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West Africa - São Tomé Island (2005)

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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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  • Coffee beans ready to be dried.
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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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  • 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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  • Children playing football (soccer) in front of a painted wall with a mural about how to protect pregnant women from malaria.
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  • Fisherman selling a huge fish on the roadside in tyhe northern coast of Sao Tome island.
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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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  • Young woman washing cloth in the river.
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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 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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  • 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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  • Two young women chat by Cafe & Companhia's window. Here it's possible to buy and drink coffee grown in the islands.
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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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  • 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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  • Pestana Resort is located in Ilheu das Rolas (Pidgeon island) on the southern tip of Sao Tome island.
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  • Sao Nicolau (Saint Nicholas) waterfall is the highest in 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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  • 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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  • Mist forming in Obo National Park rainforest on the way to Roca Bombaim (Bombay farm).
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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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  • Boy selling raspberries on the way to the entrance of Obo National Park.
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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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  • 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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  • Little girl wearing a flower in her hair. The tiny Ilheu das Rolas (Pidgeon Island) is on the southern tip of Sao Tome island and it has a Resort and a fisherman village.
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  • Women near a fountain with the words "Thinking garden" written.
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  • Cocoa fruit. Cocoa production is the main export from Sao Tome and Principe and is for centuries where economy concentrates.
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  • The west coast of Sao Tome island has no road acess, so the easiest way of exploring this pristine area is by boat.
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  • Beach near Sao Joao dos Angolares village. Sao Joao is on the way to the south coast of Sao Tome island and was founded by angolan slaves brought to work in Sao Tome. Many of the inhabitants speak a language called "angolar"
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  • Tamarindo beach, on the north coast of Sao Tome island.
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