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West Africa - Príncipe Island (2005)

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  • A man stands close to a oca (oka) tree stock. This is one of the biggest ones found in Principe island.
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  • Bom Bom Resort is one of the most exclusive resorts in Africa.It is very famous for its Big Game fishing. The main bungalow area is connected to the restaurant by a bridge. The restaurant is in Bom Bom isle.
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  • The skipper of a yacht swims in front of Macaco (Monkey) beach. The flag on the top left is Sao Tome and Principe national flag.
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  • Old slave houses (sanzala) in Roca Sundy (Sundy Farm). Until the beggining of 20th century, farm owners putted in practise a different kind of slavery: after the end of slavery they took advantage of the fact that free slaves didn't have the money to pay their return to Angola and Cape Verde.
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  • Two boys look at the camera in Roca Sao Joaquim (Saint Joachim farm). this point in the island is the last one going south with road access.
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  • Bom Bom Resort is one of the most exclusive resorts in Africa.It is very famous for its Big Game fishing. The main bungalow area is connected to the restaurant by a bridge. The restaurant is in Bom Bom isle.
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  • Banana beach seen from a boat.This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • Man on the rooftop in Roca (farm) Sao Joaquim, looking at Agulhas (needles) Bay. At the distance the hills from the south part of the island can be seen. Tha south part has no road access.
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  • Beach in front of  bungalows area in Bom Bom Resort. The resort is one of the most exclusives in Africa, and is world famous for its Big Game Fishing.
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  • Fishermen from Principe island sailing in a traditional boat.
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  • One of the bungalows in Bom Bom resort. This is one of the most exclusive resorts in Africa, and world famous for its Big Game Fishing.
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  • Jockey Cap isle and one of the Principe hills seen from a lookout.
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  • One of the skippers of Bom Bom resort, looks at Bom Bom isle in the distance at sunset.
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  • Children paddling a bamboo raft in the river that passes in Santo Antonio do Principe, the capital village of the island.
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  • A Cape Verdean descendant with green eyes. A big part of Sao Tome and Principe population descend from Cape Verde workers and slaves who were brought to work in cocoa plantations.
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  • Roca (farm) Belo Monte's colonial gate. This is one of the many farms that subsist on cocoa and coffe plantantions. It also has a lookout to Banana Beach.
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  • Banana beach seen from Roca (farm) belo Monte lookout. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • Banana beach seen from Roca(farm) belo Monte lookout. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • Children play in front of former cattle and horses stable in Roca (Farm) Sundy. The place where animals were kept was much better looking than slave houses.
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  • Man eating bread diped in palm oil. In the ruins of this former Roca (farm) palm oil is produced in a traditional way.
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