Desroches Island Resort Victoria

... Arms in downtown Victoria, a long stop at the Botanical Gardens being amazed by the size and aggressiveness of the fruit bats and beauty of the tropical flowers, a long drive to Intendance Beach home to the exclusive Banyan Tree Resort, and a final meal at Vye Marmit’ in the Val des Prés craft ...

Port Launay - Ille Moyenne<br><br>Last full day on Monkey Puzzle in the Seychelles and we're heading north to round the Island to spend the night in St. Anne Marine Park. The wind picks up as we approach BeauVallon Beach and we begin sailing first on a bean reach and as we round the island close hauled tacking to our ...

... in and head to the coral about 100m off the starboard bow of the boat. They see plenty of fish is the crystal clear water with great rock formation and pinnacles. They're pleasantly surprised and fell that the snorkel rates with that at Ille Coco and St. Pierre. We also feed the bat fish which weren&#8217;t shy about taking bread practically from Marcello&#8217;s ...

... 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 ...

... sailing in rather than spend another suffocating night in the anchorage. In hindsight, it might have been wiser to remain protected in Baie St. Anne as I had gotten lazy and was no longer checking the local weather forecast. But, not knowing what was coming, we left again for a lovely &#8220;faralla&#8221; sail to Anse Petit Cour with 9-12k tradewinds at our stern.<br><br ...

... of her life, though was amazed that she wasn&#8217;t able to negotiate with any of the vendors. Given her exotic taste, I&#8217;m sure we will have some culinary surprises in store for us on this cruise. It&#8217;s back to Sunsail&#8217;s base to drop off the fresh food before doing our staples provisioning.<br><br>We were not able to get everything we wanted in a single supermarket, maybe that&#8217;s because we ...

... have gotten the same treatment in London, Paris, or New York.<br><br>After a brief nap at our low cost lodging, we head off to explore Vitoria and immediately find ourselves lost (incredible considering the size of the place) in road blocked by traffic from the outdoor market. Again, the locals prove to be as laid back as anywhere just patiently ...

... is the largest of the bells inside, but the name has passed on to the whole tower). The driver said that it was in honor of Queen Victoria. "But it is not big" he explained "so we call it Small Ben." When I arrived at Beau Vallon, one of the most famous beaches in the Seychelles, the surf was quite high. The winds had shifted yesterday and in stead of coming from the east as they usually do; there was a strong west wind, which exposed this beach to high surf ...

... shopping. I got a pink tent-dress. Ann got an organe one, and Mommy got a blue mumu-type dress that's really very nice. We walked around a bit, then drove around in our mini-Moke. We got on this road that supposedly went to the west coast, but it went along tea plantations instead. It was a gorgeous drive. We stopped at the tea tavern and bought some tea and cinnamon. Then we drank tea. Ann made a friend (meow!) that always ...

Stayed in Mahé for our last day. Decied to blow all our remaining holiday money at the best hotel in town. SItting by the pool, a chap walks up to my father and says "Hello, Mick. What are you doing here?". He replied "Hello, Chris, I'm on holdiay, how about you?", "Oh, I own the hotel". Well, that was us sorted for the day!