I have been before to Cabo Verde (See my report on GS and extra pictures on my website: http://www.kontynenty.tpi.pl/Cabo1.htm ) so I am visiting this insular country for the second time.
In the morning we landed by zodiacs in micro port – Palmeira on the Sal Island. Minibus took us to the main attraction of the island – old salt production plant located in the volcanic caldera. Some of took a bath in the shallow salt basins. Then we went to the beautiful beach of Santa Maria – at the southern end of the island. This is the main tourist resort of Cape Verde. The beach is really fantastic – with white sand, turquoise water and strong sun – I was swimming about half an hour before return to the ship…
It was last day of 38 days spent on the ship – in the late afternoon wind and swell were strong… It was time to say thank you and good bye to the friendly Russians from the crew. They put my backpack to the zodiac, I also jumped in… It was bumpy and wet sail to the coast – the ocean showed once again its power…
