Anyone been to Cape Verde

[HIS LM]

What is it like there in August, which currency do they use and what sort of electric plugs, what to do and what not to do.

Any suggestions or recommendations?

[willmcc]

august is hotter than you can imagine, there is a lot of wind if that is your thing, for me the waves in Nov and Dec were fabulous, be aware this is africa not the canaries

[Blown2CV]

willmcc said:

august is hotter than you can imagine, there is a lot of wind if that is your thing, for me the waves in Nov and Dec were fabulous, be aware this is africa not the canaries

i thought they were portugese?

[trickywoo]

willmcc said:

august is hotter than you can imagine.

Not saying it wasn't hot when you were there but the typical August average maximum is somewhere around 25 / 26C.

The UK August average is 19 / 20C.

[The_Burg]

We went in January, very windy as already stated and was still quite warm. Use lots of sun cream as the wind hides just how warm it is.
The islands are tiny and not very developed, if you want to go make sure it's soon as the big operators are planning on turning it into another euro-standard holiday camp.
Mobile phone reception is 2G only in most areas so you won't get your emails, which is nice!

Cash points very rare, we only saw one so take cash, you won't need a lot.

The locals are very friendly and hapy folk, the usual touts are about but not overly pushy and will go if told to.

If your going to Sal make sure you visit the salt mine, a very odd experience that must be tried.

Money is generally Euros there is a local currency but we never saw any of it.

Beaches are superb, not good for swimming though at least when we went.

Kite boarding seems the thing to do here, didn't get to try it as we were only there for a week.