Djadsal Holiday Club Santa Maria

Saturday 17/01/09 St Vincent - Cape Verde Islands A truly volcanic island chain, the barren rugged mountains dominate the landscape and the surrounding islands to the extent that it resembles a lunar landscape. After a brief visit to the city of Mindelo we travelled on to Catfish Bay to take in the majestic sights of the bay and the rugged mountain backdrop, the strong ...

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 attendre que je trouve un centre internet haut debit.

... stuff swimming pools are made of, but about 2m by 1m and occupied by a couple of sad-looking turtles. Apparently it was a sanctuary... We were travelling in a 4x4 at breakneck speed until we got a harbour. Here we at last saw a bit of real local life, although I think that tourists were as much under scrutiny as the locals. Our driver next tested our nerves by piling up a steep gravel track (no barriers, natch) at full welly. He slowed once, breifly ...

... us spear fishing at Ponta Preta. Luckily for me he only had 3 spear guns, one for James, El Loco, and himself. I was camera person, fish-pointer-outer and spent a lot of time patrolling to ensure the pretty fish weren't being caught....he he. It was a day with hardly any swell which made it a good day for fishing with excellent visibility underwater. James' technique involved diving down level to the fish ...