CRUISE visitors to the islands of Cape Verde might find the beaches a little tidier than most thanks to a local man’s passion for recycling. Painter Alcindo Almedia Soares has created a free gym on the isle of Santa Maria by constructing equipment entirely from recycled junk. In his spare...
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CRUISE visitors to the islands
of Cape Verde might find the
beaches a little tidier than
most thanks to a local man’s
passion for recycling.
Painter Alcindo Almedia
Soares has created a free gym
on the isle of Santa Maria
by constructing equipment
entirely from recycled junk.
In his spare time Soares
gathered materials from local
beaches to build his gym,
which is now the subject of
a short video by film-maker
Roger Serrasqueiro.
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