{"id":773,"date":"2015-01-01T19:04:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T03:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/?p=773"},"modified":"2020-06-01T21:21:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T04:21:37","slug":"europe-2014-day-7-ponta-de-sao-lourenco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/2015\/01\/01\/europe-2014-day-7-ponta-de-sao-lourenco\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe 2014 Day 7: Ponta de Sao Lourenco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thursday January 1, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another day, another sleep in – this time well deserved after the late night last night. Also, the sun not coming up until after 8 does not help. Today we set off for Point San Lourenco (sp?) and it’s famous cliff walk. I forgot to bring the water that really made for a long thirsty hike, but it was so spectacular. Before we set off, we found a tiny cafe in this new timeshare resort near the trail head. I opted for s hamburger that was a bit odd, but I was hungry so it was consumed rather quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spent a good 3-3.5 hours hiking to the farthest point and back. The last section between the visitor center and the top of the cliff was a real challenge. I was sore all over and lagging everyone else, but I finally made it to the top and it was so worth it. The pictures speak for themselves, but it was an exhilarating experience and a definite high light of the trip! On the way back, I fell behind again, but just took my time to make sure I didn’t pull anything. I was never happier to see the car as when I got back to the top of the trail head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way back to the villa, we stopped at a rest stop to get some water and use the restroom. I splurged and got a Mars bar to boost my energy level. Along the motorway, I took some video and photos of the tunnels. Madeira has such cool highways through the tunnels and I wanted to make sure I recorded them for posterity. We finished the night with leftover pasta and some omelets with some more drag race episodes before calling it a night. It wasn’t a long day, but a tiring one and I need to make sure I pack in the morning as its my last night on the island before my weekend getaway to Barcelona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday January 1, 2015 Another day, another sleep in – this time well deserved after the late night last night. Also, the sun not coming up until after 8 does not help. Today we set off for Point San Lourenco (sp?) and it’s famous cliff walk. I forgot to bring the water that really made for a long thirsty hike, but it was so spectacular. Before we set off, we found a tiny cafe in this new timeshare resort near the trail head. I opted for s hamburger that was a bit odd, but I was hungry so it was consumed rather quickly. We spent a good 3-3.5 hours hiking to the farthest point and back. The last section between the visitor center and the top of the cliff was a real challenge. I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}