Casa Maracuja & Paul Valley Region, Santo Antao
DH has done it again: found a charming little hotel in a stellar location, this time in the Paul Valley of the island of Santo Antao, Cape Verde. When we arrived at the ferry dock in Porto Novo we…
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10 Step Process to Getting Your Cape Verde Visa Extended
Remember to stay Zen As you may recall, we were unable to buy a visa for more than 30 days at the airport when we landed in Cape Verde. In theory we should have been able to get a 90…
Mandinga Warriors Parades
Carnival is a big deal in Mindelo. They say it is 2nd only to Rio in scope. But even the weeks leading up to it are full of excitement. Part of that is the weekly parade of the Mandinga Warriors…
Hiking the Serra Malagueta Natural Park in Santiago, Cape Verde
Our guide, Zegue, explaining the hike we are about to do. Our guide, Zegue, met us at the gates of the Cotes de France, a hiker’s B&B in among the jagged mountain peaks of Santiago Island, in Cape Verde.…
Le Tour de Maio
Tema and Christophe ready to tour Maio Today Christophe loaded us into his rattling old pickup truck for a tour of the 269 square km island of Maio. It is 24 km long by 16 km wide at its largest…
Cycling in Maio (& Deep, Dark Fears)
Today I had one of those moments that surface one’s deepest, darkest fears.Those of you who know DH know that not only does he look incredibly young, he has the physical fitness of a man half his age. Over the…
Praia to Maio
Sometimes there is an inverse relationship between the size of the airport and the intensity of airport security. I guess they feel the need to justify their existence. Or they are just looking for ways to make their lives more…
Cidade Velha, Cabo Verde
Today we had the hotel arrange for a driver to take us out of town to visit the Ribeira Grande fortress and town (now called Cidade Velha). The town, established by the Portuguese in the 1460s, was the first colonial…
Praia, Cape Verde
[Internet is not always accessible on the islands, and most hotels ask that you not upload photos, so the next few posts won’t have photos added until later.] We walked up to “the Plateau”, which is the historic old centre…
Arrival in Praia, Cabo Verde
The weather in Malaga turned nasty last week (OK, nasty by Malagan standards, not Canadian ones: a bit of rain, grey skies, temperatures as low as +12c.) Then there was a big hailstorm which drew kids into the street to…