I am back from Madeira. With me I bring good tidings, news about me and pictures. I got to do all kinds of fun things while I was there. It was a wonderful adventure. The arrangement I had with the owner of the farm was that he would bring me food, and I would stay on the farm and work. However he took off to India after I got there, and I was left with no food, and very little money. Fortunatley there was apples, chickens, eggs, and chestnuts on the farm so I did not starve, but lost a hell of a lot of weight. Oh yeah, no electricity either, so I hacked one of those solar walkway lights to charge my phone when it was sunny. The nearest business was a bar that took 2 hours to hike to, and 2 hours to hike back.
I did however get the chance from time to time to make my way down the mountain and catch a bus to Funchal. Funchal is the capitol and largest "city" on the island. One day I decided to walk. I walked the entire distance, it took the entire day. Something told me to walk it that day. On my walk I became thirsty so I stopped into a cafe', it was there that I met my future wife and mother of my child!
I am home now until January 25th, on the 20th my girlfriend will be coming to America. I plan to take her to the top of the Empire State building and propose to her in true cliche' American style. Wish me luck, and enjoy these images.
These images have been shrunk and optimized so admins don't hate me.
To start this is the view of the hut I stayed in.
The view to the ocean (which is hard to see in this pic) from the farm I stayed on.
This is a pic I took on one of my many walks through the mountains
A different view of where I stayed.
This is my beautiful gilfriend Ana Paula Caleia dos Santos (girl from the cafe').
She even stayed on the farm with me for 3 days. This is a pic from inside the bar I mentioned earlier.
This is me showing off how much weight I lost living off of nuts and apples.
My girl at the Hairdressers.
Yep. We started a family. This was the second test that said positive.
I have about 900 pictures thanks to my Sony Ericsson w800i, too bad I can't show them all.
Conclusion
Though sometimes things were tough, I LOVED IT. I gained so much from going, the love of my life, a child, and a home on a beautiful tropical island. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that. Ana's parents like me so much they gave us their home there (they live in london) and they said I am the man of the house and anything I say goes. They are even paying for a major addition to the house that will double the total home size so there is plenty of room for us and the baby. Isn't life wonderful.
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Welcome back
I plan on doing something like that in less than 2yrs. I plan on selling everything and travel the world in the next two years. Perhaps we can find each other in Portugal. I dont plan on selling my VX either! Once again HAPPY NEW YEAR and Congrats in finding the love of your life.
