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precipitous, nice, wild.

All of a sudden the sun is shining and half of the Azores Islands are slumbering in it - Faisal in the western part, lush vegetation; Sao Jorge deep in the northern part; Terceira creeping on the other side. I can see it's different even when I drove to the suburbs to drive the western side of the edge of the island and southbound.

Had it ever been necessary to remember the Azores seaquake, it would certainly not have had to be as violent as the New Year quake of 1980. But, just as the town was restored as a keener image of its old self, Terceira flourished in the following 36 years.

Here, landscape parks - especially the well-kept Jardim Duque de Terceira, all lawn areas, wells and artistic music pavilions - stretch out their branches. The position of the Capelinhos beacon is such that no mater where on Faial you begin your voyage in your quest for it, you come from the south. Farol doses Capelinhos is to the Azores what Pompeii is to Italy.

Drawn from the earthen tomb that had bury its two-storey pedestal, it was re-opened as a permanent exhibition in 2008. The ones who have remained are living on an islet that has retired to rest - whose idle guard is still watching the world. Capelinhos (00351 292 200470; parquesnaturais.azores.gov. pt); ?10.

Whale spotting tours cost ?55 via Futurismo (00351 296 559385; futurismo.pt). I' m going southwards, looking for heat on the gentle Praia Formosa beaches and leave the spirits of the fifteenth to their old antagonism. Praia de Lobos Hotel (00351 296 882277; hotel-praiadelobos.pt).