365 Project Warrior currently taking it easy
Ok, I have a confession to make…. I awoke this morning to the best sunrise of the holiday…
And then the beach, bar and sun kind of distracted me so I didn’t manage to get to Rabil but hey, as they say in these parts…
Home tomorrow… I’m going to miss this place….
Thanks Fatima, for the bracelet, it’s going to be my motto for 2018!
Fatima
A smile, a chat and a shed load of trinkets.
My aim tomorrow is to walk into the nearest town and really get to see a bit of Boa Vista life. It’s our last full day here and while I’ve done the holiday maker thing I feel that I should take myself out of the comfort zone and take a chance, trust my fellow beings!
And, Fatima, if you ever see this post. Your shop looks amazing just before sunset. X
A little trip out around the south of the island yesterday took us to Pavoacao Velha in the shadow of one of the islands extinct volcanos. A small but vivid glimpse of life on the island now and back into its past. If you take a look at the timeline of the Island you can see that the population has exploded over the last 15 years with the establishment of hotels and a tourist industry. Kind of makes you wonder what the actual Boa Vestians think about it….
I do know that the current residents of Pavoacao Velha have one hell of a party planned today and I’d like to wish them, and the rest of you a very merry Christmas! #peace #nostress
She keeps crunching the comp but methinks she know exactly what she’s up to!
A great night spent at Morabeza Beach Bar. Drinks, drums and fire eaters. The sunset wasn’t a thing but to be honest, that didn’t matter.
And I’m really terrible at getting the names of my subjects! I have messaged the bar to see if they can help me out so I could well update this post later.
Many thanks to the staff at the Morabeza Bar the African dancers, Casadimansa and the guys in the shop who helps me choose a shirt and made my obligatory wrist band!
So, it’s been a while since I posted and I’ve got the audacity to use the hash tag #photographyblogger on my Instagram posts so I thought I’d better pop back to where it all started… At the moment I’m on holiday with my family in Boa Vista and it’s amazing. A little on the overcast (high cloud, not that great lumpy stuff we get back in the UK) side but there have been some great opportunitys for landscape photography but I’ve decided to set myself a little challenge. So often on holidays like this I tend to rely on my preconceived opinions rather that actually seeing what’s there so, for the rest of this holiday I’m going to park my opinion firmly in the back seat and let the world decide what it wants to be and try to capture the best bits with my camera. So, People of Boa Vista #1 is John (I think that might be a non de plume)
A souvenir seller on the beach in front of the hotel. He lives in Sal Rei and walks along the beach every day to sell his wares.
I was at his pitch a few days ago when there wasn’t a soul about apart from the local stray dogs (who are very friendly and fit as butchers)
See, I still had to crow bar the landscape shot in!
So, for the next week and a bit I’m going to try and find out more about the people who make this wonderful place tick. Wish me luck!
