Good Bye Cape Verde Islands

Dear all,

 

After a short stay we are leaving today heading for Barbados. We anticipate it lasting about 14 days, but again that is weather permitting.

 

We have had a very short and pleasant stay here in the Cape Verde Islands.  The marina is nice with helpful staff.  Our biggest issue has been communication, wifi access is very sporadic, and once you’re on its not long before you get pushed off! So apologise to friends and family for lack of or minimal communication.

 

We have found the Cape Verde Islanders to be generally very friendly and keen to help.  There are definitely the general characteristics of a developing country when you leave the marina.  Food sellers in the street probing you to buy from them, ladies with food balancing on their heads, lots of welcoming locals keen to introduce themselves to you, with something they can offer you!  The atmosphere is very relaxed, chilled (bit of an African feel to the streets) lots of people looking generally very happy despite mostly looking for ways to get food or money.  70 % of the population are under the age of 30 which means there are lots of children playing and looking really happy which is really nice to see.  The architecture definitely has traces of Portuguese influence, and the roads are very straight and cobbled, a little roman like!  We like the feel to this Island, and wish we had more time to explore…but onwards and upwards to the Carribean! J

 

We will keep in touch as best we can!

 

Love to you all

 

Ocean Lady