Hotel Atlantico Espargos
Street Amilcar Cabral, Espargos Espargos, Sal, Cape Verde
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At Sea for 6 whole days!
... in Brasil afterwords people we didn't know would randomly yell ..' U-GANDA' at us!
On the 10th of November we crossed the equator - MSC had a Baptism by Neptune cermony to mark the occasion which involved having a ladle of water poured on your head and then kissing an octupus. I just watched ;)
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Lichtblauwe zee en witte stranden
... Na een overstap kwamen we eind van de avond aan in Sal en hebben nog uitgebreid gegeten in het restaurant van het mooie hotel.
De stranden zijn hier zo mooi, lichtblauw water en wit strand! Temperaturen tussen de 25 en 28 graden, zo heerlijk!
Elke ochtend tussen 10.30 en 11.00 wordt op de pier de verse vis van de vissersbootjes geladen en zie je de pier vollopen met mensen die deze vis willen kopen. De beste en grote vissen worden gelijk apart gelegd voor de goede restaurants ...
Sweapt away - emotionally and nearly physically
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Luckily as I wander around like an ant who's lost his trail, I bump into the uncle from that day! He shouts "ABIL!!!" (what feels like half way across town to someone used to quiet Swedes whose idea of an emotional outburst equals sending in a complaint to the local newspaper) and from around the corner comes the big serious man, his little boy Bruno lights up as he sees me. One out of two ain't ...
Big fish and a house party
At 6.30am I'm standing alone by the pier watching the full moon slowly give way to the sun. I'm waiting for Abilio, a local fisherman I managed to book a trip with some days earlier.
At 7 sharp, the tallest, biggest, and most serious of the islanders turns up and introduces himself as Abilio. He only speaks Portuguese, and my little knowledge of French and Spanish doesn't help, so few words are uttered... Luckily two more fishermen come ...
"Never a dull moment-moment"
Woke up in a haze because my bladder was bursting. Dashed to the loo, opened the door, turned around, shut the door, turned around to find the toiliet - only to find - the hallway! Wrong bloody door!
Remembering how long it took for my roomies to wake up the last time I knocked when they were sleeping, I decided it'd be quicker for me just to find another loo down the hall. For some reasom I expected there to be one, now I'm not so sure why.
Well there wasn't. So there I ...


