Cape Verde
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee just wrapped up its 33rd annual conference in Seville, Spain, where they added 13 new sites to their list of amazing locations around the globe, and made the unusual move of ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
The UNESCO World Heritage List has just gotten a lot longer. Officials meeting for the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee have added more than two dozen sites of great cultural, historical, or natural value to the list, and they're considering more.
Among the new ...
by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (4 years ago)
Cape Verde, made up of 10 islands off the coast of West Africa, boasts the oldest European settlement in the tropics. I didn't know that. All I knew before I did some searching is that one of my Peace Corps friends went to Cape Verde on vacation once and sent me a post card ...
by Adrienne Wilson (RSS feed) (5 years ago)
It's the beginning of a new month, but still the end of the week for us here and with that we bring you some of the week's best: 5. Pilot Locks Self Out: This is the kind of story one reads and rubs their eyes in disbelief. Sure it's humorous, but somewhat scary too. A ...
by Erik Olsen (RSS feed) (5 years ago)
Cape Verde is a tiny West African archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean that is beginning to attract a lot of interest. An all-new international airport opened on the island of Santiago and hotels are being bult like mad. So what's all the fuss? Well, the country is divided into ...