Saturday 1 November 2008

Marina Mindelo, Sao Vincente, Cape Verdes

….Well the Halloween party didn’t turn out quite as we expected. Kevin and Tim had headed out early to meet the On Deck crew whilst I finished some emailing promising to return to collect me with pizza. Unfortunately when they returned with the food, Kevin was not feeling well as his previous food poisoning had resurfaced, we think as a result of his lunch that day. Tim had also eaten the same but was ok, suggesting that Kevin had not fully recovered from the first bout so we put him on antibiotics and he went to bed for an hour to see if he felt better.

I went out with Tim for an hour back to the Club Nautico where live music had been laid on for the On Deck crew. It consisted of two guys with acoustic guitars singing some Creole Mornos (ballads) which are a speciality of Cape Verde with famous International artists such as Cesaria Evora. Later in the evening a local girl who was obviously a friend / accompaniment to the band start to dance along with some very impressive hip shimmying much to the delight of the On Deck male crew members!

I went back to check on Kevin, but unfortunately he was not feeling any better so I decided to call it a night too. Saturday was necessarily a very quiet day whilst Kevin slept and tried to recuperate just watching a DVD that evening.

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