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Cabo Girao is considered the tallest vertical sea cliff in all of Europe.
It is just down the coast from Funchal, on the south side of the island.
The road up to the cliff was windy, and quickly turned into rural farms scattered across the steep sides.
The actual cliff has a tourist trap thing, where you can walk out on glass over the edge.
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After finding out I missed the bus I meant to take, the lady at the bar told me there was one more I could catch in an hour or two. Being that we were at a bar up here, I wasn’t too upset.
I found that the real thrill was taking this hidden balance beam path to the bus stop.
Turns out the lady at the bar was wrong though - the bus never came.
Now that it was getting dark, and I was already in the process of picking out the most comfortable bush for the night, I remembered that this was a civilized island.
I could just download the madeira equivalent of uber and was on my way to Sao Vicente in a taxi, on the northern coast of the island.