Denis Island Lodge Victoria

Il Moyenne -&gt; Sunsail's new base<br><br>We&#8217;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.<br><br>Sunsail&#8217;s staff helps unload and ...

... The coral heads are some of the best I&#8217;ve seen on the trip, making for a fine snorkel.<br><br>Once back on the boat, we half-heartedly attempt to set a stern anchor so that we&#8217;d have our bow set into the waves which caused a substantial amount of roll our first night. Feeling we were setting it too close ...

... tips.<br><br>After lunch, we continue on, sailing to our night stop at Port Launay. We get the anchor in just to port of the cross marketing the reef on the western side of the bay and jump in for an evening snorkel. This time we snorkeled all the way to the beach, then back along the cliffs on the eastern side of the bay. The light was pretty low, but, we ...

... a small bonito caught again by Lisa. As we round the northern point of Mahe&#8217;, the wind begins to build to 30k (katabolic effect off the high mounts) coming almost due south right on our nose. We roll-up the job and reef the main as we motor sail directly into the wind to anchor in the designated area off Beau Vallon Beach.<br><br>It&#8217 ...

... crossing back to the northwest coast of Mahe&#8217; Island. We motored the 10M to Anse Lazio and snuggle up to the beach on the north side of the bay ready for another fantastic sunset as the skies cleared.<br><br>We have a bit of work before eating tonight as the octopus we got from Miles needs to be cleaned. As Marcello and I are in the cockpit cleaning the ...

Valle Du Mer &#8211; Baie St. Anne &#8211; Petite Cour<br><br>We made arrangements with Miles to meet around noon with the rest of our provisions so that we could head off to the UNESCO protected Valle Du Mer National Park on Praslin Island to experience the largest coco tree in the world. <br><br>Taking our dingy, we picked up a taxi at the port and had him take us to the ...

... anchorage without our provisions. After a debate about the edibility of these creatures, Marcello was ready to prove Neal wrong.<br><br>With the briefing done and with the help of the Sunsail crew, we quickly stored our provisions and baggage and headed off to our first anchorage at <br><br>We were able to push off in time to motor 30 minutes to our first night&#8217;s mooring at Il Moyenne in the St. Anne Marine National ...

... booklets and offered to subscribe her to the United News and to our sermon CDs, which she accepted with joy. I appeared very much to me that God was opening her mind. We shall see. After they left, about 8:30, I had dinner at the Pirate Arms, they had some live musicians playing very well, a kind of Cajun flavored music. I don't know if it was imported, or if that style developed here too. Back at the hotel after dinner, I ...

... was an eclectic group. There were 2 young South African fellows, a Spanish couple, a British couple, a Frenchman, and two Americans: me and a big American sailor named Dan. We got our gear sorted out and rode in a van to the old port of Victoria. It was a small dive boat and there were swells of 6 to 9 feet (2-3 meters) so it was a rough and wet 15 minute ride out to the dive location at Beacon Island, one of the farthest of the small islands in front of Victoria ...

Our car is delivered half an hour early, of course, we are not ready. But we are out at 9! We did not make any plans on where to go yet, so decide on the spot: Victoria, the capital of Mahé. We have to cross the island for that. It is said to be 4 km at that point but I bet nobody can walk that in less than 2 hours! The views are nice. While we are looking where to go for breakfast, we meet ... the car ...