Above is a photo of the Green and Blue Lakes on Sao Miguel of the Azores. It’s in an old volcano crater which collapsed endless centuries ago and just one of the many sights you can see on this beautiful island which is quickly becoming my favorite anywhere.
Next to it is the city of Seven Sisters and really, lots of ideas where that name came from but I think it has something to do with 7 being a mystical number. The lakes have an a few interesting stories as well but only one really makes sense to me.
You see, a princess was dating a shepherd and the king said no way so they met one last time. They both cried so much that they filled the lakes. Naturally the girl had blue eyes as she cried more and made the biggest lake and the shepherd had green eyes. I mean, this has to be the right answer, yes?
This photo was taken from King’s View Point as well they brought the King and Queen of Portugal there in 1901 when they came to visit a well; it’s a view fit for a king.
I’d go on but I need to shower, eat something and be ready in 45 minutes to go on a long hike not far from the Furnas Valley which is known for a few things including the Furnas Golf Course, thermal baths and more. More on everything later but thought I’d make this update quick as clearly I have no sense of time management.
This is one beautiful place…
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Man, you’re out in the middle of nowhere.
I heard of the Azores, but had no idea where they were until I looked at the world map on my wall. Enjoy.
PS a southern love song, of sorts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXxtsWgoTec
Thanks, they are definitely “out there” but in a good way. Listening to the track you posted while posting this, indeed.
wow, beautiful picture & lake
there are interesting legends about the Azores …. and perhaps there is some truth in it that the Azores are almost all that’s left from the destruction of Atlantis, which was purported to be a highly evolved civilization capable of intergalactic space travel who got into a war with Mu, whose remains from the nuclear destructed outcome of that war, is the Gobi desert. The Seven Sisters constellation, otherwise known as The Pleiades has always been referred to in mystic lore as where the Gods were located. However, it is also said that those Gods were actually space travelers whose home planet was in a star sytem located just beyond the Pleiades/Seven Sisters in our twin universe separated from our universe by a fraction of a second.
It’s where three big plates meet which is why there is such volcanic activity here. Luckily though we only live for tiny slivers of time so we can enjoy these islands fro what they are. I’m sure in a few million years there will be more of them.
I’m not sure about everything you wrote but I do like the idea of Atlantis and naturally, time travel having been an avid reader of this site for years.
Stunning shot! Well done.
Damn. How far is that from the course you’ve been playing?
Have a great time there and thanks for bird dogging the place. I’m looking up Azores travel right now.
Pleasure and it’s like ~20 minutes or so. I have now spent time on four of the 9 islands and seen two others… They are all cool same same but different.
That said, without a doubt I’m a Sao Miguel guy as it has all the amenities of the first world I need and a ~5 drive outside the city I’m back in the past.
Also, the golf courses are unreal so I’m thinking of renting a pad for 6 months next summer to catch up on work, oil my short game and just breathe fresh air.
I’m now a big fan of these islands.
Looks a lot more worthwhile than watching every tick of the market this week 🙂
Without a doubt, it’s easy to miss life while trying to build a better one.