Vila do Espargos (Sal)
Date: 07/02/2008
Sal is mainly a flat desert island. Vila do Espargos is the main city in the middle of the island. This view is southwest over the city center to the international airport. All flights from Europe and other oversea destinations arrive and depart here.
Vila do Espargos main square (Sal)
Date: 07/02/2008
This is the main square of Vila do Espargos on the island Sal. This city has about 5000 inhabitants.
Vila do Espargos main street (Sal)
Date: 07/02/2008
This is the main street of Vila do Espargos. The small houses are in the typical portuguese style, which you can find all over the Cabo Verde. The main street is about 600m long.
Santa Maria Hotels (Sal)
Date: 07/02/2008
One of the typical hotels along the beach of Santa Maria in the southern part of the island. All of the so called luxery hotels are outside the main village of Santa Maria.
Santa Maria Center (Sal)
Date: 07/02/2008
Inside the village are small hotels and pensaos. All the small hotels are about 200m from the beach. Santa Maria has about 2000 inhabitants.
Santa Maria Beach (Sal)
Date: 07/02/2008
In front of the hotels is the main beach of Sal. This beach is well known for its permanent winds and therefore windsurfing.
Mindelo Harbour (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
The old harbour along the city center of Mindelo is only used by fisherboats. The fishmarket is located nearby.
Mindelo Mole (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
The old mole is the main spot in the old harbour. Sailing ships all over the world use this bay for for a save rest on their trip across the Atlantic. There is no Marina in Mindelo. On the left side is the wreck of the old watership, which brought the drinking water from St. Antao.
Mindelo Beach (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
Beside the old mole is the beach of Mindelo. Especially on weekend its full of people. The people from the sailing boats also debark here with their dinghy when they go to the market or to the center.
Praca Nova, Mindelo (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
Praca Nova is a park in front of the luxery Hotel Porto Grande near the center of Mindelo.
Hotel Chez Loutcha, Mindelo (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
Chez Loutcha is a good small hotel in the center of Mindelo. It has also an excellent restaurant. Address: C.P. 303, Rua do Coco, Mindelo.
Mindelo (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
This is a typical street with old houses in the center of Mindelo. There is nearly no traffic, since there are not so many cars on this island.
Monte Verde (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
From Mindelo it is just a short way (by taxi) to the top of Monte Verde (750m), the highest point of Sao Vicente. The peak of the mountain is always covered by clouds, leaving enough water to use the higher parts for agriculture.
Mindelo Bay (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
From the top of Monte Verde you can see the complete Mindelo bay (if the clouds are leaving for a while).
Mindelo (Sao Vicente)
Date: 07/02/2008
This is Mindelo from the seaside. The whole island except Monte Verde has nearly no vegetation.
Porto Novo (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
The Ribeira de Paul is the ferry between the islands Sao Vicente and Santo Antao. Once a day it ships people, vegetabales and animals between the islands.
From Porto Nuevo to Vila de Ribeira Grande (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
Alugers are the only means of transportation on this island. They are some kind of pick-up taxis. There are no busses, but some Alugers have regular timetables. The streets are narrow and they drive very fast. Escpecially on the way back to Porto Nuevo, where they want to get a place in the queue for the new ferry guests.
Vila de Ribeira Grande (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
This is the main street of Vila de Ribeira Grande (also called Povoacao), the largest city of Santo Antao. It it is located between two rivers and has about 3000 inhabitants.
Beach of Vila Ribeira Grande (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
The northern coast of the island is very rough and has nearly no save places to swim. This is the beach of Vila Ribeira Grande.
Ribeira da Torre (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
From Vila de Ribeira Grande you can walk into the valley of Ribeira da Torre.
Tope de Miranda (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
At the beginning of the walk through the valley Ribeira da Torre it is wide and easy to walk. The small peak in the valley is called Tope de Miranda.
Ribeira da Torre (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
After 3-4 kilometers the city Vila de Ribeira Grande the valley gets narrow but its still flat to walk.
Ribeira da Torre (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
At the end of the valley it is very steep up to the road from Porto Novo to Vila de Ribeira Grande (up to 1000m).
Cantinho de Amizade (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
After a hike its good to have a cold beer and some Bafas :-). A nice place is the Cantinho de Amizade in Vila de Ribeira Grande.
Cova (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
On the top of the mountains between Ribeira Grande and Porto Nuevo is the Cova, an old caldera. From here you can walk down to Vila das Pombas.
Ribeira do Paul (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
From the Cova (1160m) a small path leads down to the Valley Ribeira do Paul. A long time ago it was used to transport food with mules down to Vila das Pombas.
Ribeira do Paul (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
On the hike from the Cova to Vila das Pombas (about 800m).
Farmers House (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
This is a typical farmers house on Santo Antao. It is located in the Ribeira do Paul.
Ribeira do Paul (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
The lower part of the valley Ribeira do Paul is mainly sugar cane area. This is the home of the typical Grogue :-)
Ribeira do Paul (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
This is the valley near Vila das Pombas. It is Sugar cane and Grogue area of course. The feet can get really tired when you taste a lot of Grogue on the way, but from now on this valley is served by Alugars.
Vila das Pombas (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
Vila das Pombas is a small village at the bottom of the valley Ribeira do Paul.
Ponta do Sol (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
Ponta do Sol is a nice and renovated city in the northern part of Santo Antao. It has about 1000 inhabitants. This photo shows the big main square.
Ponta do Sol Harbour (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
Ponta do Sol has a small save harbour which is not suitable for sailing boats. It is only used by fishermen.
Fishermen (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
In Ponta do Sol the fishermen sort the fresh fish for delivery to the restaurants at the northern part of the island.
Fishdelivery (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
After the fish in the harbour of Ponta do Sol is sorted, the woman are responsible to deliver the fresh fish to restaurants and local markets.
Ponta do Sol (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
This are typical renovated houses outside the center of Ponta do Sol.
Fontainhas (Santo Antao)
Date: 07/02/2008
From Ponta do Sol it is a few kilometers walk up to Fontainhas, a nice village 500m above the sea.
Cidade Velha Beach (Santiago)
Date: 07/09/2008
This is the beach beside the village center of Cidade Velha, the old capital of Cabo Verde. It is about 30 minutes with an Alugar from Praia to this place.
Cidade Velha (Santiago)
Date: 07/09/2008
This is the other side of the beach with parts of the village center. An old pillory on this place commemorates slavery and the slave markted nearby.
Cidade Velha (Santiago)
Date: 07/09/2008
The portoguese-style houses are still used and very common in this village. On the top you can see the old fort of Cidade Velha.
Grogue Distillery (Santiago)
Date: 07/09/2008
In the valley of Cidade Velha (about 600m from the beach) is an old, but still used Grogue distillery.
Sao Filipe with Brava (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
Sao Filipe is the main city on Fogo with about 25.000 inhabitants. In the background you can see the next island Barva.
Sao Filipe (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
One of the old Sobrados of former rich people. Sao Filipe is very nice and calm and a good place to relax.
Sao Filipe Church (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
This is the main big church of Sao Filipe near the way down to the beach.
Sao Filipe (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
A palce in the southern part of the city. In background you can see the outer parts of the vulcano.
Sao Filipe Beach (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
This is the beach of Sao Filipe. It consists of fine black sand and it is save to swim. Unfortunatly the whole infrastructure is located 50-70m above in the city.
From Sao Filipe to Mosteiros (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
This is the upper main road to Mosteiros. There are about 40-50 cars on the whole island and this is one of the three cars which are available for renting in Sao Filipe.
Mosteiros (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
Mosteiros is the second largest village in the northern part of the Fogo. You can walk down from the caldeira or Pico to this village in one day. Regular Alugers to Sao Filipe are once a day.
Cha das Caldeiras (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
In the middle of the island is a big old caldeira called Cha das Caldeiras in about 1600m. The caldeira has a diameter from about 8km. Inside this caldeira is the Pico de Fogo.
Pico de Fogo (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
Inside the Cha das Caldeiras (1600m) is the Pico de Fogo (2829m). It is hard to get up, because there is no real way up in black sand. The photo shows the side of Pico, where the path to the top is leading up.
Wine Cooperativa (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
Inside the Cha das Caldeiras the people try to make white and red wines. You can taste it at this place, it tastes interesting (means not like usual wines) and is very rare. Non-wine drinkers should drink spanish beer.
Ponta da Salina (Fogo)
Date: 07/09/2008
Near Sao Jorge in the western part of the island is a save harbour with a small beach called Ponta da Salina.
