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Livestock in Truck
Pigs loaded in a vehicle in Ribeira Grande.
Man with Livestock in Ribeira Grande
A man with livestock in Ribeira Grande stands by his automobile. Ribeira Grande, known locally as Povoaçao, is known for it's cobbled streets. The steep grade at which the building ascend the nearby mountains is due to it's location between the…
Alley in Ribeira Grande
A scene in an alley in Ribeira Grande, known locally as Povoação. It is a town built between the Atlantic Ocean and the tall cliffs of northern Santo Antão. Ribeira Grande is known for it's cobbled streets.
Vila Ribeira Grande
Ribeira Grande, known locally as Povoação, is a town between the Atlantic Ocean and the cliffs that is known for it's cobblestone streets. It is the commercially center of the otherwise agricultural region of the island. Here Baxter shows an elevated…
Journey to Ribeira Grande
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. This agricultural island also farms yams, cassava, bananas, mangoes, and grain. See also slide "Mountainside Farming, "CV-81-091.
Mountain Village
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. Photographed on this journey, this mountain top farm and rural setting on Santa Antão is perhaps typical of the impoverished life style in…
Local Children
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. This was taken during David Baxter's journey and is believed to be the town of Povoac
Mountain Farm Village
Example terraced farming in the fertile soil of Santo Antão northern region near Ribeira Grande. This farm appears to be producing sugar cane, which is used in the proves of making grogue, an alcoholic beverage native to Cape Verde.
Mountainside Farming
Another example of mountainside farming. The island is fertile and once produced maize and beans not only for their own use, but for export. Today, due to the 1940's famine and landowner's turning large parts of the land to sugar cane growth, the…
Mountain Agriculture
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. In this image you can see how the mountains are stepped for farming. The island has two main peaks reaching 6,493 feet and 5,197 feet.
Mountain Side Farming
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. Example of a rural mountain side farm photographed during David Baxter's journey to the Ribeira Grande from Porto Novo.
Journey to Ribeira Grande
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. As David Baxter continues his journey to Ribeira Grande, here he is on the top of one peak and you can see the sheer drop as you look down…
Journey to Ribeira Grande
This high elevation view, looking down into a green valley surrounded by cliffs and pinnacles, is taken on the journey to Ribeira Grande from Porto Novo. The journey to Ribeira Grande is one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde…
Foothills
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. The foothills on the journey to Ribeira Grande are filled with forest plantations and cool air.
Journey to Ribeira Grande
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. This photograph is taken in the foothills where the air is cooler and landscape is greener than the brown, sandy areas around Porto Novo.