Brava is the most secret of the islands - a vulcano crater hides its town, rough seas encircle it an the winds that buffet it are so strong. ... Brava lies only 20km from Fogo but many visitor will merely glipmes it from the greater island's western slopes.
Brava or 'wild' island - appears at first to live up to the meaning of its name. But its unpromising slopes hide a fertile and moist hinterland filled with hibiscus flowers and cultivation. At least that is how it was; today, after years of drought, it is a parched place, its flowers less visible and its food more likely to be imported than grown.
This tiny, westerly island, dropping off the end of the archipelago into the Atlantic, seems to hide from its companions and look instead towards where the sun sets - it is dreaming of the wealth of America. ...
Go for the walking, for the peace and for the sheer intrigue of a place that is so out of the way. Don't go for beaches or watersports and don't go if you are pushed for time.
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