Sal: Weekends spent down Grijinha – East coast
I'm inviting people to share their experiences of Grijinha. Situated on the south east side of Santa Maria it has a lot to offer. Its normally open Thur - Sunday. I went down there with some friends on Saturday, it was unusually quiet I was told, but none the less a...
Story: Services and infrastructure
Blog post by Shirley Dobbie - Santa Maria - 1st November 2010 Having lived on Sal for 3 years we have seen things improve, but some services are lacking. This was a letter I wrote to the Prime Minister. Dear Sir, First let me introduce myself. My name is Shirley...
Sal: Turtles continue to nest on Sal – Oct 2010 – by Jacquie Cozens
Contrary to popular belief the season is not quite over! On Sunday we found two nests on Algodoeiro (one in front of Resort Group and one in front of Cotton Bay). Both nests were moved into the Surf Beach hatchery as we have encountered yet another problem in this...
Sal: Sunday morning stroll
I was woken up by my cat ‘Indie’ at 5.40a.m.Sunday morning. She was playing with the plastic top of a water bottle which was sliding and rolling across the tiled floor of my lounge, but I was glad she’d woken me early as I wanted to go for a walk. I have been...
Story from Sao Vicente: We bought an LCD TV – Cape Verde style …….. by Karen Madej
Six weeks is a long time without a TV set, especially when, if you're anything like me you enjoy your daily fix of as many American TV series I can fit in to my schedule. But finally, we have the cash, (there are extremely limited credit facilities in Mindelo) we have...
Sal: Mitu Monteiro – by Jerome
Mitu is following this year the PKRA world tour http://www.prokitetour.com/ still only in waveriding discipline. There are already 2 events completed...Morrocco (Essaouira) the first one, that he finished 2nd and the second one in Tenerife that he was 5th. So right...
Story from Sao Vicente: Mindelo Fish Market – by Karen Madej
My friend and I found the fish market, located on the Avenida Marginal (the main coast road), we'd walked past the new marina Ponto D'Agua and the new Banco Interatlantico Africano (BAI) on our right hand side until the pavement stopped so we crossed the busy road to...
Boa Vista: An Olive Ridley turtle seen on Boa Vista!
From Joana Hancock, Turtle Foundation Field Coordinator on Boavista: According to our teams, Olive Ridleys might be nesting in Boavista. At least 3 turtles that match the description of an olive ridley have been found nesting in Curral Velho, Lacacão and Norte beach....
Sal: PWA World Cup 2010
November 15th - 23rd 2010, Sal Island Cape Verde: The PWA have announced that Sal Island, Cape Verde will play host to the final of the PWA Pro Wavesailing Tour, as the best of the best battle it out for championship honours. Sal Island hasn’t got a lot to offer in...
Story from Sao Vicente: Mindelo Municipal Market – by Karen Madej
The Municipal Market is found on the right hand side of Rua Lisboa just over half way up, past the Lisboa bar, by the way, this bar has no toilets, OK during the day when patrons may use the public conveniences located to the right of the Municipal Market entrance,...
