Pousada Da Luz Santa Maria

... of black volcanic cobblestones making for an interesting if somewhat jarring and noisy journey. Sunday 18/01/09 at sea wind force 8-9 sea 5-6m Monday 19/01/09 At sea but a much better day today with the wind having dropped to force 4-5 and the sea much calmer, with temperatures of 27-29 °C. We cross the equator tomorrow so there'll be an interesting ceremony I've no doubt.

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.

... barrell with a pump is perfectly acceptable, then I wil now come across as a nit-picking wine-snob. Which I am. They raised my hopes by offering "champagne" every evening. It wasn't champagne, but a horrendously sweet sparkling wine. If you like your white wine dry (or frankly, even medium dry) you won't want to drink any here as the local taste is decidedly sweet. My final nit-pick about large hotels is their tendency to play music round the pool. I ...

... we didnt catch anything. At the western end of santa maria beach is a large ship wreck where there is good surfing point break. The wave although its looks quite hollow is actually a really nice size for surfing. So all in all, cabo verde is fantastic place if you like wind surfing/kitesurfing/surfing/and eating fish! Ps dont leave your wetsuits to drip dry outside or you'll get them nicked. ours were nicked last night :-( cold kitesurfing from now on.....