening to the sound of the ocean to greet the arrival of the new year, but also to find a relatively busy place to spend New Year's night. Orta is only seven thousand of the population, but the Flores city village all add up to only three thousand people, compared with it is a big city.

The Orta mountains and the sea, red white tile level of scattered, not young, still beautiful. Those brown shrubs like plants in the hillside, is the hydrangea, divide the locals love them land. This photo is taken at the hotel I public balcony.

The hotel named AZORIS FAIAL GARDEN, Excellent location, This is the room on the balcony.

The room with balcony facing the Pico Island (PICO), The first peak was the peak of Portugal Piku stood opposite, with clouds gather, Pico peak sometimes at a glance, sometimes still holds the pipa, Sometimes no trace.

Azores was an important bridge between Europe and the United States, two, before the steam ship invention, all correspondence between ships in Europe and the United States in the Azores to stay. Later ships can not stop, but still not the role of communication. The hotel is located originally belonged to a British telecommunications company, is responsible for the maintenance of submarine telephone line, formerly between North American and European telephone line are all from here.
After that is maintained by the company. Until 1970s, the development of science and technology, the company was evacuated from the Azores, the story of their former cover.





Being the first new year's morning, after a night of carnival people are resting at home, the street almost disappeared. If I go through the whole town to the drugstore, walked up the total rainbow.


There is a small side from the air like a leaping dolphin hill. At sunset along the beach walk to the top of the mountain, the whole town and harbour view.
Sitting there watching the clouds to see the city in a daze, suddenly found a motorcycle rider in the intersection stop turned and smiled at me, he said a lift handle, You should walk along this path and then go forward, go straight ahead, it is incredibly beautiful scenery.

Thanked the enthusiastic young man, go straight ahead, He said to the end of the cliff. Maybe a few days ago seen Foluoleisi Xian Qi island is full of scenery, a sight that I feel a bit dull, also is the 1.5 round of the Gulf, the distant visible Pico peak snow capped mountains.

The more red, the opposite Piku is more clear peak figure.

Orta's Wharf is where many tourists love. The ocean seaman who believe that if you walk by a place without leaving their mark, bad luck, so in the dock painted on its own unique pattern. The rain washed away the old pattern, new pattern and new seaman painting.

Not only many such big pier painting, I live outside the hotel main dock sailing small wharf private painting brim. Behind each marker, is a long long journey.

Usually, these markers will have on the ship's name, nationality, after Orta's time, some will write on their own where have been, And the ship's name. The sailing ship, the Bermuda, the Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, French Martinique... You.... Behind this string name, the number of day and night is Pibozhanlang, how many liters of romantic poetry and the sunrise month many thrilling mighty storm.

A ship in 2011 after israel. Through the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, another half of the Atlantic, a long road.