Le Meridien Fisherman's Cove Bel Ombre

... 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

... 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 ...

... wait out the swarm attack and pray for a clearing wind.<br><br>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".<br><br>Menu<br>Lunch: Cold Snapper with mango salad<br>Dinner: Grilled octopus, fish pasta with Mexican spices<br><br>Mapped Photo Gallery<br>BareboatingtheWorld.com

... 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

... 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 ...

... Sunday, we do not even TRY to get arranged for our night in Mauritius. I asked Glynis if she knew about a launderette or a lady who could wash our clothes. I am afraid not. Everything is dirty by now! The life of a world traveler is not easy. In the evening we go to the restaurant of the hotel. The choice for the wine is: wine or no wine. But the food is nice. We are back in the apartment around 21h and start a new series: 'Life on Mars'. Weird stuff... . Dodo at midnight.

... the shape which we see everywhere: in tourist shops, around people's necks (in small gold, not THE nuts), ... . When, on top of that, it starts pouring, we leave, a bit disappointed. Since our kitchenette is in fact a kitchen, we go shopping and home. You can see our swimming pool in the rain! On the arch over our bedroom, there is a coco de mer. We also have a cozy sitting room. Where we watch our last 'Midsomer Murder'.

... across a rocky slope, with a chain wire guard fence on the steep side. The last section was on a sandy road through a dried swamp area to a rustic restaurant behind the beach at Grande Anse. The beach was quite beautiful, with blue green water, a surf running, and granite boulder ridges running down to headlands each end. The surf was too rough for swimming, with strong currents, and not good enough for surfing, in spite of the presence ...