Toasting on Helsinki-Vantaa just before we left.
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Still toasting.
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Weather in Finland just before take-off.
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A view in Spain.
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Alcántara dam in Spain.
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Lissabon.
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Uncles keep on swinging.
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A view from a seat.
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Fuchal in sight.
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Part of Funchal runway is built on top of sea.
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Turning...
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And turning some more, just before landing.
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The first morning at hotel Florasol.
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Scenery cought during a walk to down town.
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Chasm on the way to down town.
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A nice pink hotel.
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Back view of Sport Smart.
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Front view of Sport Smart.
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Stairs to a garden.
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Harbor and a luxury cruiser.
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A view to Funchal from the garden.
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Kolumbus statue. He was married to Porto Santo governor's doughter, they say.
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Sister are having fun with a cactus called Erkki.
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Posing in front of Erkki.
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Geckos. There were dozens if not hunderds of them running around.
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A blossom tree.
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Taking a breath in a down town cafe.
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Guys are having some beers.
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Merja does NOT smoke cigarettes.
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Merja does NOT smoke cigars, either.
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All Erkki had during the whole trip was just milk.
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Some Polish guy had his own statue and people brought flowers for him.
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On the cable car station.
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If you photograph me, I'll photograph you.
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In a cable car above roofs.
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Towards the mountains in a cable car.
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First the car wasn't running too high..
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Then the cars elevated a bit.
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You can see balconies and yards from the cable car.
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A sceneray towards Funchalin.
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Ok, were quite high now...
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The road is quite far away down below.
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A massive highway bridge.
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Ok, now were even higher...
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Some of the houses were quite nice.
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A close-up of a flower.
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"So, this is what's it's like in here."
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A chapel in Monte village.
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Monte village garden.
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"Man, they have everything in here."
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A chapel.
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A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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Cute kois in Monte palace tropical garden.
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"Gimme a kiss you fish!"
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A handsome yellow koi in Monte palace tropical garden.
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A peacock in Monte palace tropical garden.
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The peacock stepped back as Henna approaced.
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Juha grew a horn.
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A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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An olive tree which was over a thousand years old.
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Monte palace tropical garden.
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The tallest vase in A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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Flowers in A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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A shortcut above water.
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Japanise staris in A path in Monte palace tropical garden.
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Clouds were low when we returned back to Funchal using the cable car.
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A view down to Funchal.
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Blackbird sang in front of our balcony one morning. Our next door neightbour threw something at the bird. Some people just don't appreciate the nature.
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Extreme video filming performed by Merja.
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A view to the neighbourhood.
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A lot of people can squeeze into single balcony.
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Fish tank.
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Bus trip photo.
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Bus trip photo.
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Bus trip photo.
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Mök.
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Scenery.
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Juha at the scenery.
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Our gang at the scenery.
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A herb.
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The police came and evicted fruit seller away.
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Henna wanted to pose with the authorities at once!
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Bus trip photo.
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Bus trip photo.
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Oh man, they want to take our picture - again!
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Waves in Atlantic Ocean.
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A waterfall.
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There are no beaches in Madeira, as you can see.
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Flowers near the tallest steep in Europe, at Capo Girão.
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Capo Girão. It's 580 meters high.
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Capo Girão.
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Capo Girão.
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A group photo at Capo Girãolla.
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Bus trip photo.
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Tampere!
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We rushed to celebrate the 50-year-old during the night.
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Or was it a surprise? There were cups ready waiting for us...
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Happy birthday!
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A birthday kiss.
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And them some posing.
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A lot of liquir was consumed that night.
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Teemu on a range.
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A view from golf course to Funchal.
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Hotel designated parrot.
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Merja on a levada.
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A view from a levada.
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Merja, Juha and Merja on a levada.
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Levada i.e. drain.
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Banana trees near the lavada.
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These bananas do not comply with EU directives!
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After 7 kimeteres of walking we were on top of a highway.
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The birthday queen was adorned with flowers in the morning.
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The garland was glued tightly.
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Merja 50 yrs. The offical pose.
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A close-up of the garland.
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Towards down town with Erkki.
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That's was suppose to go up 100 meters.
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Unfortunately the day was too windy.
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The balloon huddled near the beach.
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A small boat decorated solely for having dinner.
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Fish gridlock.
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Since the balloon wasn't going anywere, were decided to have the champagne on the dock.
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Hei hei!
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Merja had a blink walk.
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And the guides changed constantly.
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Yet another guide.
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And the next guides.
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Here we go.
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No peeking!
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In the end Merja was guided by a Mardeiran taxi driver.
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We came to rescue when Merja was about to take the taxi to the hotel.
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Merja going to have a ride in the cable car.
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Henna explaining.
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Merja.
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Restaurant La Rocca. We had our own cabinet.
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Restaurant La Rocca's filet mignon.
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Restaurant La Rocca's picanha.
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The restaurant forgot the cake, but they used magic to get one quickly.
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From now one, Merja smokes cigars only.
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Partying.
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Hotel Florasol.
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This is the flower that should be photographed a lot, they say. This one was taken from the bus when we were leaving.
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Funchal.
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On a way to the airport.
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Henna's look-a-like. She had identical poncho and all.
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British grannies on the way home.
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