Paradise Flycatcher's Lodge La Digue Island

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 ...

... 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

... time for another provisioning run. Marcello and I take a walk up the road to Vitoria and find a few minimarkets that have frozen meat, fresh bread, bottled water, and beer. It&#8217;s great that we don&#8217;t need much as it&#8217;s a longer walk than we expected. Meanwhile, Lisa has inquired about a dive with the whale sharks at the resort ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... attitude perfectly, was very entertaining, and delivered the goods. <br><br>We expected the price increases with his various deliveries, but, still felt the cost was reasonable for cost of provisioning in the Seychelles and we&#8217;re very glad we took Neal&#8217;s advice and recommend you do the same.<br><br>After Miles&#8217;s delivery we decided to shove-off and get ...

Anse Lazio -&gt; St. Anne Bay, Praslin<br><br>It is time to refill the tanks and do a serious provisioning, so we heading off to Baie St. Anne, the principle port on Praslin. We sail the 15M close hauled into light southeast trade winds entering the harbor following the channel markers. We tie up to the quay and fill our tank ($10US). We've sailed so much, there ...

... approach her too close (max 4m is the rule) and one even touches her! This shark is a diver's orgasm and suddenly Liliane is our hero. Nobody is really interested in the second dive. What can be better than playing with a whale shark? But, it turns out to be another perfect dive, 4 sharks, huge stingrays, leaf fishes and. What we think is a dancing Spanish fish: very rare. Our hero has a rest, sailing back, especially for Captain G: a picture: he likes diving mistresses ...

... that most beaches are totally empty and even the busiest beach on the island had no more than a few dozen people on it and how could you not think that this is paradise! Coming from the magnificent sands of Zanzibar I had a very high standard for judging pretty beaches, and well, Seychelles didn't disappoint. Seychelles is the sixtieth nation I've been to and it truly is the most beautiful place I have ever been fortunate enough to visit. By beautiful, I'm not talking "oh ...

... far from the famous beach at Anse Source d'Argent, in the national park, which you have to pay E3 for if you come by road. Snorkel and walk all the way to the south end of it. The snorkelling wasn't as good as the morning, but we still saw turtles and a good variety of fish. To get back in from beyond the reef after our first of many swims, we had to negotiate a boat channel with a strong out current, but managed OK by swimming in the ...