Pico: a thrilling fly-by

 

More Flores

 

Flores

 This island. Wow. 

Azores interlude

It turned out to be a real ordeal to extend my month-long visa for Cape Verde to cover my intended nine-week stay. So I’m on an unanticipated detour to the Azores islands for a bit till I can return to Cape Verde to get a second month-long visa that will last through the rest of my time there. It is sure no hardship so far…

Sal

 Even more reasons to love Cape Verde: An island named Salt, its capitol town called Asparagus, baby lemon sharks, sand blown over from the Sahara, and traditional stew (katchupa). Thank you, more please.

Juncalinho

 Magical spot in the east of São Nicolau! (It’s magical everywhere!)

Carbeirinho

 A magical spot on the west side of São Nicolau…

São Nicolau

Cape Verdean island #4, and she’s a beaut!

Maio island life

Maio loop

 It’s island #3, the tiny, sunny, beachy haven of Maio. Quite a contrast with Fogo, and blissful to do a guided circuit of the island to get a good sense of the place. 

Fogo tour

It was a gorgeous day for making a circuit of this volcanic island. How am I so lucky?

São Filipe

 I have moved along to the Cape Verdean island of Fogo, which is basically an enormous active volcano. So of course I had to come here and am thrilled about that. The colorful, chill capitol town of São Filipe was a sweet place to stroll around for a morning. 

It was also illuminating to realize that where I’m staying on the other side of the island is the windy side. Kind of a relief to realize the entire world is not being blown away by howling gusts and there are still places where the air is calm under a shining sun! With BEAUTIFUL views of volcanic sand shores and the Atlantic…