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Santiago & Bartolome Islands

Posted on October 11, 2017April 1, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up at 7.00 this morning, but a huge wave of tiredness came over me and I just couldn’t keep my eyes open.  I don’t know whether it’s the early morning, late nights, exercise, fresh air, free cocktails or a combination of all of them, but I was just completely drained.  Therefore I missed the…

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Santiago & Rabida Islands

Posted on October 9, 2017April 1, 2022 by bollingerbabe

What a truly wonderful day it turned out to be today!  We got up at 7.00am and enjoyed a good breakfast in the Darwin Restaurant, before making our way to the stern of the ship to collect our lifejackets for the Zodiac ride ashore.  We also wore water-shoes as it was a “wet landing”, and…

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How Green is My Valley

Posted on January 23, 2014April 10, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Today we had booked to go on the full-day tour of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. The Braemar was docked in the capital city of Praia and our first impressions were that this was more developed than Mindelo, with busy roads and several large hotels, banks and administrative buildings. We boarded our tour bus…

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