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São Tomé island (2005) - São Tomé and Príncipe -

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  • Fisherman on a canoe pass by Sao Sebastiao (Saint Sebastian) fortress in Sao Tome city. This fortress was build by the portuguese.
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  • Man jogging in front of the Sao Sebastiao (Saint Sebastian) fortress in the middle of the statues that represent the portuguese navigators who discovered the archipelago.
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  • Man riding a motorbike on the road that leads to the south of Sao Tome island. At the distance Cao Grande (Big Dog) hill can be seen.
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  • Mist forming in Obo National Park rainforest on the way to Roca Bombaim (Bombay farm).
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  • Fisherman selling a huge fish on the roadside in tyhe northern coast of Sao Tome island.
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  • Man carries a bag containing organic cocoa beans. Cocoa is the main export from Sao Tome and Principe and has been for centuries the economic support of the country.
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  • Coffee beans ready to be dried.
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  • Actor of a tradicional theatre play called "Tchiloli". Usually the story is about Duque de Mantova homicide and the killer is Charlemagne's son. This character is the investigator.
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  • Actor of a tradicional theatre play called "Tchiloli". Usually the story is about Duco de Mantova homicide and the killer is Charlemagne's son. This is Duco de Mantova emissary.
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  • Actor of a tradicional theatre play called "Tchiloli". Usually the story is about Duque de Mantova homicide and the killer is Charlemagne's son. This character is the Minister of Justice.
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  • Man opens his hands to collect some water from the heavy rain in Roca (farm) Monte Cafe, one of the farms that still explore coffee plantation.
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  • Mother and son in a waterfall in the south part of Sao Tome island. Minutes before she was washing clothes in the lagoon formed by the river.
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  • Sao Nicolau (Saint Nicholas) waterfall is the highest in Sao Tome island
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  • Worker from Roca Bombaim (Bombay Farm) poses in front of the buildings where used to live the slaves brought to work in this farm. Until the beggining of 20th century a different kind of slavery was put in practise by farm owners that, dispite the end of slavery, took advantage of the fact that free slaves didn't had the money to pay their trip back to Angola or Cape Verde.
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  • Roca Bombaim (Bombay Farm) was one of the farms where until the beggining of 20th century a different kind of slavery was put in practise by farm owners that, dispite the end of slavery, took advantage of the fact that free slaves didn't had the money to pay their trip back to Angola or Cape Verde. Nowadays is becoming a rural hotel.
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  • A young man and a young girl stand on each side of the equator line. He is on the southern hemisphere and she is on the northern hemisphere
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  • Boy selling raspberries on the way to the entrance of Obo National Park.
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  • Woman on the pool of Pestana Resort. This hotel is located in Ilheu das Rolas (Pidgeon island) on the southern tip of Sao Tome island.
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  • Man on the beach in Lagoa Azul (Blue lagoon) with baobab trees on a hill. Lagoa Azul is on the north coast of Sao Tome island.
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  • Woman on the front of a yacht during a trip to the west coast of Sao Tome island. The west coast has no road access so many visitors choose to have a boat day trip to visit the pristine beaches.
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  • Tamarindo beach, on the north coast of Sao Tome island.
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