Villa Flamboyant Praslin Island

... So, I laughed, agreed and loaded up. When we got to the Seaview, it was certainly not a fancy place, but the ocean was just across the street, and again I wasn't planning to be in my room for long. Maxim then spoke with the older man who ran the place about any vacancies, but he was unfortunately booked. He did however suggest that we try the place just down the street called My Dream, and so we did. Again Maxim talked to (another ...

... 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&#8217;ve seen on the trip, making for a fine snorkel.<br><br>Once back on the boat, we half-heartedly attempt to set a stern anchor so that we&#8217;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 ...

... a small bonito caught again by Lisa. As we round the northern point of Mahe&#8217;, 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.<br><br>It&#8217 ...

... 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 ...

Petite Cour to ride out storm<br><br>We wanted to snorkel Ille Coco just off the coast of Ille Felicite' and La Digue, so we motored southeast under ominous, grey skies. It wasn&#8217;t too bright on our part.<br><br>After 15 minutes of navigating we called Sunsail&#8217;s base for a weather forecast and learned that Mahe&#8217; was being pelted with 80-100 Km/hr winds ...

... Garden of Eden. Deep in the granite strewn, thick rainforest you really feel eons away from civilization.<br><br>Finishing our hike, we easily picked up a taxi in the parking lot to take us back to our dingy and Monkey Puzzle to see what "fish" Miles was able to purchase for us. Were we in for a surprise, for shortly after arriving, we saw miles cruising towards on in his ...

... man on the phone, perfect French. Yes, there is place, 100 Euro/night (ouch). I send a mail, get an immediately auto response and a confirmation within half an hour. I already like Madagascar. At 14 o'clock 5 kids come in and ... stay. Lots of noise. Half an hour later the whole place is full of children! Dr T says 2 of them rented a game boy (racing car noises), the rest is screaming and running. When we leave at 16h, I am very nervous and cranky. On top of that, we ...

... and made up trivia for the boys, read a little, cooked alot ( chapatis, soups, crepes, veggie pies, bread...), and of course slept many hours away. At night I would chase boobies with cat. They made quite a mess of the deck... Two of my favourite activities were star gazing and swimming. Being alone on deck in the silence of the night with thousands of stars above you is a humbling experience. It leads to many wishes ( with all the shooting stars ...

... seaweed. Ashore, MP got some nice shots of the terrain and high tide seascape, watched two older local women collecting washed up seaweed for fertilizer. Further along, at Cap Lascars, on the north end of Anse Marie-Louise, DP has another dip, and sees a large spotted Eagle stingray, a big pipefish, and a black-and-white moray, and a turtle, so snorkelling is on the improve. From here, we head inland over the pass at Quatre Bornes, and ...