Day 104. Saõ Vicente Mindelo, Cape Verde

(Part 1) Today's tour of this island was one of the best "included" tours that we've taken. It started with our bus taking us to the top of one of the mountains (2,640 ft elevation). It was pretty steep, with many hairpin turns. When we got to the top, we were in the clouds, so I couldn't get very good pictures. But as we came down the mountain, there were some beautiful views of our ship in the Harbor. You can also see how brown this island is because there's little vegetation as they only get about 5 inches of rain per year. They have to import 90% of their water.
We also learned that they make their own beer and rum here. We couldn't take pictures at the top because we were in the clouds. So we sampled 3 types of rum: one that was pure rum, one that was mixed with Anise, and one that was just made with sugar cane. The Anise and the sugarcane rums tasted pretty good.Read more