Travel: My trip to Gran Canaria via Binter Canarias – March 2015 – Part 1
Part 1 - Friday Binter Canaries now fly to and from Sal Island. The route at that time was Gran Canaria-Santiago-Sal then Sal direct to Gran Canaria (now direct flights from and to Sal). The flights were on Tuesdays and Fridays. I've wanted to visit Gran Canaria since...
Travel: My trip to Gran Canaria March 2015 – Part 2
Part 2 - Saturday I hoped to have an early start but didn’t make it with one thing and another, plans had changed slightly and I had to have a think where I would go first. It seemed the best thing was to go into Las Palmas and find Marks & Spencer and El Corte...
Travel: My trip to Gran Canaria – March 2015 – Part 3
Part 3 - Sunday I decided I would walk down the road towards Tafira where there was a Spar, a few other shops, bars, a few restaurants, a garden centre and the Hotel Escuela. The walk wasn’t the best idea in the world as there are typically no pavements and a lot of...
Travel: My trip to Gran Canaria – March 2015 – Part 4
Part 4 – Monday Last day of shopping. A friend in Las Palmas had been back in touch to ask to meet up for lunch, so I had time to get across to IKEA (or Ickea as they pronounce it). Firstly I had a lift up to the town of St. Brigida with Chantal and...
Visa – foreigners living in Cape Verde
Non-Cape Verde nationals (foreigners) living in Cape Verde are, as of November 2014, being informed that they cannot re-apply for the 12 month residencia visa that many of us had previously. If you have already had a certain amount of those Residencia visa's (4 or...
Story: Liza from Liverpool – Part 2
Liza's story part 2 In September 2014 I came to Cape Verde to try to locate my father who I had not seen in 36 years. My journey took me to Sal and then onto Santiago. Unfortunately I did not locate my father on that trip but a week later he made contact with my...
Sal: Capture of Dogs off streets in Santa Maria – Nov 2014 – by Hanna Kurtto
During November the Camara Municipal Do Sal announced that they were going to be capturing dogs on the streets of Santa Maria. This campaign started 24th November and is still taking place. Many people were not aware of this campaign. The collection and removal of...
Sal: Yacht sailing on White Time
I had seen the yacht ‘White Time’ from a distance moored in the bay of Santa Maria and even to my untrained eye I had admired her graceful lines. As a friend of mine was still celebrating her birthday week it seemed a perfect opportunity to join her for a well...
Info: Requirements to take an animal from Cape Verde to Europe
By Hanna Kurtto ...... (SAVE CATS AND DOGS OF CAPE VERDE) These are the requirements for an animal to enter Europe. However people should always check from the country they are travelling to to make sure. For example Sweden requires more tests to be carried out on the...
Sal: Save Cats and Dogs of Cape Verde – association
By Hanna Kurtto I just want to make clear that 'SOS Cats and Dogs' don't work with us to arrange the clinics. Our association is 'Save Cats and Dogs of Cape Verde'. The German vet pool Tieraerztepool has confirmed they will be able to continue the co-operation...
