Blogs from Santa Maria , Sal, Cape Verde, Africa

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Africa » Cape Verde » Sal » Santa Maria March 13th 2014

Hello my fellow travellers! So, I'm back in Sweden after a somewhat tedious flight which was delayed by about an hour. But at least they showed a good movie on the flight that I hadn't seen before so some good, some less good. Since we arrived so late in Stockholm all the trains had already left but I was fortunate enough to get a ride to the bus station by me ex girlfriend's ex and there I was given a free bus ride to my friend's place by a very nice driver. He could probably see that I was tired and that I didn't know it wasn't possible to buy tickets on the bus. I arrived at my friend's place at around 3 am and went straight to bed. Anyway. I enjoyed Cape Verde but, as ... read more
Mural
Mural
Tired Traveler

Africa » Cape Verde » Sal » Santa Maria March 11th 2014

Hello my fellow travellers! Today's submerged escapades have come to an end. We went out with the submarine Neptunus (in honesty it's just a glass-bottomed boat) and took a look of the waters outside of Santa Maria. The tour was pretty short and only had three stops, although the two first ones were so close to each other that I didn't realize that there were two separate stops. Those were of two shipwrecks at just a few meters depth. There wasn't that much to see of it though and the water was murkier than I expected and even though I love shipwrecks these ones didn't rock my boat so to speak. The third stop was far more interesting! Beneath the waves is a statue of Jesus, called the Christ of the Seas. It was put there ... read more
Shipwreck
Neptunus
On the Neptunus

Africa » Cape Verde » Sal » Santa Maria March 10th 2014

Hello my fellow travellers! Today has been a nice and calm day. Me and Lisa has pretty much just been laying around and reading all day. We did take a stroll down to the pier (dodging around the two main streets as best as possible to avoid all the sellers) to check up about going over to another island but it turns out that it costs almost as much as the whole trip combined which is just insane. We did however go down to the people that organize the glass bottomed boat tours and booked a tour on the Neptunus for tomorrow, I'm really looking forward to it even though it was a bit pricey. After we had booked our underwater adventure we sat down in a quiet restaurant and just reflected on events so far. ... read more
Pharmacy
Grogue!
Kids Playing Soccer

Africa » Cape Verde » Sal » Santa Maria March 9th 2014

Hello all my fellow travellers! So, thus far this travel with my now ex girlfriend has gone remarkably smooth, a few minor disagreements and such but nothing major. Far easier then I expected to be honest which is good since I'm not really in the mood for any arguments. We decided to get up early and take a walk into the nearby desert, the scenery out there is really nice but unfortunately it's a bit spoiled by some trash that litter it. Still, we found a couple of nice places to sit down and read while enjoying some refreshments. I rarely find the time to read on my travels and I must admit I kind of like the slower pace this time, I guess I'm getting old. Oh well, at least I'm not laying on the ... read more
Desert Flower
The Desert
Dreaming of New Worlds

Africa » Cape Verde » Sal » Santa Maria March 7th 2014

Hello there my lovely travellers from around the world! Today's African adventure is at an end. Today we was given a tour of the small town of Santa Maria so now we have learned where all we might need is located (although, seeing how you can walk from one end to the other in like 15 minutes we would probably have figured it out). It is as I said a very small town, you can easily explore it all in less than an hour. From walking around here today I have made a couple of small reflections though. First of all there are a lot of dogs here, but they are all very well tended to, not even remotely like it was in Romania. Here in Cape Verde dogs are much like our cats in Sweden, ... read more
Santa Maria and Baby Jesus
Castelos do Sal
Fresh Vegetables

Africa » Cape Verde » Sal » Santa Maria March 6th 2014

Hello my fellow travellers! Today, after a 7½ hour flight we finally arrived in Santa Maria, a small, charming town on the south tip of the island of Sal in beautiful Cape Verde. It is my pleasure to introduce a new travel partner to this blog as this time I have my now ex-girlfriend Elisabeth (henceforth called Lisa) with me for the trip. We actually booked this trip while we were still a couple and I can honestly say that I have no idea what to expect of this trip at this point since we haven't really spoken that much since the break-up. We're not on bad terms or anything, I guess it's just a natural effect of what's happened. I don't expect us to get the relationship back on track with this trip, I am ... read more
Urchin
Beautiful Patterns
Delicious Sandwich




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