Day 104. Saõ Vicente Mindelo, Cape Verde

(Part 2). Our next stop was at a beach where you can see the impact of being so close to the Sahara Desert. One area of the beach is volcanic rock and the other area is beautiful sand from the Sahara that has blown across the ocean. This island is very windy. Our guide said that sometimes they call it windelo instead of Mindelo. I can understand why! We we're nearly blown over sometimes in this wind. In fact, I'm sitting on our balcony in 78°, but so windy and chilly in the shade that I'm wearing pants, long sleeve shirt, and a jacket.Read more