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Customer Experience, Travel

10 Step Process to Getting Your Cape Verde Visa Extended

Mindelo sunset - It took days to get our visa extended.

Remember to stay Zen As you may recall, we were unable to buy a visa for more than 30 days at the airport when we landed in Cape Verde. In theory we should have been able to get a 90…

Tema
February 10, 2020

Travel

Musical Mindelo, Cape Verde

Cesaria Evora - music legend in Mindelo, Cape Verde

I have fallen in love with Cape Verdean music. Mindelo is a wonderful place to go hear it.

Tema
February 8, 2020
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Customer Experience, Travel

Visiting the Inland Mountains of Santiago, Cape Verde

woman harvesting in Cape Verde (Santiago)

Our visit to the interior of Santiago island, in Cape Verde. We stayed at a lovely B&B called Cote de France. They really support local culture and agriculture.

Tema
February 6, 2020

Travel

Hiking the Serra Malagueta Natural Park in Santiago, Cape Verde

Our guide, Zegue, met us at the gates of the Cote de France, a hiker’s B&B in among the jagged mountain peaks of Santiago Island, in Cape Verde. It was only 9:00 a.m. but already the sun was hot. DH…

Tema
February 3, 2020
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Travel, Retirement / Health

Cycling in Maio (& Deep, Dark Fears)cape verde

Today I had one of those moments that surface one’s deepest, darkest fears.

Tema
January 29, 2020

Travel

Cidade Velha (Ribeira Grande), Cabo Verde

Cidade Velha, aka Ribeira Grande, in Cape Verde, was the first colonial settlement in the tropics, and still has the pillory where the enslaved people were punished.

Tema
January 27, 2020

Travel

[Internet is not always accessible on the islands, and most hotels ask that you not upload photos, so the next few posts won’t have photos added until later.] We walked up to “the Plateau”, which is the historic old centre…

Tema
January 26, 2020

Travel

Arrival in Praia, Cabo Verde

flying in to Praia, Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)

The weather in Malaga turned nasty last week (OK, nasty by Malagan standards, not Canadian ones: a bit of rain, grey skies, temperatures as low as +12c.) Then there was a big hailstorm which drew kids into the street to…