Tag: Cape Verde
Playing With Fire
Licking a fire lollipop and warming it up where the sun doesn’t shine…. Sal, Cape Verde talent
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Palmeira Fishing Village
Sunday Service
Bursting at the seams, a busy Sunday at a local church in the main hub of Santa Maria, Sal.
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Colours of Cape Verde
Burracona Blue Eye
Landmark attraction in Sal. On a good day the sun reflects an illuminates blue on the water.
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Beach Life
Dock of The Bay, Santa Maria.
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.
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Botanical Gardens & Farm, Cape Verde
Furniture with a twist: Waste Recycling
Out and about in Santa Maria
A few snapshots taken while wondering around the Santa Maria, the main tourist hub in Sal, Cape Verde. SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
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Salinas Salt Mines, Cape Verde
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 to get in, but it […]
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Bikini Beach Bar, Cape Verde, Sal
Sol Dunas Hotel/Melia Resort Cape Verde
Driving around Sal
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 left or right turn takes […]
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Rumour Has It….Cape Verde
As usual, I spent a lot of time scouring reviews and reading up on this destination well before my holiday. Desperate for some winter sun, Cape Verde seemed like an ideal choice from the UK, not quite long haul but plenty of hot sunshine, apparently. Funny how two people can go to the exact same […]
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