Photos of Sao Tome Trip
Cathedral in Lisbon. Cathedral in Lisbon. Cathedral in Libon. St George's Castle. St George's Castle. View from St George's Castle. View from St George's Castle. View from St George's Castle. View from St George's Castle.
View from St George's Castle. Statue in St George's Castle. Sao Tome island as seen from the air. Sea urchin and sponge in a tidal pool. Lizard. Land crab. Land crab. Geckos. The presidential palace.
Presidential palace. Sao Tome city and environs. Sao Tome city and environs. Sao Tome city and environs. Sao Tome city and environs. Sao Tome city and environs. Sao Tome city and environs. Cathedral in Sao Tome. Cathedral in Sao Tome.
Cathedral in Sao Tome. Cathedral in Sao Tome. Weaver's nest. Weaver's nest. Rhinocerus beetle larva. Monte Cafe and environs. Monte Cafe and environs. Monte Cafe and environs. Monte Cafe and environs.
Monte Cafe. Monte Cafe. Monte cafe. Sao Tome caecilian. Sao Tome caecilian. Village dog. Wild begonia. Sunrise at Monte Cafe. Sunrise at Monte Cafe.
Lights of Sao Tome city. Flower. Flower. Flower. Tree. Boy from village. Grass snake. House snake. House.
Grove of trees on beach. Savanna. Savanna. Savanna. Dog. Baobab tree. Baobab tree. Fish for sale. Fish for sale.
Laguna azul. Garden at Lisbon Zoo.

These are photos from my trip to Sao Tome. I went there with a Swiss herpetologist friend in search of the Sao Tome caecilian, Schistometopum thomense. I landed in Lisbon, Portugal with 12 hours to kill before meeting up with Daniel. I went around town and got hustled (live and learn) although he did show me around town pretty well. We went to a couple of cathedrals and then went to St George's Castle. Daniel and I arrived in Sao Tome early in the morning. We spent the first two days accustoming ourselves to the climate (equatorial). We wandered around town and checked out the beach. We went up to Monte Cafe and camped out for a couple of nights. The first hike there, we found two caecilians as well as a wormsnake, Rhinotyphlops feae. We enlisted the help of some of the boys from the village and they found numerous specimens for us. So many that we didn't even take most of them. They also found some frogs, but I didn't take any photos of those because I don't have a macro setting for the camera. We spent our last full day in the town of Neves where we visited a couple of market places. I thought that Daniel was going to be in big trouble for taking pictures there, but I gave them some money and we were able to escape.

Photos Row 1- Photos of a Lisbon cathedral and St George's Castle and view. Row 2- Photos from Lisbon, flying in to Sao Tome, area around the city. Row 3- Sao Tome city, presidential palace, cathedrals. Row 4- Cathedrals, weaver's nest, Monte Cafe and environs Row 5- Sao Tome caecilian, sunrise at Monte Cafe, hiking at Monte Cafe Row 6- Night view of Sao Tome city. Mone Cafe envorpns, flowers Row 7- Atlantic side of Sao Tome, savanna, baobab trees, fish market Row 8- Laguna Azul, Lisbon Zoo garden

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