"Islands to enjoy se ..." a Cape Verde Travel Page by jorgejuansanchez

During the two weeks that I spent in Cape Verde (which means Green Cape, in Portuguese language) I had the opportunity to visit two islands: Santiago, where I flew in from Dakar, and Sal, from where I had to fly out to Lisbon and then to Spain.
My first thought was: well, I will enjoy the beauty of these green islands, as the name infers.
But the islands were almost deserts, practically without nature. Anyway I liked them and was not disappointed because of the interesting colonial Portuguese buildings in Praia, capital of the country, and especially because of the nice people everywhere, who were brought to the archipelago as slaves, since Cabo Verde Islands were uninhabited when the Portuguese sailors discovered them.
Santiago Island was not touristy at all. The only foreigners that I met there were Portuguese Expatriates. But in Sal I saw lots of Italians, French, Spaniards, English, Germans, etc., who went there to practice sea activities such as snorkelling, diving, swimming, fishing, etc.