The last ten days have been very difficult for all of us.  Our plans on reaching Senegal have fallen apart because both the current and the trade winds are against us, so we’ve made our way to Praia, the capital of Cape Verde on the island of Santiago.  The Cape Verde islands, which lie about 200 miles off the coast of Africa were colonized by the Portuguese and were used as a resupply point on transatlantic passages because of their position relative to the trade winds and currents, a truth that became obvious to us all as we found that we couldn’t avoid coming back here on our way to Dakar. 

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