“I’m afraid we’ve been running on empty for quite a number of days and I literally haven’t had a moment to get onto the internet, write some thoughts and post some photographs. Cape Verde, her people, refueling (from the nearby Shell garage), leaving before sunrise, the 2,100 nm flight to Barbados and Barbados itself were

“Safe in Cape Verde! Actually, yesterday was much harder than today! As I always find on sustained aircraft trips – the flying is the easy part. The flight from take-off in Accra to touchdown in Praia finally took us 13 hours, but the real effort was in getting it all setup. Ghana must be one

“This post is a mess but anyhow… There seems to be a glitch but my phone’s not the greatest tool to fix it and my computer’s dead. Try to work it out for yourself! Safe in Accra. A great day out!” – James

“Yooohooo – so we got the permission. And we already have those required to get to Cape Verde. So it’s off to Accra, and all things being fair, off to Cape Verde the next morning, even earlier. We made the most of the day – walked more than 15 km past the President’s house, Fortaleza