Sal & Sao Vicente islands (Cape Verde) - June 2006 - Sal Island

Amazing archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic, closer to Senegal than to Central America. * Mixture of everything (colonial Portugal, South America, Africa, the Caribbean), placed in what was once a 'green (verde) paradise'. * Of the ten islands, only one is still superbly green, the others resembling a lunar landscape. * Dark volcanic rocks, scarlet sands, golden beaches, dry winds, bearable heat, few tourists - a lovely place to see!