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Pictures taken on a business trip to Cape Verde in March 2007.
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Engine house for aerial ropeway, Pedra de Lume
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Engine house for aerial ropeway, Pedra de Lume

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  • On the beach at Santa Maria, Sal island.
  • Lonely goatherd, Sal
  • The little bulldozer looks proud of a job well done, no?<br /> <br /> Nr Buracona, Sal.
  • These salt pans at Pedra de Lume on Sal are in a volcanic crater. Apparently the crater floor is at sea level and the salt water seeps through naturally. The tunnel was dug in the 19th century for the mules that had formerly carried the salt over the rim of the crater.
  • A wider view of the salt pans in the crater at Pedra de Lume. The timber pylons were installed about 1919 to support the aerial ropeway that replaced mules for transporting salt to the port.
  • Pedra de Lume: the aerial ropeway climbed over the crater wall and down to the sea.
  • Pylon for aerial ropeway
  • Engine house for aerial ropeway, Pedra de Lume
  • Fishing boats in harbour at Pedra de Lume
  • Harbour at Pedra de Lume
  • Kiosk, main square, Mindelo
  • Sao Vicente: Baia das Gatas on L, Ponta Calhau at centre, Santa Lucia in far distance.
  • View southward towards Monte Verde, the tallest peak. Slightly closer is Mt Antonio Gomas; the low peaks on the left are Mt Salamansa.
  • Salamansa Bay from one of the small volcanic peaks near Mt Salamansa.
  • Salamansa Bay, Mt Joao d'Evora in distance, Santo Antao in far distance.
  • Salamansa village and beach
  • Salamansa village across bay
  • Church in Salamansa village
  • Salamansa village. There are many part-built houses: people build as and when they have the money or materials.
  • Salamansa village
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