This handbook is to be used as a contribution to the tour guides on the ground. It is also a way to introduce the visitors to a paradise country with a dark pass. This handbook does not include specific information on accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities, which will be furnished by the tourists guide in the islands and through a search on the internet. I start this handbook with a note on the history of the archipelago and then I will concentrate on each island, its own history since the discovery and places to visit in each island. One of the first published visitor's guidebook was written by John Murray, in London, and it happened in the 1830s (1836) . It was an incentive for me to write this handbook, which I hope will help anyone interested in those tropical paradise islands on the Atlantic Ocean.This handbook should be used as an introduction to a personal guide to visit and learn about places, their history and the culture of the cape verdean people, even though many pieces of the heritage are being destroyed by greedy politicians. I realize that expectations are usually high and it require responsibilities on everyone involved in this business of tour guide. Preparations are required before embarking and, this book can be your first step to a great vacation in the islands of Cabo Verde.However, the tourist (you) should keep an open mind and listen to the tour guides on the islands, during any tour through the island. This handbook could be used as a reference to help you ask for more of the tour guide. A way of contributing to your tours to see the scenes mentioned in this handbook.Hope you will find this handbook useful particularly to schedule your priority on visiting the islands.Note: it should also be known that I'm against the good deed of some tourist on giving money to the kids on the streets, as they use the money to buy drugs from the dealers that prey on homeless kids and alcoholic people of the islands.Carlos Fortes Lopes, Author
