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Cape Verde, Praia, Santiago Island

Arriving Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde November 20, 2022 from Mindelo, Cape Verde. We were to have arrived originally in Dakar, Senegal. We were told due to too many ship arrivals we were unable to obtain docking space and instead we sailed to Praia, Cape Verde where we are this morning now. Above you see the many buses waiting for us to disembark and visit today.

Praia in Portuguese is beach. It is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. It is located on the southern coast of Santiago island .

Praia is the economic, political and cultural center of Cape Verde islands. We arrived on a Sunday morning. We pretty much had the town and island to ourselves. A great time to meet the locals.

Our Regent ship, Seven Seas Voyager in the distance.

The flag of Cape Verde Islands.

The Quartel Jaime Mota..Military Barracks Building for soldiers to stay. It is located across the street from the City Hall.

Soldiers in in the window of the Quartel, building.

Government Building.

You can see on the left is the Government guilding and on the right is the Quartel or MIitary barracks building for the soldiers to stay.

The ports of Santiago were important ports of call for ships sailing between Portugal and the Portuguese colonies in Africa and South America. Between the end of the 16th century and the end of the 18th century, Praia suffered many pirate attacks.

Monument Statue of Diego Gomes the Portuguese navigator who was one of the discoverers of the island of Santiago in 1460.

Ruins off in the distance

Looking at the city below

In the distance and hillsides

Beach below

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