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Travel - Cape Verde, Brava, the island of the brave

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  • A child plays in Nova Sintra, the capital village of Brava island the most inacessible of the nine inhabited islands of Cape Verde archipelago.
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  • A franciscan monk passes in a street in Nova Sintra, the capital village of Brava island.
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  • Know as "the flower island" Brava  has in its capital village Nova Sintra a gem of simple colonial architecture and its streets are arborized with many kinds of trees like these fig trees.
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  • Eugenio Tavares square is the center of  Nova Sintra and it's where its population converge. Know as "the flower island" Brava  has in its capital village Nova Sintra a gem of simple colonial architecture .
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  • Sorriso (Smile) is the nickname of one of the characters better known by Bravas people. This adolescent is known to be a thieve and the population will always advise the tourist to be carefull.
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  • A couple kiss in Eugenio Tavares square which is the center of  Nova Sintra and it's where its population converge. Know as "the flower island" Brava  has in its capital village Nova Sintra a gem of simple colonial architecture ..
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  • Old men spend the day playing cards  or going to the few bars open in Nova Sintra.
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  • School boys coming from school in Nova Sintra. Capeverdian students wear uniform so that the rich and the poor look the same.
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  • As in neighbour Fogo island, in Brava one can find many people with light skin and eyes. Brava and Fogo inhabitants are targeted by other islands population that joke saying "they think they are white people"
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  • A window in a colonial building in Brava's capital village Nova Sintra. This village is a gem of simple colonial architecture featuring humble houses in a plateau about 600 metres from sea level.
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  • A girl walks on a street in Nova Sintra, Brava island capital village. This village is a gem of simple colonial architecture featuring humble houses in a plateau about 600 metres from sea level.
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  • A small village hanging on the top of a cliff. Brava island is very hilly featuring high cliffs and deep valleys. On the distance the Secos islets can be seen.
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  • A bougainvillaea tree marks the fence of a little farm in Brava island. With a mild climate, the smaller of Cape Verde islands has the nickname of "flower island".
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  • A view of Nova Sintra, the capital village of Brava island situated on a cooler plateau about 600 metres from sea level. On the background massive Fogo island is omnipresent with its 2829 metres vulcano.
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  • One hiker walks in the ancient path used by sheperds in the direction of Faja da Agua village. On the background massive Fogo island is omnipresent with its 2829 metres vulcano.
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  • Boys taking care of a bougainvillaea tree. With a mild climate, the smaller of Cape Verde islands has the nickname of "flower island".
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  • In the steep ancient path that sheperds used from Nova Sintra to Faja da Agua, the way passes in Lavadura village that reminds Machu Picchu for its setting among mountain peaks and for the number of stone walls.
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  • In the steep ancient path that sheperds used from Nova Sintra to Faja da Agua, the way passes in Lavadura village that reminds Machu Picchu for its setting among mountain peaks and for the number of stone walls.
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  • A young girl holds a baby in a bar in Faja da Agua village. The average age of Cape Verde population is 23 years old
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  • The steep ancient path that sheperds used from Nova Sintra to Faja da Agua zigzags through a deep valley.
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  • Faja da Agua is a village with a magnificent setting on a bay. Nearby the inoperative airport remembers te remoteness of Brava island.
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  • On the way out from Nova Sintra a lookout with a cross marks the end of the town center on the road the continues to Furna, the place where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • A dog sitting on a wall and boys walking in a cobblestone road are a common sight in Brava island, a place where the pace of time has always been slow.
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  • One of the many stone ways that lead to abandoned villages in the east coast of Brava island.
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  • A shepperd waits for the cattle to refresh in the abandoned village of Vinagre in Brava's east coast. Vinagre is so called because of the acid fountain water that reminds vinegar.
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  • The portrait of a young shepperd  in the abandoned village of Vinagre in Brava's east coast. Vinagre is so called because of the acid fountain water that reminds vinegar. The young man is wearing a political t-shirt from one of the candidates for President.
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  • Brava's coast is very scenic featuring many bays and cliffs.
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  • One hiker waives in the top of a hill on Brava's east coast. On the background massive Fogo island is omnipresent with its 2829 metres vulcano.
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  • In Furna people gather on the top of a rock fishing. Furna is the village where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • Girls chat on the way to a water spring on Brava's east coast. Nearby, Furna is the place where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • Children play in Furna where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • A coastal guard checks papers while the ferry is unloaded. Sometimes Brava island gets isolated for several days when sea conditions doesn't allow ships to approach Furna's harbour, the only one in the island.
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  • An old lady is helped to descend from the ferry boat. Sometimes Brava island gets isolated for several days when sea conditions doesn't allow ships to approach Furna's harbour, the only one in the island.
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  • A child sleeps held by his father while waiting for the ferry from Brava to Fogo island. Sometimes Brava island gets isolated for several days when sea conditions doesn't allow ships to approach Furna's harbour, the only one in the island.
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  • Passengers load their luggage in the feery boat. Sometimes Brava island gets isolated for several days when sea conditions doesn't allow ships to approach Furna's harbour, the only one in the island.
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  • A liberian football player portrayed in the ferry from Brava to Fogo island. After fled his homeland Liberia due to civil war more than 15 years ago this refugee lived in Gambia and Guinea Conakri before going to Cape Verde to play football as a way of earning his life.
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