Our next stop was Tarrafal de São Nicolau, a small fishermen’s town, with cobbled streets and colorful houses. In contrast with the white sand of Santa Luzia, this beach was pitch black basalt stone, yet once more quite steep on
Fertile São Nicolau
Hopping the windward islands – São Pedro
We had about a month to explore the Cape Verdian islands. We decided on Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau (all part of the Barlavento or windward islands), Maio, Santiago and Ilha de Fogo (part of the Sotavento
Mind Mindelo
And avoid Praia, stressed cautious warnings on sailing blogs. A torrent of horror stories substantiated the alert. Going from complaints about theft of valuables and less valuables, people being threatened and mugged, dinghies and outboards disappearing, laptops tablets smartphones cameras
Off to greener pastures
Or in our case, greener capes. As in Cape Verde. Beginning of October our extra crew arrived to cross from Gran Canaria to Cabo Verde. They would travel with us around Cabo Verde. Around the 20th of November we would