some photos of myself

A photo taken on the boat from Faial to Pico island. Holding the support quite tight to keep myself stable.

already got used to the bumpy boat. more relaxed.

Below are the two craters from volcano eruption connected with the sea.

At Terciera island, below is a natural swimming pool, formed from a crater.

 

Inside a deep cave of a crater, which is the only crater in the world open to public. It’s very large inside, with a chimney to the surface of the ground.

Nearby there is another cave with very low channels formed by lava. we had to wear helmet inside.

more about the whale dolphin watching

sperm whale at Azores

It's quite difficult to take a good photo of a sperm whale, the major species of whale at Azores, using a non-SLR camera. But my Fuji S5100 did catch this moment when the whale took a diving for food and before it was totally gone. This picture was the winner out of other dozens of trials, if not hundreds.

dolphins

Before we went back to the marina at Horta, we met a bunch of dolphins. They were happy animals and swam around the boat, or more actually we were following them. They swam up and down in the water and could jump from anywhere, which made taking a picture of a flying dolphin not easy. Luckily, my old good Fuji S5100 got one. Today's weather was perfect, shining, calm, breezy.

Mousse lima

Sunset at Pico