"Undercooked and recycled food, a strong smell of sewage and flies everywhere".
That's how one County Durham couple described their "luxury" trip to Cape Verde this year, which turned out to be "the worst holiday [they] have ever been on" after joining hundreds of holidaymakers who reported falling ill during their visit to the islands this summer.
Anthony Hoban and his wife Lesley jetted off on a 10-day break to Cape Verde's Riu Funana hotel, situated off the coast of West Africa, on September 7. But on September 12 they both claim to have started suffering from gastric symptoms, including stomach pains, sickness and diarrhoea.
