NEW YEAR'S EVE IN FUNCHAL

Funchal cruise ships gathering on 31st December 2005: ALBATROS, QUEEN ELIZABETH 2, VAN GOGH, AURORA and BLACK PRINCE, five of the twelve passenger ships that choose Funchal, Madeira Island as the main attraction port in their New Year cruises. Other passenger ships in port for the spectacular fireworks display where the ATHENA, COSTA MARINA, LILI MARLEEN, MAXIM GORKY, MSC OPERA, SAGA ROSE, and the cruise ferry LOBO MARINHO. Copyright photographs by Luís Miguel Correia