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Santo Antão: The
Dry Valley
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Wednesday 16th November 2022
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We awoke to another
warm and sunny day. It was our second and final day on this
surprising and beautiful island. |
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Our route today would
take us in the opposite direction from yesterday. As the
map suggests, we would be seeing less green and more brown.
It was, however, another day of spectacular views and by
no means completely dry and brown, as the photos will show. |
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Leaving the port, we
drove through the small port town. We were looking forward
to exploring it on foot later in the day. |
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A view
of São Vicente across the sea. |
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A sightseeing
stop after turning inland. |
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Another
stop for craft and grogue purchasing... if that's your thing. |
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Turning
off the main road we drove up to Babilonia for a refreshment stop. |
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They
had put on quite a spread for us, bearing in mind that it was only
mid-morning. |
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Back
on the road, we began to ascend steeply towards the centre of the
island. |
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At around the highest
point and after some very twisty turns, we stopped at this
beautiful spot, from where we could down look towards the
coast on the north side of the island, as well as admire
mountains on all other sides. |
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There
were also some interesting looking vegetables being grown. |
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Turning
around, we took the same road again until we were on the coast road
leading back to Porto Novo. |
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Once
again we enjoyed the music, courtesy of our guide, who sang along. |
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Back
to the ship in time for lunch... |
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...after
which the two of us set off by ourselves to explore the town. |
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The islanders
do love their murals. They are everywhere! |
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Back
to the ship for afternoon tea... we don't like to miss that! |
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Another
wonderful sunset. |
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We loved
our two days on Santo Antao, but tonight we were off to somewhere
new. |
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