| |  | | | Travel stories from Ribeira Brava | Collection of 8 travel stories from Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. Written by your friends on the road. | |
| | | | | |  | It is time to say goodbye!
2006-05-29, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. By: veronikkie | | It is time to say goodbye and I do not want to. I feel as if my heart is staying behind. It has joined with my umbilical cord to reinforce the chain that I had somewhat ignored. I wish I could stay... |
| | | |  | Coolness vs. tempest
2006-05-18, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. By: veronikkie | | Capeverdeans’ relationship with death is remarkably different from that which I’ve witnessed in the United States. I grew up attending funerals of neighbors, family friends and acquaintances. In the... |
| | | | | What is heaven?
2006-05-04, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. By: veronikkie | | The color of a Capeverdean’s fantasy of Cape Verde is inevitably green. Green is the hope that never dies, the dreams that may never come true, but linger persistently in the people’s common consciou... |
| | | |  | A special delivery...
2006-02-24, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. By: veronikkie | | The birth of a child has always been one of my greatest curiosities. When I was 4, I would ask mom how I came to be her daughter. She would say that I was specially delivered by airplane to the top ... |
| | | | | Who has not gone does not know
2006-02-20, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. By: veronikkie | | "Quem nunca bai ca sabe"- Cape Verdean saying meaning who has not gone does not know
Doctor P said to me, “I’m starting a new exercise routine because on Friday we are going to Covoada. Do you wan... |
| | | | | Turning a little into so much
2006-02-15, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. By: veronikkie | | Sometimes, I feel like the doctors and nurses with whom I am working are magicians. Compared to hospitals in the U.S.., they work with so little. They need so many supplies that are considered a nec... |
| | | |  | Architectural wonder in Sao Nicolau
2006-09-06, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. By: veronikkie | | I just had the loveliest time! I feel so satisfied and happy at this moment. I went to the center of the town to witness and take pictures of the closing ceremonies of the presidential campaign and ... |
| | | | | My first days
2006-06-06, Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde. By: veronikkie | | I am back home in Cape Verde. It took me two days to arrive at my final destination, Sao Nicolau, even though the flight from Boston to Praia, Cape Verde Islands is less than 8 hours. I arrived at 3... |
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