Sal Island Cape Verde

Flew here from Gatwick. The most touristy of the 10 Cape Verde Isles, so it was the best connection I could get in such short notice. Had to fly from Santa Cruz de La Palma to Tenerife and then to LQW. Landed at 2:05am and could not find a hotel till 3rd try. Even the Hampton Inn at LQW North terminal, that showed rooms inline was full. So I slept only 4 hrs. My morning flight was at 935.
Six hrs flight on easyJet where the seats don't go back.
Sal is a very dry island with only 38K people. Santa Maria had a wonderful beach and everything was centered around there. Two of my taxi drivers were from Senegal.
Had a wonderful rum and passion fruit cocktail on the beach enjoying the sunset. When I went up to the bar to pay they had Laura's passion fruit bulb from Costco that they were using for drinks.
There motto here is "Cape Verde - No Stress".
The video attached was taken flying out. It shows how dry and brown Sal Isl is.Read more