Blogs from La Digue, Seychelles, Africa - page 2

Abs laid on the charm and got our TV changed back at the pad - one with a picture, hurrah! Abs had brought some face paint over with him in the hope that he could painted up and beat his chest in a testosterone way in a pub full of England fans. Instead, he got one man, two women and a baby. Not wanting to disappoint him though, me and the other one stole the paint and like naughty kids, snuck off to the bedroom to get ‘georged up’, emerging some minutes later to the mild surprise of Abs and NR - they knew we’d been up to something. They got georged up too, though NRG was George Lite on account of not frightening the bejeezus out of Z, who obviously wanted to be in on ... read more

The other one and I went for a nosy towards the north of La Digue, not having been there before, taking the road past our place and the building site, where allegedly they’re building an Oceanside restaurant (a prime destination if it is). There was a bugger of hill that I just about managed and the squeak of the brakes signalled my non extreme sports approach to descending the other side. We passed Anse Severe and cycled under the shade of the trees as the waves rolled in on our left and the ‘yellow brick road’ stretched before us through the lush landscape; it’s hard not to feel that this isn’t some Truman Show/Lost artifce, so perfectly formed is this island paradise. We seem to be doing a roaring trade in couple’s photos today snapping photos ... read more