I've heard this called the Hawaii of Europe it's a lush subtropical Island that hardly anyone has
even heard of hello from the island of flourish in the Azores it sits at the westernmost point
of Europe rumored to even be the Lost Island of Atlantis just straight out of a fairy tale
book this is a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with some of the most dramatic
landscape I've ever seen I'm convinced this is fake entire island of Flores is only 54.5 square
miles yet it feels like the few days we have here are already way too short in contrast to
the largest island of the Azores San Miguel where we spent the last week Flores is only a fifth of
the size and only has 4 000 people living there compared to Sal Miguel's 140 000 it just might
have us both asking if we're on a movie set but we're not this is actually real so we did arrive
a couple days ago [Music] the first day where the weather looks looks for out exploring we're on
we're on first viewpoint 2.0 Hello friends Hello friends hello friend
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hello
looking at these views and tending to the cows on the island the main economy
other than tourism just kind of makes you feel like the hustle and bustle of a city
maybe isn't really living when you're here you really do get the sense that
cows outnumber people we've just come across a lot of cows hey friends all the little guy
just a typical day on flourish it's Rural and dreamy making you feel a pull to what
feels like a simpler more relaxed life now we're headed to Costa nordeste which is the northern
lighthouse out there our next stop brought us through much of this dreamy landscape to
the northernmost point a lighthouse with waterfalls in the distance and patches of
wildflowers all around I feel like snapping so we're just gonna be a point real quick [Music]
we're crossing the island through the middle now to go to the side with the
famous waterfalls I don't know how much we'll see but it's in adventure anyway we didn't see
much the weather in the Azores is famous for its unpredictability and barely even see like
10 feet in front of us so we made our way to the southern tip of the island where we're down the
street or honestly Google Maps reviews was that this bar was pretty darn good [Music]
interesting we got marked down on the board in there surprise a little U.S people come [Music]
we've sampled a lot of veggie burgers here and that was probably the best one that was really
good the owner was super nice we may or may not be successful at seeing the waterfall or we want to
go back and try it two things worth knowing on the island of flourish number one if you get carsick
brace yourself these are some windy roads number two the cars that you're able to rent at least
that we were able to rent because we can only drive an automatic we got the Opel Corsa which
I've got to say is not the best coming around to it no you're not this steep ass road is so
car because it wouldn't happen until like Florida it's fine we're almost there on this side it's all
clear and Purdy oh this behind me I don't know if you can see it there's a really cute little
cottage back there from like the 1700s and we actually stayed there when we first arrived so
if you're curious what it looks like inside this is what it looks like this is our like old style
waterfall of boat for the next few days the Mojo de Cascada was a working Mill in the 1700s that
has now been turned into a BNB that you can actually stay in it's been renovated to add
electricity has four beds to choose from and several levels to hang out on and the kitchen
has an induction stove and even a microwave now so we definitely would have filmed more
during our stay there but the weather was insane it was super windy super rainy it was
like coming in sideways as soon as we were done filming that tour welcome tour so I'm glad to be
back it's still foggy but we can actually see the waterfalls now so I'm gonna drill
but this is far from the only waterfall stop on the island oh
no there's a super famous one that was the reason why I wanted to come here
we're gonna give the big famous waterfall a try even though it's a little foggy and we need a
dike to it praying that the fog wouldn't totally obstruct the whole thing foreign
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most of it is covered but you can tell it would be really amazing [Music] [Applause] it doesn't
look real [Music] I'm convinced this is fake it seems that mostly Islands this is all Jurassic
Park set isn't it do you like the waterfall yeah you know there were rumors about this
being like the Lost Atlantis it might be it might be this is the waterfall that makes Forest famous
and I really really wanted to see the whole thing although I was so grateful to see even the little
bit we could see that day I kind of wondered if maybe we would have one last chance for Redemption
on our very last day silly boy silly boy one more little adventure for the evening although
we visited in early May and it wasn't quite warm enough there are natural swimming pools all over
the island and this one in the main town of Santa Cruz is one of the most famous [Music]
these are cool it's so nice I would love to swim in there when it's a little warmer
and a little sunset [Music]
there's a webcam called spot Azores that tells you or shows you different parts of the island
and how the weather is so it's one in particular that's been totally just white with fog in this
whole time but it's clear today even though it's like really buggy here it kind of seems
like maybe this side of the island which was the Sunny Side is now like things have flip-flopped
so we're hightailing it over there before our flight out this evening to try to see the things
that we didn't see the last couple days first Overlook of the day two lakes and a waterfall
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where are we going to the water little dude just fell asleep so we're gonna check out
lakes that I've been wanting to see that were in the clouds this whole time so I think these are
going to be really beautiful okay yeah let's go to the waterfall oh yes oh that looks good although
we had seen a little bit of the waterfalls the day before and they were truly amazing I really
hoped we would get there in time to see them in all their Glory the second time around and you
know what we did everyone coming our way is just beaming so I think that's a good sign oh yeah damn
that's a waterfall oh my God oh my God thank you [Music]
look it was awesome yesterday but to be able to see the whole thing
way more just feels yeah just I'm so glad oh so happy right now we got to see the Lakes we
got to see the waterfalls let's see almost everything I was feeling like did you even
come to four as if you didn't see those things what they are very beautiful now
we've seen them and I feel very lucky oh yeah can I can I live here [Music]