Nuns Valley

In the 16th century the Nuns on this island escaped maruading pirates and fled to the interior, where they lived subsiding on the land for 2 centuries. They grew bananas, sweet potatoes, chestnuts, had a few goats and I guess prayed a lot. All garden lots are terraced on the mountain sides. Nuns Valley is Grandcanyon-like deep rugged jungle terrain with winding roads that gave me car sickness as we drove there. Here are some landscapes from the trip today.
Lunch in a picturesque fishing village, where Winston Churchill came to paint.

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