Colibri Guest House Praslin Island

... amazing beach, where again, I stayed at for a few hours more - continuing on again and making my way further down, coming upon a little stand where a woman named Maris and her daughter Zoe were serving fruit plates and coconut water. I didn't know the prices, and I really didn't care - to sit and eat a plate of various, fresh, and locally grown fruits (except the apples) with a view of the nearby islands, was ...

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.

Menu
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 ...

... white wine, and set the marine oven to do it’s stuff while dancing to the rhythm of waves. IT WAS DELICIOUS!! … and we still laugh about that day in the Seychelles and feel sorry that Lisa was unable to enjoy a fantastic "pesce a vapore".

Menu
Dinner: one mega-red snapper cooked to perfection

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... We began the circle hike through the park. Almost instantaneously you feel like you've been transported back into pre-historic times with, incredibly large coco du mer trees and overgrown prehistoric fauna surrounding you. Adding to this backdrop is the sexually suggestive nature of the male and female coco du mer seeds. Perhaps, the Adam and Eve had the same setting in ...

Anse Lazio -> St. Anne Bay, Praslin

It is time to refill the tanks and do a serious provisioning, so we heading off to Baie St. Anne, the principle port on Praslin. We sail the 15M close hauled into light southeast trade winds entering the harbor following the channel markers. We tie up to the quay and fill our tank ($10US). We've sailed so much, there ...

... island is very small and is known for its forest, which is all different kinds of palm trees and nothing else, and the coco de mer, a unique double coconut found nowhere else in the world. Here it is: It amazed me that they could create a half hour tour through the forest to see the coco de mer, the black parrot, a green and a brown gecko, and a spider. It was really a 5 minute walk, but the native guide was so ...

... will understand the reference). One of the things that he does is to climb a coconut tree every other night so that I can have coconut water. De Place Similarities to the Caribbean and Guyana: · All of the flowers and a lot of the plants · Waters are clear and blue like the Caribbean · Kreol is much the 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 ...