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Brava Island - Cape Verde

22 images Created 27 Mar 2014

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  • Uma crianÁa brinca na Vila Nova Sintra, a capital da Ilha Brava, a mais inacessÌvel das ilhas caboverdianas.
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  • Eugenio Tavares square is the center of  Nova Sintra and it's where its population converge. Know as "the flower island" Brava  has in its capital village Nova Sintra a gem of simple colonial architecture .
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  • Sorriso (Smile) is the nickname of one of the characters better known by Bravas people. This adolescent is known to be a thieve and the population will always advise the tourist to be carefull.
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  • School boys coming from school in Nova Sintra. Capeverdian students wear uniform so that the rich and the poor look the same.
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  • Old men spend the day playing cards  or going to the few bars open in Nova Sintra.
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  • Tal como na vizinha Ilha do Fogo, na Brava encontram-se muitas pessoas de pele e olhos claros que s„o alvo da chacota dos habitantes das outras ilhas que dizem que "eles pensam que s„o brancos".
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  • A view of Nova Sintra, the capital village of Brava island situated on a cooler plateau about 600 metres from sea level. On the background massive Fogo island is omnipresent with its 2829 metres vulcano.
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  • A bougainvillaea tree marks the fence of a little farm in Brava island. With a mild climate, the smaller of Cape Verde islands has the nickname of "flower island".
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  • A small village hanging on the top of a cliff. Brava island is very hilly featuring high cliffs and deep valleys. On the distance the Secos islets can be seen.
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  • Boys taking care of a bougainvillaea tree. With a mild climate, the smaller of Cape Verde islands has the nickname of "flower island".
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  • No acidentado caminho que os pastores usavam de Nova Sintra para a Faj„ da ¡gua passa-se pela aldeia de Lavadura, com os seus muros de pedra e os montes circundantes a fazerem lembrar Machu Pichu.
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  • In the steep ancient path that sheperds used from Nova Sintra to Faja da Agua, the way passes in Lavadura village that reminds Machu Picchu for its setting among mountain peaks and for the number of stone walls.
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  • The steep ancient path that sheperds used from Nova Sintra to Faja da Agua zigzags through a deep valley.
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  • Faja da Agua is a village with a magnificent setting on a bay. Nearby the inoperative airport remembers te remoteness of Brava island.
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  • A dog sitting on a wall and boys walking in a cobblestone road are a common sight in Brava island, a place where the pace of time has always been slow.
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  • A shepperd waits for the cattle to refresh in the abandoned village of Vinagre in Brava's east coast. Vinagre is so called because of the acid fountain water that reminds vinegar.
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  • Brava's coast is very scenic featuring many bays and cliffs.
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  • One hiker waives in the top of a hill on Brava's east coast. On the background massive Fogo island is omnipresent with its 2829 metres vulcano.
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  • Girls chat on the way to a water spring on Brava's east coast. Nearby, Furna is the place where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • In Furna people gather on the top of a rock fishing. Furna is the village where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • Children play in Furna where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • A coastal guard checks papers while the ferry is unloaded. Sometimes Brava island gets isolated for several days when sea conditions doesn't allow ships to approach Furna's harbour, the only one in the island.
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