Category: Cape Verde

Cape Verde, more insights.

Licking a fire lollipop and warming it up where the sun doesn’t shine…. Sal, Cape Verde talent

Soak up the atmosphere of this small fishing village in Sal, Cape Verde

Bursting at the seams, a busy Sunday at a local church in the main hub of Santa Maria, Sal.

Just chill in’ on the beach, watching the day to day beach shinanegans

Sal is a vibrant and colourful place, no grey buildings here!

Landmark attraction in Sal. On a good day the sun reflects an illuminates blue on the water.

Santa Maria in Cape Verde centres around the beach…

Watch the fish come in fresh off the boats as locals prepare and sell them against a back drop of blue seas, and Santa Maria beach surfers.

Some of the animals have been rescued from poor/unfortunate conditions.  

It’s amazing what you can do with a few bottle tops!

A few snapshots taken while wondering around the Santa Maria, the main tourist hub in Sal, Cape Verde. SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave

You will be encouraged to go for a dip in one of the salt lakes, and experience the feeling of the dead sea – you won’t sink. The salt and minerals in the water are good for your skin too. I had my swimsuit on under my clothes, fully intending…

Basically a nightclub on the beach.

An all inclusive hotel in Sal, Cape Verde.

It’s not all turquoise beaches and tourist resorts. Cape Verde is slowly developing and building its tourist industry, but still suffering deeply with poverty. The buildings are very colourful, there never seemed to be two buildings the same colour side by side. The roads are not all typical tarmac, sometimes a…

Is it really ‘that’ windy? Is it really the ‘new’ caribbean and is it true that you’ll be bored there with nothing to do?