Day 104. Saõ Vicente Mindelo, Cape Verde

Day 104. San Vicente Island (Mindelo), Cape Verde. (Part 3) A few more facts about this island: population is 100,000; about 90% are Catholics. Tourism makes up about 23% of GDP.
The remainder of our tour included a stop at a turtle rehab center, where some very large loggerhead turtles are being rehabilitated. One of them is blind and the other is missing 1 of its arms from a shark bite. We also went out to the area of the island that is best for growing crops due to the amount of humidity in that area.
You'll see that they have cisterns to catch rainwater for their crops. It's amazing to see so much brown land everywhere in contrast to the green crops. I also have a couple pictures of some homes that they live in here. Fortunately they're not old metal sheds like some countries we've been to, they seem to be slightly better off economically. Most families build their own cement homes. But they don't finish them so they don't have to pay taxes on them. LOLRead more