Travel Blogs from Mindelo, Cape Verde

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Found a boat, off to the Caribbean, au revoir :  ), Mindelo,Cabo Verde, Cape Verde travel blog

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..... ...

Skippy rapporterar från Atlanten, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Skippy rapporterar från Atlanten

A travel blog entry by mariekeiii

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Vi har nu kommit halvvägs och har 1000nm kvar till Barbados. Guldmakrillar står som spön i backen bara idag tog vi en på 5kg och en på 18kg!!! 1,45 lång (rekord hittills).  Seglingen har gått bra inte så starka vindar 10-15 kn (lite mer ...

Skippy rapporterar, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Skippy rapporterar

A travel blog entry by mariekeiii

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På söndagen var jag på internetkaféet i Sal för att göra sista momsdeklarationen.På vägen hem blev det stömavbrott (kolmörkt) vi kom till fiskehamnen och Skippy som ser dåligt försökte hoppa. Jag lyckades fånga henne men ramlade själv i ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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 ...

J+5 / D+5 Mon 12 Nov, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

J+5 / D+5 Mon 12 Nov

A travel blog entry by ccheng

(En français)  C'est très 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, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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!, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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(En français) Fabuleux, on tient une moyenne de plus de 4.5 noeuds. Et alors qu'on est a près de 6 noeuds, survient notre première 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, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

J+8 / D+8 Thurs 15 Nov

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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(En français) Ah notre deuxième poisson. Pas très gros mais très bon et surtout très long a démêler la ligne qui s'était 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, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

J+3 / D+3 Calamari

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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 (En français) Les nuits sont superbes; un ciel dégage, pas de lune, le noir complet. Des milliers d'étoiles, il y en a tellement que je n'arrive même pas à reconnaître les constellations.  Comme notre pilote automatique principal nous a ...

J+4 / D+4 Sun 11 Nov, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

J+4 / D+4 Sun 11 Nov

A travel blog entry by ccheng

(En français) 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 réveille en sursaut, alerte par les cris hystériques de ...

Arrival in Cape Verde, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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. Aussitôt dit aussitôt ... 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, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

J+2 Dauphins / D+2 Dolphins

A travel blog entry by ccheng

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(En français) En fait être enferme sur un bateau 24h/24 a regarde défiler l'eau mile après mile, c'est vite très chiant. Particulièrement lorsqu'il n'y a pas de vent. Alors on trouve des activités comme la pêche, regarder un bateau qui passe au ...

Shooting Touch Sabbatical Camp visits Sao Vicente, Sao Vicente , Cape Verde travel blog

Shooting Touch Sabbatical Camp visits Sao Vicente

A travel blog entry by tbarros

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I left Praia for Sao Vicente on the 3rd of March. I was accompanied to Sao Vicente with my cousin Nilton Barros, who is a basketball coach of the Rebels/New England Ballers. Throughout my journey we have been in close contact and he has shared with me ...

Departure at first light, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Departure at first light

A travel blog entry by yachttaboo

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... have cleaned, scrubbed, repaired and shopped ourselves dry and are now looking forward to getting the sails out and enjoying the sail. Hopefully our next blog will see us clear of the staggering sights of the Cape Verde landscape. Saud (cheers) from ...

Arrived, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Arrived

A travel blog entry by yachttaboo

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Hi all, On behalf of the crew I can announce that they have arrived at Mindelo, Cape Verde. Lou. ...

Fresh legs, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Fresh legs

A travel blog entry by yachttaboo

Dear all Taboo blog followers, Fresh legs are to due to be arriving on Taboo this weekend in preparation for her voyage to Lanzarote.  If you wish to receive updates about this journey then feel free to visit the blog and receive 'every now and ...

Cruise from Buenos Aires to Barcelona, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Cruise from Buenos Aires to Barcelona

A travel blog entry by c.i.222

Just wanted to set the pin on my travel map ...

Cape Verde Island, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Cape Verde Island

A travel blog entry by the-malones

... for cruise ships invoking extra charges so we are going to another city further north and will be there on Sunday.   The people of Cape Verde are very friendly and everywhere is clean and tidy.  I always feel it is a good gage of the the people ...

Santo Antão Island, Porto Novo, Santo Antão, Cape Verde travel blog

Santo Antão Island

A travel blog entry by lfurtado

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A few Days at Cape Verde, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

A few Days at Cape Verde

A travel blog entry by ireneandchris

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We arrived at Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente in the the Cape Verde Islands in the early hours of November 29.  Our first impression was a surprise at how many yachts were here,  both on anchor and in a well established marina.  We ...

un jour comme les autres..., Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

un jour comme les autres...

A travel blog entry by debdeb80

Je fais la connaissance d'un équipage chilien qui emmène un voilier au Chili en passant par le Panama... Il est 10h du matin... Nous discutons... le capitaine demande la permission au propriétaire du bateau de m'emmener avec eux... il accepte... il ...

pfffff..., Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

pfffff...

A travel blog entry by debdeb80

un pas en avant, deux en arrière...je fais de belles rencontres mais suis toujours hantée par le même ...

aaaahh..., Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

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A travel blog entry by debdeb80

Ballade à vélo sur l'île de Sao Vicente... que de montée sur des routes pavées... je suis plus habituée... je crache mes poumons...Ascension du Monte Vehlo... avec ses nuages accrochés au sommet, il donne l'impression qu'une soucoupe volante s'y ...

Mindelo, culturele hoofdstad, Mindelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Mindelo, culturele hoofdstad

A travel blog entry by hillyne

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... geslingerd. Verder schijnt het een criminele stad te zin maar merken we hier niets van, ondanks dat we giga opvallen. Mindelo heeft enkele bezienswaardigheden, zoals de lokale vismarkt en een overdekte fruitmarkt. Goede plekken om wat mooie foto's te ...

Schitterend groen eiland, Porto Novo, Cape Verde travel blog

Schitterend groen eiland

A travel blog entry by hillyne

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... donderdag en dan is het woensdag tijd voor de (lange) terugtocht. Eerst weer de oversteek met de boot. Halve dag wachten in Mindelo, met het propellervliegtuig naar Sal, en dan om 1.00 de nachtvlucht terug naar huis. Enne, ja twee dagen toch last gehad ...

Mendelo, Cape Verde Islands, Mendelo, Cape Verde travel blog

Mendelo, Cape Verde Islands

A travel blog entry by danharriet

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... point for Portuguese explorers heading both to the New World and around Africa. The Portuguese retained control of the islands until Cape Verde received its independence in 1975. During its history the islands has been used in the Slave Trade coming from ...

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