hiking the Ribeiras, Cape Verde

On That’s a Moray Alex posted an excellent trip report:

… the best hike I have ever done.

We went to Sao Antao, the island across the channel from Mindelo. On Sao Antao there are the ribeiras (ribs), jagged mountains which traverse the length of the island. The ribeiras are what remains of a volcano after millenia of erosion. To me they looked like the backs of wrinkled dinosaurs. …

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And where is this hiking wonderland?

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Cape Verde – Wikipedia

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