Waking up in Terceira the next day was like waking up on a new place. Everything cleaned up and an entirely sober and functioning place with a whole new day’s light. This time for the tour we had an actual bus to tour in before our flight back to Ponta Delgada. We spent the day exploring the land and did not see too many things differently than the other islands. We explored high lookout points and an amazing area of natural pools that we swam in. Most notably was a statue we went by for a major bullfighting arena. It was so large, abstract, and was completely black unlike anything else across the islands. Although the general look of all of the islands remained the same between the three we visited; it was clear each one had it’s own personality.

After the tour, we were taken to the airport to go back to the island this whole trip started at, Ponta Delgada. This time we were in the more “urban” area. We arrived on the day of a festival that littered the streets with flowers arranged in beautiful images alongside carts, churches, and shops all decorated for the occasion. We caught the tail end of it and I took the opportunity to take portraits of locals and shop for any gifts I thought I needed to get. We arrived in the afternoon so besides witnessing the end of the festivus we relaxed and watched the end of the locals enjoying their holiday.