For my last PC vacation before COS (Completion of Service) I headed south to the island of fire. All dramatic exaggerations aside, I went to Fogo.
Fogo is known for coffee, crazies, and wine, but most importantly for being home to a volcano that last erupted in 1995... After the last eruption, Cape Verde prohibited people from living in the crater. Today the crater is home to a few hundred people, a few pensao, a local winery, and overall good times.
From the main city in Fogo, São Filipe, we went up to Chã das Caldeiras.
The next day we climbed up Pico do Fogo volcano. I looked it up and it's a climb of about 1,000 meters at a 30-40 degree slope. It takes three to four hours to climb and less than an hour to descend. Basically you run down during the descent.
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