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View of Praia from an airplane |
A view of the small rural town
of Calheta, on the island of Santiago |
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A view of the white sand beach in Tarrafal,
Santiago |
The town hall in Pedra Badejo, Santiago |
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A view of some houses in Sao Filipe, Fogo,
with Brava in the background |
Some women doing the batuke - Cape Verde's
national dance, performed only (mainly) by women. |
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Another view of some houses in São
Filipe, Fogo |
A very old, traditional house |
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A little girl holding her Colgate
package -- this was a volunteer's project, working to improve and promote
dental hygiene |
A little girl playing with friends |
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Some children at a primary school participating
in UNICEF's school lunch program |
Two little boys swimming in a pool of water |
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Green bananas - a major ingredient in the
Cape Verdean diet |
Fishermen bringing in their score of buzio,
a type of seafood |
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A Coke kiosk in the middle of the Plateau
(or downtown), in Praia. |
A typical road going through the mountains |
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A windmill - these are mostly used to pump
water out of the ground |
Some guys stealing sand in Fogo..it's illegal
to take sand from the beaches because of the negative environmental impact
it causes |
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Looking at the port in Brava from the boat,
as it docks |
A handmade toy car - a very popular
toy with Cape Verdean boys |
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Some children hanging out... |
A look into a typical CVean family's home |
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A look at the extremely scary and dangerous
road that winds its way through the mountains of Sto. Antão |
A different view of the same road |
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A blonde Cape Verdean girl in Chã
de Igreja, Fogo (inside the crater). Most of the population is said
to be related to a blonde French man. |
A view of the volcano on Fogo, with the
mst recent eruption in the foreground |
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