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Background: The uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; Cape Verde subsequently became a trading center for African slaves and later an important coaling and resupply stop for whaling and transatlantic shipping. Following independence in 1975, and a tentative interest in unification with Guinea-Bissau, a one-party system was established and maintained until multi-party elections were held in 1990. Cape Verde continues to exhibit one of Africa's most stable democratic governments. Repeated droughts during the second half of the 20th century caused significant hardship and prompted heavy emigration. As a result, Cape Verde's expatriate population is greater than its domestic one. Most Cape Verdeans have both African and Portuguese antecedents.

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By SandrineClaudia
July 30th 2009

J-1 Are you ready? Africa » Cape Verde » Santiago

Route 66

I can't help it but my suitcase it ready and I am sooooooooo happy we are off tomorrow!! Claudia already has her blowdryer in her suitcase so she is more or less ready too :-) Route 66 we are on our way! Be nice to us and let us have a marvelous experience!! [View Full Entry]

By SandrineClaudia
July 3rd 2009

Happy 4th of July Africa » Cape Verde » Santiago

Flag and napkin
Those are goodies for our car!!

Yesterday the American Embassy hold a cocktail party for the upcoming 4th of July celebrations! We had a good time and even made a tribute dance to "Thriller" and "Smooth Criminal". We also "grabbed" some goodies for our trip ... Lesley will generously lent us her GPS, we have a flag for the car =O) and a few more leaflets of Route 66 [View Full Entry]

By SandrineClaudia
July 2nd 2009

J-30 Plans and other stuff Africa » Cape Verde » Santiago

Travel guides
These books will be our companions on the road

As of yesterday we are in the last month prior to our departure! We have our tickets to Boston, Chicago and have booked the hotels for one overnight stay in Boston and 2 in Chicago! The car is not yet booked but that is only a matter of hours! [View Full Entry]

By Nisswa Suzy
April 5th 2009

Cape Verde Africa » Cape Verde » São Vicente

Happy Palm Sunday! Today we are in Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands, which is just off the most western part of the African continent. It is a volcanic island that gets almost no rain, so the dark barren mountains run right down to the sea. Very dramatic. They speak Portugese here so I can't read the billboards and signs. But they drive on the proper side of the road! It seems most of the other places we've been don't! :-) Since it is Palm Sunday, everything in the town is closed, so we just walked around. The beautiful old buildings are painted [View Full Entry]

By balliamosulmondo
January 9th 2009

Christmas in Sal Isle, Cabo Verde Africa » Cape Verde » Sal

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A no-stress holiday in a wonderful place [View Full Entry]

By MeganCarpenter
March 16th 2008

Cape Verde Africa » Cape Verde

My apologies for not posting pictures yesterday. The one internet café in Saint Vincent had only one computer with internet & the wireless cost $10 an hour. I just couldn’t justify spending that amount when I’ll be in Barcelona in less than a week. Cape Verde was great…way too quick, but great. I signed up for a shore excursion in the morning because it was cheap and the only way I’d be able to see the island in the amount of time we had to spend there. We visited a vegetable market and fish market, saw an old prison and went [View Full Entry]

By MeganCarpenter
March 12th 2008

the last hour & goldfish! Africa » Cape Verde

The last two days have been great. March 10 was a free day and it was also wedding day. I had cultural show rehearsal in the morning and spent the afternoon reading and beautifying myself for the wedding. We all filed outside at 5 for the ceremony, which was very multicultural. Not only was everyone dressed in outfits from around the world, but we had a non-denominational ceremony, a reading from the Bible, a Buddhist tradition of tying string on everyone’s wrists, and a Moroccan song celebration. We also had a band made up of people from 4 nationalities, a Bollywood [View Full Entry]

By MeganCarpenter
March 10th 2008

life on a boat Africa » Cape Verde

I remember writing last let that I thought it was my busiest leg & I would have more time to blog in the future. I was wrong. Our first day back my computer charger completely died. I asked IT if they had computers to loan and they did not. I really thought I was done…I don’t know how to function on this boat without a computer. Then, I found out the LRC (library) computers had undergone some changes so that you couldn’t access Microsoft Word, couldn’t print, couldn’t save to a USB and couldn’t access our internal email. Fannntastic. The next [View Full Entry]

By seppyandjon
February 22nd 2008

Cape Verde Africa » Cape Verde » Sal

Seppy running Cape Verde
Miles and miles of sand

Septima - the super sleeper Having been here for about two and a half weeks, one would think that we would be sufferig cabin fever - yet surprisingly we are not. Although that may have more to do with the fact that given the amount of running we have been doing (yes - running on sand is now my personal hell) , Seppy has been designated the "super sleeper" of the group - having sucessfully slept for 14 and a half hours one night! oh the pride. Sal is as expected sandy, although what surprised me is the fact that the [View Full Entry]

By seppyandjon
February 15th 2008

The opening entry Africa » Cape Verde » Sal

1 240km over different terrain: sanddunes, rocks, soft sand, roads, mountains - who knows what else 2 In the Western Sahara Desert in Morocco 3 Carrying your own food, sleeping bag, emergency kit, clothes and anything else you may need 4 The organisers will provide 9 litres of water over the course of a day which will have to be sufficient for drinking, cooking and sanitary purposes. They also provide a rudamentary tent to be shared with 7 other competitors Now travel the 240kms with your 12kg (25lb) pack on your back and sleep in the desert for a week: No, [View Full Entry]

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