Ricardo Lima is one of the scientists working on Sao Tome Para treinar tecnicas de censo de aves, os alunos tiveram que descobrir uma serie de especies novas para a Ciencia ao longo de uma das Avenidas da capital! To train techniques for the discovery of birds, students had to discover a series of new […]
Bob Drewes from the California Academy of Sciences reports on Dr. Tomio Iwamoto‘s findings in the Gulf of Guinea, documenting a strange dieoff of the Rabbit putterfish. A Norwegian research vessel, the Nansen, is conducting a scientific trawling expeditions in the area. According to several staff of the Nansen, such die-offs have been seen before, especially off […]
São Tomé & Príncipe is divided into 7 administrative districts, six on São Tomé, and one on Principe. This post gives a geographical overview of the stories we’ve already covered – and those still missing. The six regions of Sao Tome are Água Grande, Cantagalo, Caué, Lembá, Lobata, and Mé-Zóchi. The single region on Principe is called […]
As a country of tropical islands, Sao Tome e Principe is pretty much surrounded by beaches. On the island of Sao Tome, your basic decision is this – to either head North, or South? Once you go in one direction, it’s hard to get back to the other side. There’s one single road and you’ll […]
Fishermen spotting a fish school before throwing the net, on Gamboa beach. Photo by Carlos Alberto Jr. Today I was on the beach of Gamboa – 10 minutes from the center of São Tomé. There were kids and grownups, but also dogs and pigs. I had never seen a pig taking a swim, but here was one that was […]
Over thirty percent of São Tomé is covered by the Obo National Park. Trails lead through old impenetrable virgin woods of the Obo, deep mountain forest covers the steep slopes of the island, and while some tracks follow old roads or railway, others are only someones footsteps. Larger tracks used to be for the transportation of coffee […]
This week I read up on travel reviews, and accounts by tourists who’ve been to São Tomé and Príncipe. In a word: a lot of praise. Excited Newspapers English newspapers: the Times, the Guardian; French newspaper the Courrier – everybody loves the chocolate islands. Sarah Monahgan calls Sao Tome a ‘sweet island escape’. Adam Vaitilinham (Rough […]