Sun Resort Mahe Island

... overcharged, it was a little bit of a no-brainer. I knew I would have to do some walking too, but I had the time, and having another reason to go through the city again was a good thing. After catching the bus, walking to the harbor, and then resolving the issue (which was easy), I walked casually, with camera in hand, through the abandoned streets of Victoria. That is, (abandoned because) it was after one o' clock again on a Saturday, so ...

... and headed towards town. Since it was Saturday, I knew that the businesses would only be open until 1:00, so I wanted to get the shopping done first. This time, the streets were much different - many more people were out and about, and all of the shops I had questioned the day before were open and busy. I also realized that not all of them were tourist shops, and there were just as many (if not more) locals walking ...

... and reef islands of the Outer Islands.She is paradise.The Seychelles is not in a cyclone belt and has no dangerous and/or poisonous animals or reptiles.Crime is virtually non existent.There is petty crime such as stealing your bag while you are lying on the beach so be careful. The purpose of this article is to provide quick ...

... 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 ...

... tips.

After lunch, we continue on, sailing to our night stop at Port Launay. We get the anchor in just to port of the cross marketing the reef on the western side of the bay and jump in for an evening snorkel. This time we snorkeled all the way to the beach, then back along the cliffs on the eastern side of the bay. The light was pretty low, but, we ...

... a small bonito caught again by Lisa. As we round the northern point of Mahe’, the wind begins to build to 30k (katabolic effect off the high mounts) coming almost due south right on our nose. We roll-up the job and reef the main as we motor sail directly into the wind to anchor in the designated area off Beau Vallon Beach.

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... 8217; so he had the funds to buy our produce. Neal said we can trust Robert, so we decided to also trust Miles.

We took a short dingy ride to the shore for a brief walk around the port and a dingy trip around Ille St. Anne, a man-made island in the middle of the bay. Back to the boat to await Miles and prepare for our evening ritual. He returned a bit ...

... com, we knew we had made the right decision and we didn't do any more research. Finally in Arusha, we figured we better start thinking about how we were going to pull it off. There are 3 main islands: Mahe, Praslin and La Digue. With a population of only 80,000 it could *************sidered busy. But becuase most people live on Mahe, it's considered the big busy city! Wanting to avoid this "sprawling metropolis" we decided to spend a few days on Praslin (with an ...

... find another in no time. I enjoyed the ride admiring the lush tropical greenery fanning out every which way bordering the narrow road. I wondered if the bus would loop around as I noticed that the passengers were thinning out substantially. As I came down and around a rocky slope my senses honed in on the crescent shaped beach hugging a calm bay. Looks good to me I thought as I got off the bus and walked down the wet sand. I strolled to the end near some large smooth boulders and ...