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São Tomé e Principe are these two tiny islands on the top of the equator line right next to the west African coast. They are not easy found on a map due to their size, but easily found on every image platform for their photogenic landscapes, paradise scenery and immersive tropical colors. The smiling people of São Tomé e Principe, "Santolas" as they call themselves, live by an eternal moto which represents the Afrincan and happy spirit of the country: Leve-Leve (easy-easy if you can translate from Portuguese). To live with no worries and focused on the real matters of life, people on the country prefer to take their time with slow pace to complete any task while always available to pick up fresh and sweet fruits, fish, create and take care of large families and dance kizomba. It is hard to not notice the smell of humidity in the air which enhances all the smells on the ground. From the beach sand to dirt on the streets mixed some garbage exclusively on the capital city (São Tomé). Once you get out of the small city, the 572 (approximately they say) shades of green takeover, leaving space only for the blue in the sky and sea. The immersive and infinite green make you part of them, as if you were one more sound from the jungle or one more wave crashing into the thin sand of lonely beaches waiting for your footsteps. Each turn on the road alongside the coast, reveals a scenario where you want to stop and stay there for as long as you allow yourself. To capture a memory into your personal story and photo history. One for every green you can find, for every bird singing and every wave calling. You can chose from a variety of paradise and infinite number of beaches for your own. The warm sand always with a thin humid cloak. The sea welcoming you with very tiny and humble waves whispering on each crash as a door to a natural spa. Impossible to not moan and exhale all the stress to the horizon once the warm waters cover your body and drag your soul. The whole landscape is always protected by a natural jungle frame made of those immense greens and dark volcanic rocks. They keep all of your problems and bothering topics outside for you, so by every minute on paradise you attach yourself deeper and deeper into the "Leve-Leve". You want to stay forever or leave under the condition to take everything with you. The problem is, you already are and have no idea yet.