Hotel L'Ocean La Digue Island

... car I had previously rented is waiting for us in the parking lot. Even better, Neal was able to arrange the rental of a local home for our last night in the Seychelles. As we say goodbye to Monkey Puzzle, we know that we still have one more day to explore the Seychelles and that we did with lunch at the ...

... the reef, we abandoned our attempt figuring we had our sea legs about us and could deal with one more night of roll, after all, we&#8217;ll be spending the next year on terra firma.<br><br>With sundowner in hand, we bid adieu to our final sunset on Monkey Puzzle.<br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

... 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.<br><br>Menu<br>Dinner: Bonito tartare, cabbage with bean sprouts<br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

... some beer, lunch, and a short rest before tackling the northern side. In the water again, but, it&#8217;s starting to get grey and there&#8217;s a much stronger current. So, one by one we abandon are afternoon snorkel content with what we experience in the morning.<br><br>We&#8217;re off to our last anchorage in the northern island group and jump off point for ...

... rain. We quickly turned around and head back to our mooring ball on Anse Petit Cour as it was the closest safe anchorage. Just when we cleared the point, about a 100m from the mooring ball, the wind quickly kicked up to 35 knots. We decided to complete the maneuver, successfully, and waited for the wind to build feeling we were as protected as possible in the lee of ...

... taking a mooring ball, Lisa and Marcello headed to the south side of the bay to snorkel the cliffs and encountered a moray eel and turtle, plus some great rock formation. Once back, it started to drizzle, so we had dinner inside the boat for the first time.<br><br>Menu<br>Dinner: grilled shoemaker fish, Greek salad <br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

... sundown with some provisions indicating he&#8217;d be back the next day with the rest, of course, asking for more euros. We weren&#8217;t surprised.<br><br>We settled in for a lazy evening on the boat, well protected, but, a bit stuffy at the base of Baie St. Anne.<br><br>Menu<br>Dinner: Jerked pork loin, salad<br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

... and it HAS to be paid in Euros. No Euros, no onions and a week later they are rotten. After dinner, we watch our murder mystery and go to bed early. I still do not like the place but start to relax, anyway. 08h45 sharp, we are picked up. She is pretty, tiny and cranky. Glynis has news, we might not be able to stay the full 12 nights in the bungalow, there has been a bit of a confusion about the dates, etc. I am relieved. Debra is very nice but I do ...

... mot den lilla hamnen som är öns "centrum". Där finns några souveniraffärer, bank, post och några restauranger. Ficklampan behövs eftersom det är becksvart på nätterna. Någon gatubelysning finns inte. Lokalbefolkningen cyklar obekymrat ändå utan lyse på cyklarna. En flicka med pizzakartongen på styret åkte förbi och hojtade "Give me the light", så vi lyste upp vägen åt henne. När vi kom bakom nästa vägkurva stod hon där och väntade på oss så vi kunde fortsätta lysa ...

... to book a place on the 10am schooner (it is now 8.30am). Hail another occupied taxi, who stops, and offers us a fare of 15 euros for the 10kms or so to the jetty. Pass through Vallee de Mai National Park on the way, which looks very lush and attractive. Taxi driver points out male and female examples of the rare coco de mer palms. At the wharf, the 9am schooner is just about to depart, and we get two of the last seats. The ...