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crossing the Atlantic

A travel blog entry by aussiepanda

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we didn't really go to the Cape Verde Islands but we did sail past them in the night! Day 22. 8 November 2007 (At Sea) It wasn't only moths that covered the ship last night. There are literally thousands, maybe ...

Cape Verde again...

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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Back in Praia.

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Found a boat, off to the Caribbean, au revoir : )

A travel blog entry by vonkaz29

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Tried to get a plane ticket to fly out on friday last week, but couldn't as the travel agency didn't accept cards (3rd millennium wonders : ) so the prospect was to wait for the next flight out to Brasil in a week time, sunday the 13th of dec..... ...

CABO VERDE

A travel blog entry by pintas

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volcan fogo

A travel blog entry by vmarchal

Je suis venu sur cette ile pour unique ojectif de voir ce volcan. Les images parlent d elle ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands

A travel blog entry by jimstephkrueger

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I was pretty excited to be visiting the island of Sao Vincente in the Cape Verde Islands just off the coast of Africa . It was a very nice morning - warm and sunny - the island didn't look like it supported much life and vegetation and as we made our way ...

Praia

A travel blog entry by vmarchal

Retour sur dakar, et depart vers la gambie, casmance, plus les ...

pit stop in Ilha do Sal

A travel blog entry by homhead

... idea how some of our fellow passengers could have sat through that flight given the size limitations. As far as how full it was from Cape Town to Atlanta I counted about 5-10 empty seats out of about 100 in the back third of the plane. Some people just ...

C est parti pour la plongee

A travel blog entry by vmarchal

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Je suis venu pour faire une plongee d exception : la grotte de taracona et son fameux rayon bleu. Je pense faire un sommet de volcan, la descente d un volcan est toujours sympa, la cendre se comporte comme de la cendre. Pour les photos il faut ...

Premiere colnie europeene

A travel blog entry by vmarchal

Entre 2 avion j ai pris un taxi pour cette ville qui est la plus ancienne colonie europeene. Le Cap Vert est un pays qui n avait pas d habitant lors de l arriv�e des ...

Cape Verde Islands- 11th-18th March 2008

A travel blog entry by anita_guy

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I went to Cape Verde for my birthday and it was another one of those 'last minute' decisions to go there. I only wished that I had travelled to the other islands there like Santo Antao, but unfortunately one week here was not enough time to do ...

J+5 / D+5 Mon 12 Nov

A travel blog entry by ccheng

(En fran�ais) C'est tr�s calme en ce moment. Quelques dauphins phosphorescents dans la nuit. Au petit matin, on manque de se prendre un porte containeur en pleine face : C'est assez difficile de voir la direction des navires dans le noir, ...

J+6 / D+6 Tues 13 Nov

A travel blog entry by ccheng

... a sailboat! From far, it seems to be heading for us. It was a Danish sailboat, Expresso. We think that they're also heading for Cape Verde, but they're travelling much faster than us, even though their boat is almost the same size as us. We let them pass ...

J+7 / D+7 Wed 14 Nov : Phil lost his shorts!

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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(En fran�ais) Fabuleux, on tient une moyenne de plus de 4.5 noeuds. Et alors qu'on est a pr�s de 6 noeuds, survient notre premi�re frayeur : Je suis en train de lire dans la cabine quand Claudia arrive et me dit qu'elle va se baigner. ...

J+8 / D+8 Thurs 15 Nov

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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(En fran�ais) Ah notre deuxi�me poisson. Pas tr�s gros mais tr�s bon et surtout tr�s long a d�m�ler la ligne qui s'�tait prise avec une autre. On a passe environ 1 heure, Claudia et moi, pour faire ce boulot. (In English) It's been 8 days ...

Cape Verde

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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We woke up to a gusty morning and waters are very choppy. Looks like our plan to leave today will be postponed to tomorrow or when the weather's better. We're gonna get some food provisions later after this. I'll have to put the little spanish ...

Crossing the Ocean and the Equator

A travel blog entry by jimstephkrueger

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December 11 Crossing the Ocean Greetings from the Atlantic Ocean - not much more to say than that. We are enjoying very warm weather - some sun and a few scattered clouds - calm seas - beautiful sunsets and some very good sleeping! ...

J+3 / D+3 Calamari

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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(En fran�ais) Les nuits sont superbes; un ciel d�gage, pas de lune, le noir complet. Des milliers d'�toiles, il y en a tellement que je n'arrive m�me pas � reconna�tre les constellations. Comme notre pilote automatique principal nous a ...

J+4 / D+4 Sun 11 Nov

A travel blog entry by ccheng

(En fran�ais) J'ai l'impression que les nuits sont bien plus passionnantes que le jour. Alors que je m'endormais paisiblement sur les genoux de Claudia pendant son quart, voila que je me r�veille en sursaut, alerte par les cris hyst�riques de ...

Arrival in Cape Verde

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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After 11 days of voyage, we finally arrived in the city of Mindelo, 2nd largest in Cape Verde. The last 2 days were terribly slow...we were travelling only at 1-2 miles per hour...if this doesn�t build up your patience, what does? It was a relief to ...

Les derniers jours avant l'arrivee au Cap Vert

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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J+9 : Vendredi 16 Nov Si on maintient notre vitesse, on devrait arriver samedi dans l'apres midi. Aussit�t dit aussit�t ... pas fait. En fin de journee le vent tombe pour atteindre 0km/h pendant la nuit. J+10 : Samedi 17 Nov On a plus du ...

Departure fr Arguineguin / Depart d'Arguineguin

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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... genoa and the main sail) for the first time. We had exactly 777 miles (jackpot!) to travel to Sal, one of the islands in Cape Verde. Phil briefed us on the man overboard procedures and night watch duties : there are 4 shifts; 19h00 -22h00, 22h00 - 01h00, ...

J+2 Dauphins / D+2 Dolphins

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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(En fran�ais) En fait �tre enferme sur un bateau 24h/24 a regarde d�filer l'eau mile apr�s mile, c'est vite tr�s chiant. Particuli�rement lorsqu'il n'y a pas de vent. Alors on trouve des activit�s comme la p�che, regarder un bateau qui passe au ...

Hearing out their needs

A travel blog entry by tbarros

... and I will use what I have learned to make the future camps better. We also spoke about the basketball community as a whole in Cape Verde and how the NBA clinics were just a few weeks back. What we came up with after a few hours of chatting is that ...

no stress

A travel blog entry by julesandjames

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No stress. No stress. This is the local saying that is spray painted onto anything. And it's true, Cabo verde has its own timezone, pace of life and no stress attitude that is very similar to that of the Caribbean. A typical Cabo verdean day seems to ...

Day 2 of Camp

A travel blog entry by tbarros

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The 2nd day of camp began with rebounding drills and shooting drills. One thing that we noticed from day one was many of the campers were athletes but just needed to perfect their techniques or as I like to call it their "Shooting Touch". So we went into ...

The weekend

A travel blog entry by tbarros

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This past weekend I participated in a 3 on 3 basketball tournament held by Kingstone, a local group that does community events involving, community clean ups, soccer, basketball and other activities. We spray painted the court with fresh bright colors, ...

Fogo The First Stop

A travel blog entry by tbarros

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... Sabbatical Program. This article couldn't have come at a better time. As I am a third of the way completing my basketball clinics in Cape Verde the momentum of my project is picking up rather than dying down. This past week I took a trip Fogo to iron out ...

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crossing the Atlantic

Cape Verde again...

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Back in Praia.

Found a boat, off to the Caribbean, au revoir : )

CABO VERDE

volcan fogo

Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands

Praia

pit stop in Ilha do Sal

C est parti pour la plongee

Premiere colnie europeene

Cape Verde Islands- 11th-18th March 2008

J+5 / D+5 Mon 12 Nov

J+6 / D+6 Tues 13 Nov

J+7 / D+7 Wed 14 Nov : Phil lost his shorts!

J+8 / D+8 Thurs 15 Nov

Cape Verde

Crossing the Ocean and the Equator

J+3 / D+3 Calamari

J+4 / D+4 Sun 11 Nov

Arrival in Cape Verde

Les derniers jours avant l'arrivee au Cap Vert

Departure fr Arguineguin / Depart d'Arguineguin

J+2 Dauphins / D+2 Dolphins

Hearing out their needs

no stress

Day 2 of Camp

The weekend

Fogo The First Stop