"Madeira Madeira Madeira" Jamangie’s photos around Funchal, Portugal

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Funchal, Portugal by TravelPod blogger Jamangie titled "Madeira Madeira Madeira............." Jamangie’s travel blog entry: "Madeira, Madeira, Madeira........why do I always repeat your name thrice.........? When Madreira was ramping up their tourism in the 80's they really should've got Icehouse to rewrite 'Man of colours' into 'Land of tunnels'..........only Tina Turner could've done more for 80's tourism jingles.............it would've been great..........Convertible with uber 80's mulleted hunk and his busty companion driving the curving, clifftop ocean roads of Madeira........wind blowing their hairs.......instant tourism industry!......ok enough craptastic dreamscapes...... Officially Madeira has the second highest vertical cliff-face falling to the ocean , and the second highest deep sea trench in the world, fortunately Madeira has so mush more than tunnels and second places......Madeira has so much rugged, unshaved beauty..........deep dark ravines and Tolkienesque peaks.........in fact while we speak of Tolkien perhaps Madeira was his island land where the Elves went to convalesce .......after all judging by Madeiran traditional dance and hats there has been an elf or hobbit in residence for many years.........herm........and they are quite short people.......?!?!? But one of the most amazing aspects of Madeira is the diversity of weather and landscape.........it's brilliant!..........too cloudy where you are ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 52s Date Found: Mon, Feb 28 2011 11:30 PM Category: Travel Date Produced: Sun, Feb 27 2011 7:39 PM View Count: 0