Our cabin above the waves

Sao Tome, a tiny dot in the Atlantic

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February 4th 2024
Today few have heard of Sao Tome, a tiny island country off the West African Coast but a hundred years ago rich Europeans would have associated it with just one thing - chocolate. This is where all the big manufacturers of the time, including Cadburys, Rowntree and Nestle, bought their beans. Sao Tome feels part African and part Caribbean, there is even Bob Marley playing in the bars. Ever ... read more

Africa » Sao Tome & Principe » São Tomé

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Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. Although independe... ... read more