Sao Miguel

Our azorian scouting trip ends in beutiful Sao Miguel. Although we think that Pico has everything we need location wise to make our movie, it was important for us to visit Sao Miguel as it is the largest and most modern Island in the azores. We will probably be obtaining actors and crew from this island and may have to spend some time over here.

Of course, we also had some time to take a look around and enjoy some of the island's natural beauty.

We had great luck in obtaining a terrific guide who showed us, in the short amount of time that we had, a large portion of the island. Most of our time was spent on the southern side of the island in an area called seite ciedads (my spell check doesn't work in portuguese, so please excuse my horrible spelling). Seite Ciedads, which I believe translates to seven fountains, is the place where Sao Miguel has its famous two lakes that touch and as you can see from the picture, one of the lakes is green and the other is blue. It's quite a site to behold. Our excellent guide, Joao, showed us many lakes that were not only beutiful, but also impressive in the way that the portuguese people have preserved them from litter and unnecessary tourist buildings.

We did not have enough time to see their famous Furnas, but he did show us an area where the water was boiling and people had found an area where the mixture of cold stream water and boiling volcanic water mixed to make a warm watering hole. Both Anderson and I were very jealous of the people inside as we didn't have the time to go inside ourselves.

We leave Sao Miguel unsatisfied as we did not give ourselves enough time to really get a good feeling for the island of, but we are content with the knowledge that we will return and give the island the adequate time that it deserves.

Obrigado Sao Miguel!

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