The magical realism of Santa Cruz del Islote

Spot the difference.

Migingo, Lake Victoria, Africa:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/oct/24...

There are many differences. This location is also thousands of miles from Santa Cruz. I'm not understanding why you selected this as a point of comparison?

Probably because both are small densely populated islands that have featured in the Guardian recently - I mixed the two up when I saw this article.

I love that you can watch fish swim from in front of the grocery store:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Super+Giros/@9.7854515,-75...

>youth population of around 65%

Unsustainable; many will surely emigrate.

You should have kept reading:

> The internet has made young people more aware of the world and, contrary to their parents and grandparents, many plan to leave the island to build lives on the mainland.