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Mystery in the Black Sand

Mystery in the Black Sand

We spent some time in this lovely remote fishing village Tarrafal, on the Santo Antão island in the Cape Verde archipelago, and when I say remote, I really mea...
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We spent some time in this lovely remote fishing village Tarrafal, on the Santo Antão island in the Cape Verde archipelago, and when I say remote, I really mean it - we were literally alone, the two of us, on this fabulous 2 kilometres stretch of a black sand beach, not a soul in sight... Also, it was the perfect proof of that old adage that the best camera is the one you have with you - GoPro in this case :)
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