Seychelles Islands Travel Blogs

The most beautiful place on Earth
Oct 14, 2006 (10 photos)

... TV! We Said: So to close our time in paradise, here's a few travel tips for coming here: The major islands in Seychelles are: Mahe - The largest and "busiest" of the islands. We didn't see much of it other than the international airport ...

The Seychelles. Neither tomatoes nor onions.
Nov 4, 2007 (12 photos)

We wake up late the next day, after an almost sleepless night. Luckily, we have coffee. Debra (like zebra but with a D) told us there is a shop almost next door. We go and explore by noon. Yes, there is a tiny, winy, weny, shop at 2 minutes but: ...

Moving WITHIN the Seychelles
Nov 10, 2007 (12 photos)

Moving WITHIN the Seychelles We are ready 20 minutes early, Debra (like zebra ...) is 20 minutes late. Dr T finds a little spider, the same as in Cape Tribulation in East Australia (remember girls?) We learn that a motor of one of the diving boats ...

Whose idea was this???
Nov 14, 2007 (3 photos)

Today the sun is shining when we get up. The boat is full of ... French. If there is something more annoying than Germans, it is the French. And the East bloc. I do not sound very tolerant, do I? The second dive is only Mark. Linda, us and the diving ...

Thank you, Mark and Linda
Nov 15, 2007 (21 photos)

Diving picutes, thanks to Mark and Linda ...

The cranky dive mistress, my friend
Nov 11, 2007 (3 photos)

Liliane wears a 'Swiss' bikini today. I told her, I mistook her for a Germans the first day, because she wore a German bikini. Her answer: do not say that, I do NOT like the Germans'. I hope my friend Michael can understand I agree with the attitude of ...

Floating tank spotted in the Indian Ocean: twice !
Nov 6, 2007 (6 photos)

... she books. The bad news for her: no we are not taking her offer for (another) dodgy bungalow on one of the other islands of the Seychelles, but move into a nice resort IN Beau Vallon. Almost next to our dive shop. The car will be delivered at 9 tomorrow ...

Visitors in the Seychelles
Nov 12, 2007 (3 photos)

... lovely people. I carefully tell people we dove like, half of the world. They can tell that they dove the world. I have the feeling, we did not even hear a little part of the stories, when they leave. Tomorrow, our final day of diving in the Seychelles.

Lost day in paradise
Nov 9, 2007

... sent the 17th of September. Nothing was received in the Passiewijk: what now? I call Mauritius: we stay over a night between the Seychelles and Madagascar. We called twice, sent a mail and there is no confirmation. I call. It is a public holiday, call back ...

Whale shark alert in Mahé
Nov 5, 2007 (6 photos)

We get pick up by the same cranky girl. Dr T thinks she is a local, I think she is German. She wore a German bikini yesterday! And today she is even our dive master ... . Her name is Liliane. The dive center is to our taste, though, the owner a very ...

Southern coast line of Mahé
Nov 7, 2007 (15 photos)

... , I want to send a package to Belgium. The girls pull out an... old shoe box!!! No way I am sending someone a package from the Seychelles in an old shoe box. But the effort is appreciated. And, yes, I can send it is in any envelope. Then we go on a ...

And yet another
Aug 20, 2003

I am lulled into a relaxed state of consciousness aided by the slow pace of small island atmosphere. I have been too serious lately and decided it's time to revert back to the simple things for a while and remember how it is to do nothing. My airy ...

Sal Sells Seychelles by the Sea Shore
Aug 19, 2003

... of the moist sea air and felt the tickle of a single bead of perspiration rolling down the small of my back. The Seychelles are tiny tropical islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean that are so remote, that if you blink you would miss them. Good thing I ...

Coco-nutter Races
Aug 22, 2003

Light powder granules bleached by the fierce sunbeams. Intermittant breezes push the cottonball clouds through the sky like a tumbleweed skimming across the desert. Except slower. Everything is slower here. The lukewarm sea water graduates from saphire ...

Praslin, Saychelles
Feb 15, 2007 (4 photos)

Fabulous day! The Saychelles are islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. They've become very "in" with the in-crowd because they're incredibly beautiful, originally called the Garden of Eden. Our excursion was to another World Heritage site, the 2nd ...

Grisaille et pluie / Grey and rainy
Mar 3, 2001 (3 photos)

... problème. Les atolls se succèdent sans fin presque. Couleurs, avec une dominante bleue, et formes changeant constamment. Après ça, les seychelles sont décevantes. Je ne sais pas si c'est à cause du temps pluvieux et maussade ou moi qui suis devenu trop exigeant ...

Seychelles Islands
Jan 20, 2007 (20 photos)

An amazing trip. Ten days relaxing, driving around with a rent car, searching for the most beautiful beaches of the world, going to Praslin and La Digue....! And the population is sooooo kind!!!! I think the pictures are self-explanatory and I don´t ...

The Islands
Nov 27, 2005 (4 photos)

... year. The economy survives on tourism. The conclusion - its bloody expensive! If you go on the net to book rooms in Seychelles, you immediately realize how expensive it is. A 4-Star Resort starts from Euro 400 per night! The beautiful Villas at Banyan ...

At Sea in the Indian Ocean
Feb 13, 2007 (1 photos)

A day at Sea, hallelujah! I slept from 10PM until noon, recovering from our big excursion to Amboseli yesterday. Thank goodness for sea days, I guess. I don't think I'm fully recovered from all that happened before we restarted the cruise. We're ...

Seychelles
Nov 30, 2008 (4 photos)

Travelling to the Seychelles The Republic of Seychelles comprises 115 islands occupying a land area of 455 km²  in the western Indian Ocean. She  lies between 4 and 10 degrees south of the equator .Of these 115 islands, 41 constitute the oldest ...

Valentine's Day at Sea
Feb 14, 2007 (2 photos)

... along with the other confident couples. We had dinner with John and Norma, our next door neighbors. They live in the Cayman Islands since retirement, previously lived in Holland for 25 years, and she's from New Jersey, he's from Germany. He's about 76, ...

Unique by a thousand miles
Jul 8, 2006 (55 photos)

... same (I imagine) as the French Caribbean · Structures of homes and buildings In terms of the general atmosphere of the Seychelles, I would say that it most closely matches that of Bermuda. Differences: I'm told that some Americans come here, but I ...

An Everlasting Journey...
Feb 8, 2007 (15 photos)

... cuts all of the prices basically in half, making things much more affordable. This entry has other intentions than explaining Seychelles however... I want to offical announce that I will not be returning to Canada. I have decided to stay with Karaka, ...

Roots Conciousness
Feb 16, 2007

... types of encounters here. I have also been talking to the people and trying to understand what is really happening here in Seychelles behind the "island paradise facade". THe truth is that the government is a bunch of crooks and the police are crazy, ...

Seychelles At Last!!!
Feb 7, 2007

... time to explore Seychelles. We are probably going to stay anchored at Mahe the largest island for our time here. The seychelles islands are all mountainous granitic rock islands, and very unique. The trees here are gorgeous and the weather is tropic. ...

Day 10 (last day, last words)
May 10, 2009 (1 photos)

... but rather of a place of peace to rest my mind - and after everything I had researched, it was pretty obvious that the Seychelles were exactly where I needed to go - somewhere I could sit and smile while shaking my head in awe, laughing at the contrasts of ...

Day One
May 1, 2009 (5 photos)

... various palms and fruit trees - the startling ocean on one side, and the homes of those that actually make the Seychelles most uniquely paradise.  It took me little time at all to understand that the definition of the Seychelles stretched far ...

Day Two
May 2, 2009 (5 photos)

... , which wasn't terrible but a little tasteless, understandably though as that's not exactly the signature dish of the Seychelles - my mistake.  Either way, the place was certainly worth the visit.  After lunch, it was time to ...

Day 4 (bound for Praslin, asleep instead)
May 4, 2009 (5 photos)

... probably better that way.  We headed back and ate our food.  He was so full of information about the islands, the Seychelles, and really just life (in general).  He played a whole assortment of Creole music for me, translating some of the ...

Day 7 (The best day of my trip)
May 7, 2009 (8 photos)

... to sit and eat a plate of various, fresh, and locally grown fruits (except the apples) with a view of the nearby islands, was something I couldn't pass up.    While Zoe was running around joyfully chasing roosters and doing cartwheels in the yard ...