Le Grand Bleu Praslin Island

... I had to stop riding soon. I pulled over at the first white sanded beach I could access, and dropped the bike and bag. To my right was a sight just like many of the pictures I had seen previously of the islands. It was absolutely stunning; Giant granite rocks resting on the beach, with a few of them spilled out into the water. The water that looked just like a swimming pool, and I knew I had no choice but to finally get in ...

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 ...

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 ...

... crossing back to the northwest coast of Mahe&#8217; Island. We motored the 10M to Anse Lazio and snuggle up to the beach on the north side of the bay ready for another fantastic sunset as the skies cleared.<br><br>We have a bit of work before eating tonight as the octopus we got from Miles needs to be cleaned. As Marcello and I are in the cockpit cleaning the ...

... white wine, and set the marine oven to do it&#8217;s stuff while dancing to the rhythm of waves. IT WAS DELICIOUS!! &#8230; and we still laugh about that day in the Seychelles and feel sorry that Lisa was unable to enjoy a fantastic "pesce a vapore".<br><br>Menu<br>Dinner: one mega-red snapper cooked to perfection<br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

... 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

... are walking on has NO food path and no protection from the sun. And it is hot and humid. And where are the terraces, the beach bars, the restaurants, the LIFE? We do find the dive shop, meet Glynis, who also booked our accommodation, book our dive for tomorrow (there is no more room on the 2 tank dive: only 1 dive for us for tomorrow). The other bad news: the whale sharks left last week already. Our walk on the beach continues. It is 12h30 and I am ...

... at CHEZ BATISTA Hotel or eat there, we were quite disappointed (quite impolite stuff, not as good food as everywhere mentioned). Don´t change money in a bank, you get a good rate in every shop. Take care, there are places where you can´t pay with RUPEES, only with &euro; or $$. Don´t be late when you go by COCO ferry to Praslin, the cassiers are very slow; when you don´t want to miss the boat, be there 1,5 hours before departure.

... the sand. DP asked one of them if it was Sunset Beach, a good spot to snorkel, and he answered in perfect English that it wasn't, and that there was no parking at it, but a lot of people swim here. Taking it in turns, we checked it out for pretty good terrain and fish, and a turtle, but nothing spectacular. We were getting back to our 1/4 full on the fuel gauge, but carried on past our hotel to the ATM at the bank, then all the way to ...