Sal - Cabo Verde

28/05/2023

Espargos has some pretty amazing colours too! 😊🌿🎨

19/05/2023

Little egret is a small white heron with a long thin neck and long dark legs. In warmer locations, like here in Cabo Verde, these birds are permanent residents, seen all year round. They often wander through the grass near hotels looking for insects - Have you seen them lately?

Little egrets use various methods to procure food. They stalk their prey in shallow water, often running with raised wings or shuffling their feet to disturb small fish or stand still and wait to ambush prey. On land, they walk or run while chasing small creatures. It's always a stunning show to observe.

Read more about little egrets on our website:
https://www.salcaboverde.com/little-egret-that-beautiful-white-bird-with-long-black-legs/

17/05/2023

🇨🇻 ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴠᴇʀᴅᴇᴀɴ ᴄʀᴇᴏʟᴇ ᴀʟᴘʜᴀʙᴇᴛ 🇨🇻

The only writing system officially recognized by the authorities in Cape Verde is called the Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita da Língua Cabo-verdiana (ALUPEC), which translates to ‘Unified Alphabet for the Writing of the Cape Verdean Language’. It’s a phonetic alphabet, making it easy to pronounce the words and learn to read.

Learn it with this awesome video by Learn Kabuverdianu

Learn The Cape Verdean alphabet in its entirety. Based on the ALUPEC the Capeverdean Alphabet uses a Phonetic alphabet making it easy to pronounce the words ...

17/05/2023

Bom dia! 🏝️🌊🇨🇻

17/05/2023

Beautiful colour palette 🎨 of a calm hot afternoon in Santa Maria, Sal 🏝️

05/05/2023

The Shell Cemetery Beach is a dumping ground where millions of empty shells, previously emptied of snails in kitchens and restaurants, are thrown away and broken into pieces. You can easily see that these pieces are used on the island, among other things, as decorative gravel in the gardens. The view of the beach is extraordinary, and the clatter that the broken shells make when you walk on them is reminiscent of walking on a million little bones - it's a sight to behold.

Contrary to what many people popularly think, the site is not a natural phenomenon. The shells are not thrown ashore by the waves but by fishermen and employees of local restaurants. Some remnants are little – from very young animals – which means they come from illegal fishing. Therefore, the shell cemetery, placed far from the settlements, is also a place for easy disposal of evidence of active environmental destruction done mainly by indigent islanders. The moral question of whether or not the site should be supported and advertised as a tourist attraction I leave to you.

Undeniably, however, the sight of the beach is impressive, and the sound of shells underfoot, rhythmically turned by the incoming waves, can mesmerise. Cleared, bright pink-orange remnants contrast with the black volcanic stones of the jetty or, a piece further down, blend in with the beige-golden sand of the beach.