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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • People passing 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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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • As in most of Cape verde archipelago people are very friendly and always available to help. With a circular stone road, the island has many unpaved paths that can difficult an outsider to move around without getting lost sometimes.
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  • Girls treating their hair on the main street of Barranco Velho where there are some examples of simple popular architecture. As in most of Cape Verde archipelago, facades are colorfully painted.
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  • A man in the verandah of his colorful wooden house in Príncipe island, in São TOmé e Príncipe archipelago.
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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • Manseating near Sao Sebastiao (Saint Sebastian) fortress in close by there are statues that represent the portuguese navigators who discovered the archipelago.
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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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  • Sun rises behind Sao Jorge island. From the summit of Pico mountain the central islands of the archipelago can be seen. At the distance Terceira island is also observed. Pico is the highest portuguese mountain with 2351m high
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  • A horse waits outside a grocery store in one of the little villages in Paul Valley in the northeast zone of Santo Antao island. This area has a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • The deep valleys in the northeast zone of Santo Antao island have a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • A boy coming from school in Paul Valley with an umbrella. The northeast area of Santo Antao has a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • Women smashing corn to make flour.  The northeast area of Santo Antao has a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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  • Mindelo seen from the Fortim. The old part of town has beautiful examples of colonial architecture and the it is also the most cosmopolitan and cultural of the Cape Verde archipelago.
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  • The old portuguese governor palace which is now used as a court of law is located on the main Lisboa Street.The old part of town has beautiful examples of colonial architecture and the it is also the most cosmopolitan and cultural of the Cape Verde archipelago.
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  • The dryness is one of the most important problems in the archipelago and  for a flat island like Maio the lack of water is even more important as there are almost no mountains to retain the water from the clouds. Maio is an arid island so agriculture does not have many chances. Goats are the animals who most easily adapt to the rocky and dry Maio island and can be seen throughout the island. The Sahara wind brings sand in some seasons of the year.
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  • The dryness is one of the most important problems in Cape Verde archipelago and  for a flat island like Maio the lack of water is even more important as there are almost no mountains to retain the water from the clouds. Maio is an arid island so agriculture does not have many chances.
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  • Some children play on the main street of Barranco Velho where there are some examples of simple popular architecture. As in most of Cape Verde archipelago, facades are colorfully painted.
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  • The roads in Maio Island are most of them unpaved.  The few paved ones are made of stone . The dryness is one of the most important problems in the archipelago and  for a flat island like Maio the lack of water is even more importante as there are almost no mountains to retain the water from the clouds.
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  • Colonial buildings in São Tomé, the capital city of São Tomé and Principe archipelago
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  • A woman carrying a bag on her head in a road sorrounded by sugar cane in the northeast zone of Santo Antao island. This area has a microclimate that makes it the only part of the archipelago where it rains regularly and where many vegetables and fruits grow.
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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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  • 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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  • The view from Santa Joaquina Lookout, in Príncipe island
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  • Children playing soccer in a old "roça" (old cocoa farm) in Príncipe island.
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  • A woman carrying a basket passes by the Landscape near Cão Grande (big Dog) mountain. This area was cleared from native forest to plant palm trees for production.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Hikers walking inside the dormant volcano's crater to sea the view from the border.
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  • Man passing in front of a baobab tree with a donkey. Donkeys are very common in Cape Verde but not trees.
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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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  • With its vast sand extension, Ponta Preta beach can be seen from the plane when approaching the small airport. This beach is close to Vila do Maio (Maio Village) but locals always warn tourists about the dangerous stream.
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  • Ribeira de Dom Joao beach is one of the many secluded beaches in Maio island. Accessible only in a four-wheel-drive or by walking, the beach is divided in two bays with emerald water and yellow sand.
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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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  • A tourist rests in a footway in Flores island. Corvo island can be seen in the distance.
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  • A woman and a small boy on a street in Vila do Maio (Maio Village). Inside the van a political banner from Carlos Veiga,  the presidential candidate who lose the election for the second time.
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  • Waterfall near Faj? Grande in Flores island in Azores.
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  • Young people playing football in Vila do Maio beach. The beach is located  just in front of the capital village and is the most accessible and, at the sime time, the most famous postcard image from Maio island. Still little known to tourists, the island can become has great touristical potential with its pristine yellow sand beaches and turquoise water.
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  • Tourists at Faj? Grande pier.
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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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  • A young student looking at the sea in Santo António do Príncipe
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  • Children playing soccer in a old "roça" (old cocoa farm) in Príncipe island.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Banana beach. 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 sheltering from the rain in São Tomé island
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  • Portrait of a lady in São Tomé's market.
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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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  • 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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  • Women grating coconut while breast feeding at Roça Sundy, in Príncipe island
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  • A woman drying clothe at the old slave quarter at  Roça Sundy, in Príncipe island
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  • Portrait of Dona Adelaide, living at the old slave quarter in Roça Sundy, Príncipe island.
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  • A view of  the east coast of Príncipe island
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  • People dancing in one discotheque in Príncipe island
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  • A fisherman showing his catch near Lagoa Azul (Blue Lagoon) , in São Tomé island.
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  • The forest in Príncipe island.
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  • A boy plays with a tyre and a stick in Santo António do Príncipe, the tiny capital of Principe island.
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  • The view from Santa Joaquina Lookout, in Príncipe island
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  • A tourist looks at the landscape at Santa Joaquina Lookout, in Príncipe island
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  • Banana beach. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • One of the skippers of Bom Bom resort, looks at Bom Bom isle in the distance at sunset.
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  • Boy selling raspberries on the way to the entrance of Obo National Park.
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  • Mist forming in Obo National Park rainforest on the way to Roca Bombaim (Bombay farm).
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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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  • Sao Nicolau (Saint Nicholas) waterfall is the highest in Sao Tome island
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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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  • 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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  • Fisherman selling a huge fish on the roadside in tyhe northern coast of Sao Tome island.
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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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  • 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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  • At the summit of Pico mountain some fumaroles can be observed. Pico mountain is the highest portuguese point with 2351m.
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  • Carlos is one of the guides that lead visitors to Pico's summit. Each year he goes to the top about thirty times. Here he is pictured with the crater on the background.
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  • In clear sky days, sunrise is an unforgettable moment in Pico's summit. The perfect triangled shadow of the mountain is projected in the sea and in the clouds.
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  • People waiting for sunrise on Pico mountain summit. Although there was 10 degree Celsius, the wind can make it look much cooler. In winter it is common to see a snow caped summit. Pico is the highest portuguese mountain with 2351m high
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  • A sign marks the distances and the altitude of the starting point and the summit. Pico is the highest portuguese mountain with 2351m high
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  • Sao Filipe Town Hall. The capital of Fogo island is one of the best examples of portuguese colonial architecture, maily its "sobrado" houses. The masters used to live on the top flor of these houses while the servants on the ground flor.
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  • Aon old man relaxes in Fontainhas village in the north coast of Santo Antao which is an extraordinary scenery. To go there it takes one hour, because distances are time measured in Santo Antao.
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  • A young boy trying to seduce a young girl in Tarrafal beach.
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  • Fishermen in Sao Pedro beach. This beach can be seen during landing in Sao Vicente island  because the airport strip is located few meters away from the beach.
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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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  • 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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  • The fishing village of Calheta has a bay where fisherman keep their boats. The village has also some fine examples of simple popular architecture with colorfully painted houses.
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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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  • 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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  • A girl passing in a street at Vila do Corvo, the smallest municipality in Portugal.
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  • Men putting cattle in a ship for exportation. Dairy products and meat are one of the main productions of the azorean islands.
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  • Men putting cattle in a ship for exportation. Dairy products and meat are one of the main productions of the azorean islands.
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  • Ribeira de Dom Joao beach is one of the many secluded beaches in Maio island. Accessible only in a four-wheel-drive or by walking, the beach is divided in two bays with emerald water and yellow sand.
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  • Children playing football on Vila do Maio (Maio's Village) streets. Cape Verde population is very young and the country is known for the good use of international aid, specially in sending its students  abroad on scholarship programs.
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  • Vila do Maio beach located  just in front of the capital village is the most accessible and, at the sime time, the most famous postcard image from Maio island. Fishing boats go out every day from the traditional pier. Turquoise water and yellow sand are important atributes to make Maio island a tourist destination for the years to come.
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  • Boy walking in front of a kindergarden in Vila do Maio (Maio's village). Cape Verde population is very young and the country is known for the good use of international aid, specially in sending its students  abroad on scholarship programs.
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