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  • The Atlantic Pavillion at Nations Park. The park is now where the Expo98 world exhibition in Lisbon was held and it became the most modern part of town with landmark buildings from world-recognized architects.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Waterfall near Faj? Grande in Flores island in Azores.
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  • Waterfall near Faj? Grande in Flores island in Azores.
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  • Tourists at Faj? Grande pier.
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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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  • 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. Turquoise water and yellow sand are important atributes to make Maio island a tourist destination for the years to come.
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  • people on the gardens at Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.
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  • Tamarindo beach, on the north coast of Sao Tome island.
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  • Women carrying water on the road. The Dry is the main problem in Cape Verde islands as most of the land remains unproductive due to arid soils.
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  • Tourists walk on the borders of Salina's natural pool. The pool was formed by ancient lava rock that reached the sea during Fogo's volcano eruptions.
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  • One tourist looks at Fogo island's volcano. This had its most recent eruption in 1995. Inside the massive caldera a little dispersed village survives due to the rich volcanic soil and its inhabitants grow vineyards and fruit trees.
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  • Sao Filipe, 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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  • 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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  • In a "trapiche" sugar cane is used to make a kind of firewater vey appreciated in Cape Verde called "grog". The best one is usually from Santo Antao island where it is better distilled.
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  • The twisted "Estrada da Corda" (Rope road" meanders through the deep valleys and cliffs in the northeast zone of Santo Antao island.
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  • The east coast of Santiago island has some little bays that give shelter to the fishing boats.
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  • Sao Filipe's fortress in Cidade Velha. Cidade Velha  was the first capital of Cape Verde then changed to Cidade da Praia after being pillaged by French pirates.
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  • A girl plays covering herself with sand on Tarrafal beach.
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  • The only botanic garden in Cape Verde is located near Sao Jorge dos Orgaos. The village has this name due to the similarity between the sorrounding mountains and chirches  organ-pipes.
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  • Fishing boats at Tarrafal beach, the most touristical point in Santiago island.
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  • At Bau's workshop many guitars used to play worldwide famous capeverdian music are made. Bau himself is a virtuous guitar player and composer.
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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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  • 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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  • Praia Grande (Big Beach) and an ancient volcano in the northeast coast can be seen from the highest point of Sao Vicente island, the Monte Verde (Green Mount).
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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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  • The dunes in the northern part of Maio island form a delicate ecosystem. Praia Real (Royal beach) is said to be a shark dormitory.
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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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  • View of the Caldeir?o, the old crater that tops Corvo island.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Tourists exploring sea caves in Flores island coastline.
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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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  • A donkey in a field in Flores island.
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  • Fajazinha village at the west coast of Flores island.
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  • Lopo Vaz cape in Flores island.
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  • Goats are the animals who most easily adapt to the rocky and dry Maio island and can be seen throughout the island.
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  • Flores island coastal landscape with Corvo island in the distance.
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  • On a wood hoven the baker Afonso makes bread to sell in Vila do Maio (Maio Village).
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  • By the end of the end of the day people come to the seaside street to watch the sunset.
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  • Flores island coastal landscape
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  • By the end of the end of the day people come to the seaside street to watch the sunset. That is also the time for lovers.
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  • Tourists walking on the footpath that goes from Faj? Grande to Ponta Delgada in Flores island.
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  • Young women walking on Vila do Maio (Maio's Village) narrow streets. Usually buidings are colourfully painted and people are very friendly to visitors. Maio island has about 7.000 inhabitants and is one of the less-known Cape Verdean islands.
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  • Young women walking on Vila do Maio (Maio's Village) narrow streets. Usually buidings are colourfully painted and people are very friendly to visitors. Maio island has about 7.000 inhabitants and is one of the less-known Cape Verdean islands.
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  • Vila do Maio (Maio's Village) church. Most of Cape Verdeans are catholics.
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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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  • Lagoons of Caldeira Funda and Caldeira Rasa, in Flores Island.
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  • Children swim and have fun 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. 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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  • Panorama of Flores island countryside.
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  • Shy girl still wet from swimming 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,  most famous postcard image from Maio island. Fishing boats go out every day from the traditional pier.
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  • Girl  on Vila do Maio beach. This 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. 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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  • Children on Vila do Maio (Maio's Village)streets, playing with improvised Carnival masks.
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  • Man on the post office window in Vila do Maio (Maio's Village).  Most of the facades are painted with bright colors.
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  • Fogo volcanos had its most recent eruption in 1995. Inside the massive caldera a little dispersed village survives due to the rich volcanic soil and its inhabitants grow vineyards and fruit trees.
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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 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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  • Monchique islet is Europe's  westernmost administrated  point, off coast from Flores island.
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  • The surrounding view from  Pico mountain's summit includes a view from the dormant volcano crater. Usually is where people mount their tents . Just up the crater wall  Atlantic ocean  can be seen in this picture.
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