Boavista island, Cabo Verde 4 - 5 Nov 2005

Finally relaxation and a couple of days without flying

The Hotel Estoril was run by an Italian, Marco Villa, catering mainly for Italian fishermen who leave their wives at home. It was well situated, 5 minutes from a long sandy beach and a 10-minute walk from the village of Sal Rei where we had lunch at a simple bar/restaurant frequented by locals and tourists alike. Because of leaving Geneva 3 days late, our 3-night stop in the Canaries had been cut to one, and the 3-night stop in Cape Verde was cut to two. But it was heaven just to spend even two nights in the same place and at last we were able to de-stress and really catch up on our sleep before the long haul over the ocean.
 We checked out the satellite images for the Atlantic crossing early that afternoon at the local internet café. It looked OK, so we flew back to Sal and checked in to a nearby hotel – the rather run down Hotel Atlantico. An appropriate name at least! We had a bit less than 3 hours of sleep before the receptionist woke us up 20 minutes earlier than we’d requested at 10 to midnight.