In Sao Tome, you forget that everyone's black within about two minutes. Not much hassle. There are few tourists in Sao Tome, so it's kind of paradise unspoiled unlike places like Bali, Thai, etc... We had a young taxi driver named Bubu we used regularly to get around when we needed him.
Accommodation ranged from a botanical garden to church dormitory to colonial house to flat above a bar to a bungalow on the beach... If you need contacts, write.
We brought back all kinds of stuff: local lemon grass (folio de principe), tiny little gingers, fresh turmeric, different kinds of peppers (chilis and piment), seven fresh cocoa pods, jackfruit, about 50 vanilla pods (bought for about 10 bucks), 4 kilos or more of wonderful coffee (just 20 euros a kilo in Lisbon for the stuff from Sao Tome), a few parafin lamps made from sausage tins, cloth, kola nuts, safu, micondo, ossami, malagita...
Tomorrow, we'll make dinner at our house. The menu, for a select few, is:
Ementa:
Amendoas de kola
Cacau fresca
Safu
Feijoada a moda da terra com bacalhau e farinha de mandioca
Arroz com ananas e acafrao-das-indias
Carneiro com malageta e limao
Jaca fresca
Cafe de monte cafe
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