Cape VerdeCape Verde islands summer 2008. |
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July 20th 2008
On the way home to Denmark we spent a day in Lisbon. Please schroll down to see the photos from June/July in Cape Verde. The police in Lisbon on their funny vehicles.
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Martin in front of the aquarium Oceanário de Lisboa which is a must see in Lisbon. |
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The fish in the big tank. There are sharks, jacks, barracudas and other big fish there. |
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The sunfish. |
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The cute sea otter having a sleep. |
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July 19th 2008
After some days of very slow fishing we finally found some fish in São Pedro, but unfortunately we didn't succeed in catching any of them. This was the last day of fishing in Cape Verde for this year and tomorrow Martin and I return to Denmark. |
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July 18th
Martin and JB playing chess in Santo Antão. |
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July 16th 2008
Baia das Gatas. |
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July 13th
The locals in Tarrafal sleep on the beach at night. |
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Nice blue marlin eating the bait on the North-West Bank off Santo Antão. |
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Eryn bravely fought the marlin for 3½ hours through several thrilling moments before it broke off. The fish was hooked on 3 kilo line and was estimated over 450 lbs. |
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Martin bailing water out of the boat during the fight. |
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JB giving Eryn encouragement and assuring her that the boat is not on fire and not sinking either. |
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The fish and the bait. |
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Zak giving the boat a good work out. |
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Coming back to Tarrafal. |
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Amelia anchored at Tarrafal. |
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Girl in Tarrafal. |
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July 12th 2008
Happy Hooker catching a nice tuna in São Pedro. |
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Young spotted dolphins south of Santo Antão. |
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The town of Tarrafal on the south coast of Santo Antão. |
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Dinner at Mar Tranquilidade in Tarrafal. |
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The local disco. |
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The entrance to the dancefloor. |
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Kids at the school party. |
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July 9th 2008
Eryn pitching the bait to a fish that unfortunately didn't stay on the hook. |
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Same fish. |
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Smoke in the cockpit of Amelia just after hooking up the fish (the boat is not on fire). |
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July 7th 2008
The vegetable market in Mindelo. |
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July 5th 2008
Little blue marlin eating the pitch bait. Eryn and Guy from New Zealand are here to catch marlin on light tackle, and this fish was the first we raised. |
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Eryn fighting a blue marlin on 6 lb tackle on the Happy Hooker II. |
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This is how close she was to catching the fish, but unfortunately the line broke after three hours. |
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The fish which may have been the new world record if it hadn't broken the line... |
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Amelia delivering beer to Happy Hooker II. |
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JB and Martin talking about the good old days back in NZ. |
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June 29th 2008
The first rain I have ever seen in Cape Verde. |
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The harbour osprey on a mast. |
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June 28th 2008
Today Happy Hooker caught 3 fish. This is a nice 500 lb'er that didn't quite behave. |
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June 27th 2008
Martin Bates parking Amelia in the marina after catching a nice 850 lb blue marlin today! |
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June 24th 2008
Happy Hooker caught 5 blues and a 50 lb dorado today! Biggest marlin was 500 lbs. The rest of the fleet caught nada! |
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June 23rd 2008
Amelia running home through the washing machine. |
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June 20th 2008
Reiner caught this 750 lb blue marlin on the Happy Hooker. Unfortunately the fish got tail wrapped and died, so we brought it home and here it is. |
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Lifting the fish out of the water.
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The eye of a dead marlin. |
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The locals cutting up the fish in no time. |
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Martin being interviewed by local TV at the opening party for the new marina. |
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June 18th 2008
I went fishing with Bonze on the Happy Hooker today and we caught this nice 130 lb yellowfin. |
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June 16th 2008
Today Andy and I went fishing with Simon on the Happy Hooker II. While most other boats had a slow day we caught three marlin! Andy caught a 350 lb'er (the 48th for his trip) and I caught two (450 and 400 lbs). |
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June 15th 2008
Today I caught my 9th blue marlin fishing on Amelia on stand up tackle. Thanks to Andy for letting me catch another fish! |
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June 14th 2008
Happy Hooker hooked up. |
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June 12th 2008
This crazy blue marlin that Andy caught jumped right across the transom 10 feet in the air! |
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Fighting the same marlin Conde style with lots of black smoke and water in the cockpit. |
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June 11th 2008
A whale shark close to the boat. It was just a small one. |
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June 10th 2008
Today Martin and I went to the island of Santo Antão. Arriving in Santo Antão with the ferry boat. |
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A lonely goat looking for something to eat. |
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Martin and Amandio. |
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A volcanic crater in Santo Antão. |
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The scary road on the top of Santo Antão. |
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Looking down the valley. |
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Town on the north shore. |
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The grog press. |
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The grog man. |
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In the valley on the north shore. |
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Sugar cane farmers' houses. |
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We visited Santo Antão in the middle of the sugar cane harvest. |
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Flowers in the valley. |
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Martin photographed this dragon fly on a rock. |
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Paúl and sugar cane fields. |
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The town Paúl on the north shore of Santo Antão. |
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On the top of Santo Antão looking down on the clouds. |
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Water donkeys. |
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The ferry terminal in Porto Novo in Santo Antão. |
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Returning to São Vicente on the ferry. |
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June 8th 2008
Little blue marlin. |
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Martin leadering a green fish. |
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Amelia backing down. |
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This strange looking marlin did not have a bill. |
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Stylish stand-up fishing. |
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The US Coast Guard will come all the way to Cape Verde to harass people. |
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American "Dreamin' On" in the Marina. |
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Mærsk container ship in Mindelo Harbour. |
The Easter week (March 16th - 23rd 2008) was a little Cape Verde appetizer for 2008. After having been delayd about 40 hours on the trip from Copenhagen we (Thomas, Rene, Martin and myself) finally arrived on the island of São Vicente. Unfortunately the boat Amalia was having trouble with one engine, so we didn't get to fish that much... But instead we saw a lot of the island. |
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This little 17 seater took us from Sal to São Vicente after several delays and cancellations on the way. |
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Takeoff from dusty Sal Island |
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The landmark of São Vicente at arrival: The São Pedro lighthouse. |
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The brand new flash marina in Mindelo, São Vicente, is finished and all the game boats are there side by side ready for the 2008 season. |
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Building an A-frame for Amalia for lifting the troublesome port engine. |
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View towards Mindelo from the not-so-green Monte Verde 774 m above sea level. |
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A road in the landscape. |
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Cape Verdian pot plant. |