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Toboggan Ride in Monte, Madeira
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Go on a high-speed toboggan run down the steep, twisting streets of Monte, Madeira. These are guided by two uniformed “drivers”. Ernest Hemingway once described it as "Exhilarating". A Cushioned seat softens the safe hands ride,and passengers inthe safe hands of the toboggan drivers, who push and sterr from the rear,using their rubber-soled boots as brakes. Madeiran Tobogganing was invented as a form of transportation in 1850.
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