Altogether, about 18 000 inhabitants on Sal, of which a few thousand residents of Santa Maria. lett

Photo: Lotta Engelbrektson
The archipelago, which lies like freckles scattered off the coast of Africa, is an ideal holiday climate. It's warmer here than in the Canary Islands and it is a short hop over to Thailand. In addition, the trips relatively cheap and you do not have jet lag. It's really only now the tourist destination has fallen in with the Swedes as a travel option in winter.
And maybe time would stop right now. Before the huge skeletons that are visible everywhere assumes the form of tourist facilities. While all-inclusive hotels are still going to count on two hands, and you can find a single spot on the beach for his towel.
Cape Verde's best in this moment. The tip may seem paradoxical, but hurry if you want to hit. Especially to the most exploited island of Sal, because it is only a matter of time before it completely letter candy dishes transformed into a charter paradise in the crowd.
So far, however, Sal a sleepy place on earth. There, two small streets in the resort of Santa Maria, in principle, letter candy dishes can accommodate everything the island has to offer. Here the restaurants close, next to the bank and the tourist office. You never have to walk more than a hundred yards in any direction to reach there you intended. If you miss, you can just turn around.
The beach stretches letter candy dishes out below the "center", with mjölvit sand and turquoise water. It is warm, comfortable and uneventful. With a constant breeze that cools and brings with it the fine sand into the nose and ears.
Most action is on the pier that divides the beach into two parts. Here comes the colorful fishing letter candy dishes boats in every morning, and here sold fish and souvenirs for restaurant owners and restless tourists. The trade lasts almost all day and is a fun break in the song of slow sake of goodness.
Altogether, about 18 000 inhabitants on Sal, of which a few thousand residents of Santa Maria. letter candy dishes This means that the city only stretches a few blocks away from the main street. The cube-shaped houses in crisp, letter candy dishes bright colors are the most beautiful on the eyes, at the side of the beach. But some people is there to speak of, and the stray dogs are almost as many as the number of people on the streets.
Beyond the small town widens the landscape flat and ugly. Desert Brown and dusty, with occasional trees that toiled itself oblique to the wind. Everywhere rises began building complex where the dream of a tourist invasion has taken a break from the economic crisis. The lack of vegetation also means that there are hardly any animals at Sal. No birds chirping that wakes in the morning, and no seagulls fighting over fish catch in the harbor. On the other hand, there are no snakes or scorpions to be careful. The only thing that reminds of wildlife are the dogs and the occasional giant cockroach crawling in the gutter.
The idea to rent a car were quickly out of your mind, even though the roads are nice and little traffic. There was no sensible goal in mind that could justify the high cost. Charter airlines own excursions around the island are just as expensive, and sitting on the bed in an open jeep attracted not in the sand saturated wind.
However, letter candy dishes there are excellent options to book in the local tourist office, at a fraction of the travel companies' price. All goes still to the same places, the capital Espargos, the fishing village of Palmeira and the extinct volcano crater Pedra de Lume, which houses a salt extraction site.
Here are underway "normal life" for kapverderna and restaurants and tourist jumpers are conspicuous by their absence. But the drowsiness is the same and not many people plying the streets between the multicolored houses. The guide explains that most are in Santa Maria and works. Besides fishing tourism industry is the largest source of income on the island.
The vendors who mainly come from the African letter candy dishes mainland, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, sells about the same stuff. Pirated watches and sunglasses, wooden statues and now be put. The only thing that is produced in Cape Verde is the board game Kalaha, says the guide.
"No stress" repeat sellers with manic intensity, which has a counterproductive effect on the tourists. Awkward and sweaty, they try to haggle on prices, or to lose the most persistent salesmen.
The tour ends in the salt outlet, where visitors are allowed to swim in the salty water. But it costs five euros to whatsoever look into the crater, and another euro to take a shower after the bath! The most hardened letter candy dishes travelers giggles embarrassed.
The majority letter candy dishes of residents are therefore the descendants of Portuguese settlers and African slaves. It lives almost half a million letter candy dishes Cape Verdean in the country, but the exodus has been enormous and it lives even more overseas.
Owned by an Irish girl. Good mix on the menu, and good desserts. Live music on Saturday nights.
Fishing. The water is full of tuna, marlin and shark. It is possible to take part in organized fishing trips by boat or from shore.
Do not go to Cape Verde for shopping, unless you are extremely fond of souvenirs from Senegal. letter candy dishes The träsku