{"id":1945,"date":"2012-09-11T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/11\/full-day-to-vila-franca-islet\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:29:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:29:12","slug":"full-day-to-vila-franca-isle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/full-day-to-vila-franca-isle\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Day to Vila Franca Islet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a little bit of rain we had a wonderful Full Day trip today, with a morning full of surfing <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\">common dolphins<\/a>, a nice lunch and good&nbsp;snorkeling&nbsp;at the islet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6246-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6246-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>The day started with a lovely rainbow<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6269-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6269-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6271-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6271-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>Common dolphins surfing the waves<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6247-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6247-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6260-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6260-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>Whale watchers<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6308-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6308-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6316.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_6316.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>We stopped in Vila Franca do Campos harbour to photograph sea gulls feeding on leftovers<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Vidalia-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Vidalia-1.jpg\" width=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>On the Islet we watched some of the&nbsp;endemic&nbsp;species that lives there,<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>like this beautiful Vid\u00e1lia above<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i><br 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