Chauve Souris Relais Praslin Island

... fancy place - it was rather hot, and a bit out-of-date, but for me it was perfect. There was a ceiling fan, refrigerator, small television, a double bed, closet space, and a bathroom with a shower. What more could I possibly need than that? After I said "yes", he gave me the key, and that was that. Then I asked Maxim where the best place was to get a good condition bicycle, as in, one that won't fall apart or was missing the brakes ...

Il Moyenne -> Sunsail's new base

We’re up early to get the boat in before 9am and call Neal at Sunsail to learn the new location for the base. As we head in, one of the Sunsail staff boards Monkey Puzzle to med moor us to the new floating dock.

Sunsail’s staff helps unload and ...

... anchorage for the night. It’s a very rewarding final day of sailing in the Seychelles.

As we tie up to a mooring ball, the park rangers come to collect our $15US for the night and we prepare to snorkel the surrounding reef of Ille Moyenne. It’s a great snorkel with plenty of colorful and large ...

... shop on the beach. Unfortunately, we arrived about an hour too late to take the afternoon dive. After buying ice at the bar, we head back to the boat for a swim and our normal evening ritual awaiting another fantastic sunset.

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Dinner: Bonito tartare, cabbage with bean sprouts

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Petite Cour -> Ille Coco -> Anse Lazio

The sun is shining, but, there's no wind. Perfect conditions for a snorkel at Ille Coco, so we rev-up the motor for our 10M trip to Ille Coco.

Once we get the anchor in, we immediately head off swimming to snorkel the west and south side of the island. It’s like being in an aquarium with hundreds of ...

... high cliffs about 100m to our south.

The high winds never materialized, nor the rain, but, the sea was sending 1-2m waves into our beam from around the northern point of the bay. Thinking they would eventually subside and expecting a severe hit of wind, we stayed. In hindsight, it probably would have been wiser to go anchor further into the bay, clear of the ...

... attitude perfectly, was very entertaining, and delivered the goods.

We expected the price increases with his various deliveries, but, still felt the cost was reasonable for cost of provisioning in the Seychelles and we’re very glad we took Neal’s advice and recommend you do the same.

After Miles’s delivery we decided to shove-off and get ...

... not want to eat this, though. It is 17h when we come home. We play cards (luckily I win, otherwise someone would have lost an arm), have dinner (yes, THAT chicken and it is actually very nice) , watching our video. Then: packing time! We move tomorrow. With pleasure. Debra is nice but I want A/C, a double bed instead of 2 little beds shuffled together, a shower which works, a house free of creepy crawlies, a swimming pool, access to a restaurant if I want to, yes a bit of luxury!

... ocean below, teaming with life, food chains, births, deaths, and countless other miracles. It is also a little scary to know that there could be big sharks below you too. All that you can see though is that lovely never ending aray of blue... Another cool thing that is a presence in the ocean is the dolphins. They frequently came and joined us at night, swimming next and around Karaka. Sometimes I couldnt see them, but knew that they were there by the ...

... reef. The road continues east, a very well-made concrete strip with lay-byes, and a substantial power supply alongside, but looks private, and there is a big, open gate. We turn around, and drive along the beach until we reach some houses, and find that beyond here is also private. After taking some good photos, we head back to Quatre Bornes, picking up a loaf of bread and a big Coke at the Indian-run supermarket for R18, very ...