Hotel Le Merkler Praslin Island

... 3 Dollars). Fish, Chicken, Mangos, Rice, and Creole Sauce were loaded onto my plate with a smile (and a reciprocated smile). I went back to Dave's, ate the delicious meal, and felt very pleased with my decision. Dave got off of work sometime around ten o' clock. We chatted for awhile (over a Seybrew) about our daily events, among other things. Then he took a shower, and I fell asleep <br><br>- again, another great day...

... br><br>With that we were up before dawn to catch our 7am flight back to Italy connecting through Qatar and thus finished an incredible two weeks of sailing, that offered so much more. A trip that every sailor should attempt at least once in their life.<br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

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 ...

... 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

... we start to feel bugs landing, first one or two, then 10s, and eventually, 1000s. The air is so still we are being invaded by black flies as the sunsets. Guess we&#8217;re going to be deprived of our final Lazio sunset after all as we quickly go below and close the boat down to avoid an infestation below deck. It&#8217;s stifling below, but, we have no choice but ...

Petite Cour to ride out storm<br><br>We wanted to snorkel Ille Coco just off the coast of Ille Felicite' and La Digue, so we motored southeast under ominous, grey skies. It wasn&#8217;t too bright on our part.<br><br>After 15 minutes of navigating we called Sunsail&#8217;s base for a weather forecast and learned that Mahe&#8217; was being pelted with 80-100 Km/hr winds ...

... 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 ...

... the local restaurant bar, but, disappointed with the quality of food available in the shops.<br><br>With shopping done, we head off to Anse Lazio after paying our $15US fee for another day in the marine park. As we sailed northwest with light breezes taking care to avoid the shallows off of the south coast of Ille. Curieuse Lisa again caught a smaller bonito as we rounded the peninsula just outside the marine park area. With the fish in we ...

... they are so old they could have been served when John & I got married... The ride back to the ship took exactly as long as the ride out, making us the one and only cause for a one hour delay in our ship's departure from the Saychelles. Nothing makes Capt. Dag mad except being late. We don't know who he got mad at, but undoubtedly someone. We have now declared ourselves the official "kiss of death" excursion passengers.

... freshener that is lightly perfumed with a familiar Indian incense. You know, the one that you know really well but can't quite place? · Ordered the chicken tikka masala with dukai paratha &amp; a side of cucumber raita. o Fabulous, fabulous food ... just right for my Indian food fix! If I rave about anything, it would be the smooth, velvety, creamy, mint chutney. It had the consistency of yoghurt. You know the kind that we get in Toronto that is like watery gravy? ... I ...