Emily is here!!!!!!

If you didn't look at the title, I will say it one more time; Emily is here!!!!! She got in last wednesday on the direct flight from Praia and we have been nonstop vacationing ever since! She is here for three weeks so i took some time off so we could travel to different islands. The day after she got here we met Mel at the airport and flew out to Boa Vista. Boa Vista is gorgeous and hasn't gotten too bruised and battered from the tourist industry. We stayed with Leland, the volunteer there, and got to watch him do a little windsurfing while we girls hung out in hammocks and drank beer at the wind club. We were supposed to only be there for three nights, but good 'ol TACV moved our flight up an hour and a half so we missed it. The next day, on time and checked in, we took off for Sal. If you have done any research for Cape Verde, Sal is probably what comes up most for building and tourism. Beuatiful white sand beaches are being overtaken by foreign compainies building hotels, condos, restaurants and golf courses. There is no doubt it is beautiful here but I hope the industry can keep the integrity of this island as they expand to build more. Some cool things we have done though include: visiting the salt mines here in Sal (Sal=Salt) and we floated around in the water!! It was so neat...you completely float but word to the wise, cuts hurt in ultra-salty water as well as eye balls if your head gets wet!
We leave for Praia tomorrow before making the final jump to Fogo. Sal and Boa Vista have been a great time but i keep trying to warn Em that Praia and Fogo are a different world. Here we they have Indian restaurants, Tapas Bars and Italian Pizzarias... that lifestyle all comes to an end when we get one the plane tonight!! More later!