Capo Verde and São Vincenté

Busy busy day. We got into port around 11am and disembarked to our tour. Our guide was Luiz and he was very good but very understated. I hadn’t done any research on Capo Verde (or Green Cape) but I think they were being sarcastic when they named it because it looked more like MARS!!

The brochure kept warning everyone about the buses not having air conditioning or mics but we were on a very nice small bus and the driver was excellent. Otherwise we wouldn’t have made it to the top of the mountain. Yep, we took the cobblestone hand made road up to the top of the highest mountain, Sãn Vincenté. It freaked people out so badly a pair actually got out halfway saying they’d wait. In their defense, the sheer drop on one side of the road was pretty intimidating. It had not rained since 2014. At the top was one house that actually collected water from the clouds, that’s how high we were, 750 meters up.

Then we went down the mountain and couldn’t find the couple that got off the bus early! And then somehow we picked up another random lady from a different tour! We ended up on the eastern most part of the island. They have a turtle sanctuary with all sorts of rescued critters. I even got to hold one.

We also visited the town of Mindelo, which gained sovereignty in 1975. Did a quick walk through the farmers market, visited the town square and a small shop. Then it was back to the boat. And we got to see some kitties, which made me miss my kitties.

Oh, and Mom got all the packs of Diamond art from Lucy, the crazy funny Brazilian staffer. We had dinner at Aqua and had a nice chat with some Brits. There was also the not so newlywed game and a comedy show.Read more