Sao Felipe Fogo

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 ...

Landed we have on this desert island of Sal. At the arrival those persons having a valid visa can go through a passport control and out. But those that do not have a visa-stamp in their passports have to go to a small, hot room at the left corner of the arrival hall. One meets there two CV-officers. If you have paid for your visa via a travel agency your name should be on the excel list they have in the ...

... looking them in the eye before shooting them. El Loco's technique involved a more hit and miss approach, ie I expect he shot the spear gun 20 times for each fish he caught. With that in mind it was amusing to see that they both caught the same amount of fish - 10 each. Antonio was so pleased with the days catch that he gave up 10 of the fish for us to barbeque. He was also kind enough to make a special ...

... James¡¦ kitesurfing is improving no end, for the kiters amongst you reading, he has been trying: back mobes, flat 3¡¦s, handle passes, strapless surf board riding, and some other stuff I don¡¦t know the names of. As for me, i have been zooming so fast in one direction barely touching the water as I go¡K. Ha ha. I¡¦m getting more and more control and even did a jump off a wave the other day. I had a bit of an ¡¥incident¡¦ with a French ...

... and then appear again nearer 4 o clock to play in steel bands that fill the streets with music. After dark the bars open and the reggae music continues all night past midnight. On our first day we were itching to find the best kite beach. We were given directions to walk in a straight line in a NE direction....and then we found out its local name 'Shark beach'....!!! After 30 minutes walk over a lunar like landscape of sand dunes, salt pans and scrub land we ...

... you are talking about 21 hours straight on the plane without being allowed to get off. The plane was an Airbus 340-600. I think they only started using them about 2 or 3 months ago. The seats are probably the most narrow we have ever sat on and the reports that you almost need to walk slightly sideways in the aisles is partially true. The leg room in economy is pretty tight ...

We were given two options - stay on the plane or go to the terminal - during refueling. I chose the terminal because that meant getting up and walking. Of course, I didn't think that there would be nothing other than a large room there. So it was standing around for 1-1/2 hours while they refueled the plane.

... This was in the time of aparttide, the bus stopped at the Black train station not the white one. No problem, just walk off in the dark to find my hotel. Next day it was off to the travel agent and book a night train to Capetown. The Blue train was $800, air conditioned 40 different wines on the menue.... The brown train compartment was $160, no air and pulled by steam engine part of the way and included morning coffee. Guess which I took?