DECOLONISE YOUR LIBRARY

DECOLONISE YOUR LIBRARY

I've been wrestling with the idea of writing about this in light of the current situation following the murder of George Floyd a few weeks ago and the murder of Breonna Taylor two months prior (and the countless more before that) who fell victim of police brutality. I did not want to spend too much [...]

Day Out/ Sensational Butterflies at the Natural History Museum

Day Out/ Sensational Butterflies at the Natural History Museum

If you are looking for a bit of magic in London this Summer, make sure to visit the Sensational Butterflies at the Natural History Museum. This is what Natural History Museum had to say about the temporary event: "Enjoy a perfect family day out wandering among hundreds of free-flying moths and butterflies from around the [...]

Travel Diary/Cape Verde. Nov.15 (Part 6. Santo Antão. The END)

Travel Diary/Cape Verde. Nov.15 (Part 6. Santo Antão. The END)

A week in Tarrafal. Three days back in Sal. One night in Lisbon. Sunday in London. Wednesday 18/11/2015 On Wednesday morning, we took the ferry to reach the island of Santo Antão. It was quite a journey but a fun one. A teddy bear like fella was waiting for us since we had arranged to be picked [...]

Travel Diary/Cape Verde. Nov.15 (Part 5. Saō Vicente)

Travel Diary/Cape Verde. Nov.15 (Part 5. Saō Vicente)

Last Day in Mindelo Tuesday 17/11/2015 On our last day in Mindelo we decided to visit Monte Verde, the highest point on the island. We took a cab and were lucky to have a knowledgeable driver who told us more about the place and named the other islands we could see on the horizon. The views from [...]

Travel Diary/Cape Verde. Nov.15 (Part 4. Saō Vicente)

Travel Diary/Cape Verde. Nov.15 (Part 4. Saō Vicente)

Mindelo Monday 16/11/2015 Finally, we had enough time to discover and get a feel of what a Cape Verdean city could be like. Cape Verde is an archipelago consisting of ten islands but only nine are inhabited. It was clear from the start that we weren't going to be able to visit all nine islands in  two weeks. With [...]

Travel Diary/Cape Verde. Nov.15 (Part 3. Sal to Saō Vicente)

Travel Diary/Cape Verde. Nov.15 (Part 3. Sal to Saō Vicente)

It's not always sunny in Cape Verde... Sunday 15/11/2015 Even though we had only spent a few hours in the town of Santa Maria on the island of Sal and therefore this was only going to be a limited picture to forge a real opinion of it,  the place felt very odd to us even the [...]