Arriving in Cape Verde, a photo from Boa Vista, Barlavento

Photographer's Note

Aristides Pereira International Airport on the island of Boa Vista is the third busiest airport in Cape Verde:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Cape_Verde
It was transformed from a small local runway to the international airport just in 2007.
Boa Vista, the first of the Cape Verdean islands discovered by Portuguese explorers, was named so after long journey through the Atlantic Ocean, but after they noticed that is it literally deserted, they must have been disappointed. The sandy beaches and a lot of sun turned out to be a great advantage for the tourism. However, on this small island there are already three giant all-inclusive resorts. Although they were welcomed by the local community, as they brought employment, it seems the house rent is so expensive there, that working hard you cannot afford it. Many people, especially those who arrived from other islands or from the coastal Africa, live in slums. Unfortunately, the guests of all-inclusive resorts don’t spend their money around the island. They have accommodation, food, excursions, souvenirs in their hotel. The land along the currently completely empty 18 km long sandy beach has been already purchased by giant hotel chains. This is the last moment to visit the island before it gets transformed from a sand desert to a desert of concrete.

About a year ago I posted a similar photo with the taxi cabs aligned one after another on the island of Maderia. Here I tried to reproduce this idea. This is my first photo from the family holidays on the island of Boa Vista.

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Fis2, PaulVDV, COSTANTINO, jemaflor, fotka, aliabazari, adramad, mcmtanyel ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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lousat (139332) 2022-04-24 2:19

Ciao Mariusz,i am really curious to see how things have changed after my trip 22 years ago. What you show was not there, the airport was a small runway with goats walking over it and it was reached by small planes after the change in Sal. I am glad to know that the long beach from which my only photo that I put here comes from is still intact, already at that time there were construction projects very contested by environmentalists, we hope that political corruption does not lead to the invasion of concrete there too. I look forward to seeing the others ... good Sunday! Luciano

Silvio1953 (221729) 2022-04-24 6:47

Ciao Mariusz, great perspective on a lot of taxi, fine details, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Fis2 (170861) 2022-04-24 6:49

Czesc Mariusz!
Ty sie mozesz cieszyc, zaliczy³es kolejn± podroz.
Zaczynasz reportaz od portu lotniczego.
Super kadr, kolory taksowek s± bardzo ciekawe, robi± wrazenie.
W tle ciekawa budowla i ladne palmy.
Podoba sie.
Milej niedzieli.
Krzysztof

PaulVDV (62978) 2022-04-24 6:56

Hello Mariusz,
If I understand well, this is the wall of the airport we see...
It looks a bit like a fortified building, but a new or recently restored one.
You have once again been able to find the Ukrainian colours for this picture.
I'm looking forward to your trip report.
In recent years I've only met three times someone who has been on this archipelago (never anyone in earlier years).
The first person stayed in an all inclusive hotel during a lazy holiday and had seen nothing.
The second person had gone to great lengths to travel around individually and said it is terribly difficult without organisation. Few boat connections, unpredictable connections, ... No idea what was still difficult, but according to him it was not recommended to travel there.
He advised me to pick one island and stay there which doesn't seem very interesting to me.
The third person had bad experiences with the population which surprised me because I thought that in this country the inhabitants could not be spoiled by lots of foreign visitors. Perhaps I'm wrong.
It were three extremely short encounters with these travellers during which I wasn't able to ask many questions.
So my curiosity about this country was not satisfied at all by those three encounters.
Hopefully you have experienced interesting things.
Best regards, Paul

Tue (92470) 2022-04-24 9:46

Hello Mariusz,
A great first impression from this island. The brand new, shiny taxis make a great contrast with the older walls and its stones and yellow areas. Excellent composition, clarity and sharpness.
Lars

fotka (9005) 2022-04-24 11:20

Witaj Mariusz,
Widze ze ruszyles w podroz aby odwiedzic nowy kraj. Koncentrujesz sie na wyspach poniewaz poprzednio byles na Wyspach Kanaryjskich teraz Cape Verde.
Zdjecie sprzed lotniska z taksowkami ktora ta ostatnia jest chinska JAC. W Stanach czy Europie nie widac chinskiech samochodow ale na Cape Verde weszli na rynek.
Dobre zdjecie w dlugiej perspektywie z ciekawa architekture budynku lotniska.
Pozdrowienia,
Zbigniew

pajaran (115989) 2022-04-24 16:09

Pozdrav.

Srecan povratak sa odmora, nedostjale su mi vase fotografije i dobre kritike.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepi taksi automobili i arhitektura, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama, kontrastom i perspektivom.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija.
Lepo secanje.

Zelim vam sve najbolje.
Paja

COSTANTINO (116580) 2022-04-24 21:47

Hello my dear friend and have a nice day
and a happy evening
interesting presentation of a lot
of taxi shining under sun s light....
the palm trees create a tropical
atmosphere and generally the whole
presentation and your useful notes
creates different feelings
I would like to visit this place
lets hope that one day I will do it
regards
costantino

jemaflor (147224) 2022-04-24 23:36

Hi Mariusz,
Good photo with these two colors ...interesting trip in this island, I hope a good series with your photos, a good memories for me this island and the others of this country,tfs.

jmdias (115252) 2022-04-25 10:05

mariusz

I guess you choose to visit cape verde before azores because these islands are more sunny. hahaha.
a nice view with the colors in evidence and these false date palm trees, from canary islands, as alive beings.
I want to visit these islands some day, they are only four hours of flight from brazil. OK, more four hours to reach the nearest brazilian airport, the same I visited few months ago..
take care

jorge

aliabazari (22281) 2022-04-26 7:59

Hello Mariusz
Beautiful view of this airport entrance with colorful taxis. Clarity and lighting done well.

adramad (73006) 2022-04-26 10:02

Hello Mariusz.
A magnificent and original photo with that row of taxis that give a great chromaticism to the composition, the building in the background is also very colorful, with its yellow concrete, combined with stone, the palm trees give the exotic touch.
I have no reference to these islands, so I'll get to know them a bit with your photos.
It is true that reviewing and preparing the photos we take takes a long time, so I am five trips behind schedule to upload photos to TE and next Sunday I am going on a trip to Tarragona again, to tour the area.
Great color that brings out the details of the image, the sharpness is excellent and the lighting is splendid.
Very good work. I like very much.
You have a good day. Very best regards.
Luis.

mcmtanyel (68623) 2022-05-13 20:24

Hello Mariusz,
These are cute taxicabs. Their colors are much more attractive than the boring yellow cabs.
Regards,
MT