Hi loves,
I’m back from Cape Verde !! I’m tanned (and sunburnt, but we won’t talk about that), feeling refreshed and ready to get back into the blogging world. I still have a couple more days off until I go back to work but I couldn’t resist not posting until then (apologies if you were enjoying my absence)
So anyway like I said, I went to Boa Vista in Cape Verde for the week, which is basically like an island off the coast of West Africa (?). Now, Cape Verde (from what I can gather) is pretty new to the whole tourist attraction thing therefore everywhere is pretty much barren apart from the couple of hotels across the island. The airport is literally outside (and super cool may I add, nothing too fancy or technical) and our hotel was a 30 minute bus journey away. During this 30 minutes we saw absolutely nothing and I mean nothing, it was basically barren desert land – the roads aren’t tarmac, rather just gravel pathways (which proves for a bumpy coach journey) and there’s literally no other vehicles, people etc. for miles. Like I said, there was just nothing.
Our hotel was basically a kingdom, if you like. It was practically its own city. It had over 1000 rooms and 3000+ guests staying there at any one time so you can imagine how big it was (so easy to get lost), because of the barren land surrounding it (at night you could look out from your balcony and it was just darkness, as in, not a single light or building was visible for miles, we really were in the middle of nowhere) you couldn’t leave the hotel because there was nowhere to go, there was just nothing. However, like I said, our hotel was pretty much its own city (5 star all inclusive kingdom with wifi and entertainment) so you didn’t need to go anywhere outside of the hotel.
Basically what I’m saying here is that all of these photos were taken inside the hotel perimeter (which was probably a good 2 miles from one end to the other) so if you’re expecting pictures of the culture and life of Cape Verde…be prepared to be disappointed.
Anyway, excuses out of the way (that was a long ramble of an excuse right) let’s get on with these photos…
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About to try and attempt to catch up on all of your blogs so bear with me while I slowly make my way through all of the posts I’ve missed hehee, I’ll see you in my next one!
All my love,
Chloe .xx
(p.s. sweetener came out today -go and listen!!!)
😍😍😍 These photos are amazing!!! I will have to keep Cape Verde in mind, I might have to travel there some day!
Hope you had a great time💗 xx
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Thank you lovely girl! It really is beautiful, I’d definitely recommend it!! 💗 xx
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Omg wonderful place. Cape verde is the place we have been wanting to go for years now but our kids are very little . I cannot wait for them to grow a little bit then go and enjoy that paradise.
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It really is! There were so many families – babies and children at our resort, definitely a place that caters for everybody!
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I am so happy you are back blogging and you had a fabulous holiday. All of these photos are so so gorgeous!xx
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Thank you so much! xx
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Welcome back! I am so glad you feel rested and refreshed following your holiday. All the pictures look incredible. xx
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Thank you! xx
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It looks so beautiful! Hope you had a really fun trip 🙂
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Thank you!
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this makes me wanna go back to south africa so bad 😭 thanks for making me super jealous!! hope you had a fab time xxx
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Hahaha ohh you’ve got to go!! Thanks lovely xxx
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Oh wow! You’ve edited these photos so beautifully. & also the pics in themselves are really gorgeous too. The editing is absolutely perfect – like it sums up the entire vibe in Cape Verde so so well. Arhh I love it!! <33 xx
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Ahhh thank you so much angel!! That’s always my aim, I’m so happy you noticed! xx
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(i am loving sweetener, i’ve never really been a massive ari fan BUT SHE HAS CONVERTED ME) I hope you had an amazing time girl! Your photos are all stunning xx
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Omg I’ve been hearing that a lot since yesterday and I am SO pleased (!!) thank you girly xxx
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I’m literally fangirling.Your photography skills give me life.Are you on Instagram?Because I really want to give your photos a shoutout somehow!
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Ahhhh you are SO lovely !! Yes my Instagram is chlo.xx 💞 Thank you so much! xx
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Wow your trip looked amazing!! Can’t wait to hear all about it!
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Thank you! xx
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Its official, Cape Verde is now at the top of my travel destination list! These photos are amazing 😍 it looks like you had an incredible time!
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Hahaha you have to go!! It was amazing 😻xx
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These photos are lovely and the hotel looks beautiful!
Hope you had a wonderful time:)
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Thank you lovely! xx
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Wow beautiful pictures 😍😍😍 I love palm trees and flowers so much 🌴🌞 I’m glad you had such a great time! You deserve that. I would love to go too! I’m also happy you are back here. Missed your posts ❤️
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Thank you so much angel girl 💞!! I’d definitely recommend going, it’s so beautiful! xxx
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Missed you girly! It looks so beautiful, South Africa has always been on my list of places to one day go to, and your photos are stunning! So jealous but glad to have you back! xx
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Missed you toooo angel, you need to go Priya it’s amazing!! xx
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Mate. Is this Riu Karamboa?
PS missed you x
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Riu Touareg!! Missed you too lovely lady x
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Ah we went to the Karamboa last year and it looked really similar! Glad you had a good time and got a red tan 😉 (better than the word burn I always think) x
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Yeah they both look super similar !! Is that the one next to the airport? That’s the only other hotel I saw! (Gonna try and fix the mess with some fake tan don’t worry, I got this…I think!) xx
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Yeah right next to the airport ! Hahaha I’d rather have a red tan than no tan darl xx
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wow cape verde looks so beautiful. i’ve been to south africa but not cape verde, looks like i need to add it to my places i want to visit in the future list!
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It’s beautiful!
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Beautiful!!
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Thank you!
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Wow those pictures don’t even look real 😍 x
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It’s such a beautiful place!! xx
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