500 miles west of Africa: Cabo Verde

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Earlier this month, I spent 8 days exploring the nation of Cabo Verde (my 23rd African nation). Its a former Portuguese colony, about 500 miles west of Senegal, in the Atlantic, comprised of 10 islands. I spent time on three of the islands, Santiago (which has the capital, Praia), Santo Antao & Sao Vicente. The highlights were riding a motorbike up into the mountains, several shorter hikes, and a full day (~11 mile) hike along the coast, plus a lot of amazing seafood and rum.

Here are some of the photo highlights from the trip:

The island (and volcano) of Fogo

Banana plantation

Riding into the mountains outside Tarrafal


Distant lake


Rocky spires


Riding the ferry from Sao Vicente to Santo Antao


The road to Ponto do Sol


Hiking from Ponto do Sol


The hidden village


The 8 switchbacks from hell


The fin


The aquaduct

A more detailed trip report is available here.

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