La Roussette Mahe Island

... guesthouse - one was a bookstore that I remembered seeing little patches of the Seychelles flag for sale at, and the other was the bus stop. Still holding onto a little bit of whatever you want to call it - common sense or frugality, I thought paying 7 Rupees (50 cents or so) sounded much better (for a bus rather) than 30 or 40 Euro (60 to 70 dollars) for a cab. I knew that I would have to gather the courage (again) to deal with the looks ...

... beer (unacceptable). I think I was a little dehydrated anyhow, so it was probably better that way. We headed back and ate our food. He was so full of information about the islands, the Seychelles, and really just life (in general). He played a whole assortment of Creole music for me, translating some of the lyrics in between songs, explaining the differences of each of the islands. It was all such an amazing thing, as was he, and I couldn't have ...

... discovered). It's those things and places, those people that I wanted to find. Fishing boats for hire, jet skis, Speedos, and parasailing boats lined along the beach was not what I was searching for. So, I started walking again. Not too far down, I came upon several local men relaxing under some palms. I walked across the street and purchased a few beers for 22 Rupees each, as well as some snacks. I walked back near the crowd, and sat in an ...

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 ...

... anchorage for the night. It&#8217;s a very rewarding final day of sailing in the Seychelles.<br><br>As we tie up to a mooring ball, the park rangers come to collect our $15US for the night and we prepare to snorkel the surrounding reef of Ille Moyenne. It&#8217;s a great snorkel with plenty of colorful and large ...

... 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 ...

Anse Lazio, Prasllin -&gt; Beau Vallon, Mahe'<br><br>Today we leave the northern island group behind. With southeast trade winds blowing steady between 15-18k you can&#8217;t ask for a better beam reach as we head off southwest to explore the northwest side of the Mahe&#8217; 30M away.<br><br>It&#8217;s a perfect sail with one maneuver to reel ...

... 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

... do we do if we see a shark? What if it swims near us?), and the Dive Master was pretty good at soothing everyone's nerves. As we got close to the site, I was getting closer to having a mental melt down. My nerves were kicking, made worse with each passing second due to the huge swells we were boating through. And Todd knew I was just on the verge of serious panic because he was talking to me like I was a five year old. I started having second thoughts. And then we got to the ...

... 70s to mid 80s which will be really hot without air conditioning the next 5 weeks. Oh well, I am sure I will become aclimated soon. I ate breakfast at the outdoor patio at the hotel. It was so nice to just sit there watching the waves gently crash onto the beach. they do not have big waves here, and there was almost no wind yesterday so i did not try windsurfing. Plus, I was jsut too tired!