Hello from the beautiful azores. Its 75 degrees and sunny. We spent our whole first day out on a catamaran tracking whales, bottle-nosed, striped and spotted dolphins with a marine biologist. We got a bit seasick, but it was beautiful and we got a good look at Pico Island and the island of Faial where we are staying. The islands are sparsely populated, dotted with small red roofs and green fields that are divided with natural barriers of hedges. All of the dairy and meat is local here, as is the fish of course.
Our campsite is alongside the water and we slept last night to the thunderous waves that crashed on the shore. The only hazards here are mosquitoes, one of which attacked my eye!
We're taking plans one or two days at a time here, but tomorrow we'll be out on the catamaran again and on the following day doing a hike.