Sal Island

For those of you that have just seen photos in magazines, property brochures or an artist’s impression of Sal you may be in for a bit of a shock when you first fly over Sal.

You may wonder if Sal is another island where you are landing to refuel before flying on to Sal. Nope, it is the dry barren land you have just landed on.

Some developments are now staring to set up massive green houses, importing some seeds and plants and starting to grow them. They will eventually be used to plant out areas within each develpment. Some are starting to put small palm trees along the edges of their plots of land, before the infrastructure and foundation work commences, they will mature in time and as more go in the ground the island will start to become a bit greener. Each large development will have its own decellinisation plant and the infrastructure will include the installation of underground watering pipes for certain areas that are due to be planted up.

One large development will be importing thousands of trees and plants for planting, before owners move in, April/May 09.

Take a look at th Travel section for more information and the Picasa Photo Albums within the Photo Gallery.