Hi All! My wife and I (we're lesbians) are planning to move to Santiago next December. We visited in June, loved it and decided that we wanted to make the move. We were hoping to get some assistance from a relocation service especially for our 4 year old chihuahua. We're been reading about relocating with pets and it seems a little complicated so we wanted someone that could help with our process as well as for our dog. Does anyone here have any resources that could assist us with the move? We'll need help with short term/ long term housing, banking, visas, setting up utilities for housing, kriolou and Portuguese tutors, health care providers etc. any advice Or resources would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!🙏🏾

I will be staying in Praia but haven’t done a ton of research on attractions. I know about some hikes and other things. Unfortunately I won’t have the opportunity to go to other islands. There are no convenient ferry options for the dates that I am staying. Nor flights. I’m also considering renting a scooter for two of the days, if anyone has any recommendations for this.

I’d love to meet other travelers or maybe a local for some food or coffee!

Feel free to message me here or reach out on Instagram @ nukeyhov! I am a world traveler attempting to reach every country. Cheers 🍻

I've been hosting dinner parties for my friends and family for the last couple of years and Cabo Verde is next. Growing up in Massachusetts, I am a little familiar with the cuisine, but I wanted more input. I will be in rural Florida, so some of the ingredients may be hard to come by, but i will have access to fresh seafood (shrimp, rock lobster, fish) and I might be able to find plantains and yucca.

We are looking at a group of around 10-14 people.

I'm traveling to Sal later this month and I was thinking about pre-booking a transfer from the airport to my hotel just to make my life easier upon arrival. Does anyone have any experience using Holiday Taxi from the Sal airport? Or recommend any other companies?

We will be in Porto Grande on Sao Vicente on December 7th. Right now, the plan is to rent a car for the day and try to take in as much as we can in our very limited time there.

We'd like to see some local markets like Mercado de Peixe, and go up to the top of Monte Verde then we're open for anything really.

I'm big into photography and food. Any suggestions for places not to miss? Any places to avoid?

We're open to any/all suggestions! I can't wait to visit, I just wish we had more time!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Hello, I'm currently trying to retrieve corpora to build a LLM.

Are there any sources where I can retrieve this resources for Cape Verde Creole?

Hello! I was looking for agency that rent apartments in sal do you guys know some agency or where i should look? No airbnb.

American here. Looking for a change of pace in my life, even a total reset. I've always loved the islands, the music, the culture, etc. If I was to work online and make, say $1.5k-$2k a month, would that be feasible? I know some Portuguese and know very basic kriolu.

Anyone know the process of relocating? Thanks in advance.

I'm super late and it's a long shot but who knows..

I (33f) am currently on santo antao (staying in Cruzinha) and I want to do the coastal trail hike tommorrow but I'm alone and I'm looking for people to walk together with. Anyone on here planning to do this hike tommorrow that I could join?

How do I get in contact with them? I'm in Portugal, bought last night a flight to Sal, paid, but only got the email that prompted me to go pay, meaning, it has my PNR and my name, and a link to the booking. I click, go to manage booking, it automatically loads my PNR and Surname, look for it, it says PNR has been cancelled. But I paid! Spent 10 euro today trying to call their hotline, completely pointless, always 2nd to 1st in line, only to wait 20 more min and the call eventually drops at the 30th min (won't believe it always took them 20 min to serve one person)

Tried calling and messaging their WhatsApp, no reply whatsoever, email, nothing, Facebook, nothing

How the hell do I get in touch with them?

Hiya,
I will be flying into Sal this month. Have only 5-6ish days in the country but wanted to experience something more than a European resort. Due to the little time I have, I was thinking of booking flights from Sal to Sao Vicente, leaving myself an extra day of leeway when returning to Sal, just in case a massive delay happens. However, the consistent comments about CVAirlines unreliability seem scary and my flight back home is also from Sal -- if I get stuck in Sao Vicente, not sure how easily I can get another flight back.

Overall, would you recommend risking inter-country flights with such a limited time? Or better to just suck it up and stay in Sal for the entire time?

Hi,

We are visiting Mindelo in January and we were looking for hotels/airbnbs but we are not sure which neighbourhoods are better to stay in. Is there any unsafe place or a place we should avoid?

Thanks!

Im going on a holiday to riu karamboa soon and I’ve read it’s been a lot of problems with bad bad food poisoning and stuff on hotel and I’m just worried that I will just be bedridden the entire trip

What’s your guys opinion on the hotel with food, and flies??

Can someone please recommend the best large supermarkets on Santiago? I'll be staying a few days and keen to stock up on groceries.

Hello everybody

I have a trip booked in Sal Cape Verde in January but I would like to visit Boavista also but I can’t find the routes of ferries going there. If someone knows how they work it would be very helpful.

My friend and I are visiting SA Sat-Tues. We plan on hiking on Sun and Tues and want to spend Mon resting and hanging out. Looking for a place with shade, nice food and preferably a pool. Any hotel that would let us stay for the day? We have a rental car so location anywhere on SA.

Hello! I’ll be going to beautiful Cape Verde in April and I’m looking for a nice small local hotel in Santiago. I usually don’t like to stay in resorts, but like well done smaller local hotels that are cozy and nice.

Are there any hotels like that in Santiago? I’ve found some in the other islands, but not Santiago.

Any location works, just want to stay somewhere nice I can use as a base to go to the rest of the island. Moving around isn’t a problem for me.

Hi I am planning on going to Sao Antao. My plan is to go from Novo Porto to Ribeiro Grande after to Porto do Sol and after to head to Fontinhas. I have two questions.

1. Is it pretty easy to get a taxi from Porto novo to Ribeiro grande ? (I imagine this one is pretty simple and I can catch a taxi at the ferry terminal? ) and later from Ribeiro grande to ponta do sol (not sure how easy this one is) ?

2. From ponta do sol ** can I get to fontinhas by car or do I have to hike from that city ? Based on google maps it looks like I may need to hike ?

Thanks so Much!

is it worth buying property in cape verde? what are the pitfalls? would it be a good investment? what's the best website for buying property?

Hi me and a friend are going on a girls trip to Cape Verde and are looking for others going there

When I look at Kriolu it looks like Portuguese with a slight twist or shortened words almost like a slang. I don’t see the African influence in it, are there any distinct African words or phrases in the language?