Away trip to a Volcanic Island

Suzie Too - Western Caribbean
David & Suzanne Chappell
Tue 24 Nov 2009 12:30

On Holiday for 2 nights away from the boat on the Island of Santo Antao, 1st a ferry then a coach trip with an english speaking guide called Sonia

 

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On the coach at Santo Antao

 

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Day 1 standing at the top of the volcanic crater, pretty high up and feeling colder

 

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Donkeys carrying drinking water to the houses

 

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Beautiful mountain ranges

 

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The Fishing harbor at Porto Novo where we stopped for lunch, mackerel and 3 types of potatoes

 

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Our crowd after lunch, Sue & Andy “Spruce”, Marta & Frank “ African Sea wing”, Tim & Neil “ Mina 2”, Norma & Phil “ Minnie B” The Professor Francois from Pilhoue 5

 

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The sugar cane is the one in flower and is all over the Island also growing in abundance was  Bread fruit trees, Banana trees, Coco trees, Yamms & Coffee beans.  Food was no problem and water was still running down the volcano into wells.

 

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Sugar Cane                                                                                                                                         Bread fruit trees

 

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The flower on the Banana tree

 

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Our guest house was a school for under 7’s during the day, this is the children all leaving at the end of their day, all holding hands down the very steep twisting lane which was a 15 mins steep climb

 

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Breakfast the next day, bananas, bread rolls and strong coffee.

 

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6 hours of walking and climbing through the most beautiful valley with our guide

 

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Rest at last, this was our lunch stop at a local familys house, where she made us Coffee for 50 cents per mug, then it was on again past the lavardas into the ravine and a climb up the otherside, which included a rock hugging session to get past a narrow ledge and a wall climb with the help of a rope.  Anyway we all arrived back unscathed.

 

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Outside the guest house where we stayed , before we set off back to the ferry for our journey back to San Vicente - Mindelo

 

And all for 94 Euros each excluding our ferry, thanks Martha for organizing we had a wonderful trip, very memorable but quite exhausting.

 

Love to all

 

Suzanne & David xxxx