Indian Ocean Lodge Praslin Island

I woke up this morning, a little on the sore side (once again), to Dave placing a coffee next to me. I couldn't help but wonder who this guy was. Why was he being so kind and generous? In a different time, I would start questioning whether he had some ulterior motives, but I really think he is just good people. Someone so rare, that I can't help but question his reasons for kindness ...

... 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 coral heads are some of the best I’ve seen on the trip, making for a fine snorkel.

Once back on the boat, we half-heartedly attempt to set a stern anchor so that we’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 ...

Anse Lazio, Prasllin -> Beau Vallon, Mahe'

Today we leave the northern island group behind. With southeast trade winds blowing steady between 15-18k you can’t ask for a better beam reach as we head off southwest to explore the northwest side of the Mahe’ 30M away.

It’s a perfect sail with one maneuver to reel ...

... wait out the swarm attack and pray for a clearing wind.

It comes after only a short wait, clearing the deck of all bugs. So back to our evening ritual and as Marcello would say, what a "goduria".

Menu
Lunch: Cold Snapper with mango salad
Dinner: Grilled octopus, fish pasta with Mexican spices

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... 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.

Menu
Dinner: grilled shoemaker fish, Greek salad

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... the corner and viewed a picture perfect tropic beach setting – Anse Lazio.

After dropping anchor in about 5m of water, we went ashore and discovered a feet-in-the-sand restaurant on the north end of the beach and decided it was a must stop for lunch. A bit pricey, but, well worth the Octopus curry we tried. On the other hand the fish and mussel plates we ordered were a bit ordinary.

Needing to walk off a filling ...

So, another day in Seychelles. I cant help but feel impressed with the beauty of this island and it's peoples. Greg came bearing gifts yesterday, which was nice. Cheese and Chocolate from France...yummm... ( I eat cheese again) books on massage, yoga, a new laptop for Tom, and about 15 kilos of other stuff form Tom, Karaka and the crew. Poor guys bag weighed a ton, and he didnt even have room for more than a couple of tshirts for him!! Today I spent the ...

... t want anymore of that!!! I will really miss this place and my new friends. I love it here as much as I do Bequia. Bet you never thought that you'd hear that from me! The only thing that is a 'con' is that it is so far away from all of you ... that and my Bequian friends will be more than a tad upset if I decide to reside here instead of Bequia :) Leaving here was more sad because I know that it will be quite some time before I am able to return ... 2-4 years at the least ... sigh ...