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Bradt Guide Cape Verde Islands
Ref: BRA020
Lying off the west coast of Africa, the former Portuguese colony of the Cape Verde islands has just started to be discovered by tourists seeking a truly unusual destination. The authors first became fascinated by the travel opportunities offered by each of the nine islands. Hard information on how to get there, inter-island transport, where to stay and eat etc is linked to suggested activities including hiking in the volcanic hills and watersports. Added colour comes from boxes on subjects varying from historical characters to natural history to local legends.
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About this Destination
The Cape Verde Islands, once visited by Darwin and Columbus, have in recent times been a well-kept secret among travellers. Nestling in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Canary Islands, this crescent-shaped archipelago is just waiting to be rediscovered. Each of the country's highly individual islands has its own attractions. On the one hand almost empty sandy beaches offer superb watersports; on the other tiny villages cling to the sides of rarely visited volcanoes.
Author's Note, by Aisling Irwin and Colum Wilson
One of the paradoxes of Cape Verde is a widespread cosmopolitanism which dates from centuries ago, but it lives side by side with poverty and isolation. For generations the young men have gone abroad - to America, to Europe, to the Africa mainland - because the land cannot sustain them, because their families need money. Back at home their relatives mourn not just the loss of their own sons and husbands but the painful emigrations of generations before. They morn the particular lot of the Cape Verdean, stranded on outcrops in the Atlantic, abused over the centuries not just by the waves but by many nations...
Authors Aisling Irwin and Colum Wilson have travelled extensively in Africa and the Middle East. Colum is a civil engineer involved in development work and health projects in Africa, and Aisling is science correspondent with The Daily Telegraph.
£12.95
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