Azores 2011, day 4, dolphin safari

Augusti 21, Ponta Delgada and a dolphin boat. There are supposedly a lot of dolphins around Azores, so today we strolled down to the harbour and joined a tour. Took a few pictures of wall art on the way, there is plenty of that in Ponta Delgada.

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Moby Dick Tours. Maybe not an altogether encouraging name…

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Beautiful weather, blue sky with fluffy clouds, the great Atlantic ocean. All you need for a nice day.

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Once at the site the water was teeming with dolphins. But they were difficult to catch on a picture. Once you spotted a few of them jumping and took your picture they were already on their way down in the ocean. I managed to get a few blurry pictures though.

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Moby Dick took an extra tour around the interesting lagoon island Ilhéu da Vila.

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On the way back. The buildings go like a white band along the coastline.

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Back at the harbour, here a picture of the harbour arena.

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