Hi everyone... Finally I went somewhere new and exiting...Seychelles! Wow, it’s a mix of the Cape and Natal with palm trees. The flight was a short easy 4.5h and we were in paradise. We stayed in a hotel on Mahe Island, Baie Beau Vallon Bay. The beach was unforgettable perfect with cool blue water and shiny white sand. The only time I was not on the beach was at night. The sun is deadly and you have to watch it or you will be caught with a painful reminder when you step into the shower. You can hide from the sun [View Full Entry]

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Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago nation of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar. Other nearby island countries and territories include Zanzibar to the west, Mauritius and Réunion to the south, Comoros and Mayotte to the southwest, and the Suvadives of the Maldives to the northeast. Seychelles has the lowest population of any state in Africa. [View Full Entry]

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We left Praslin early Monday morning on the Cat Cocos catamaran. The seas were rough, breaking over the starboard and drenching some of the passengers. We had been kindly told by the crew before we left harbour to move to the port side. Mahe is the biggest of the Seychelles islands, and we arrived in the world's supposedly smallest capital, Victoria, in glorious weather. Our cab took us from the port to Glasis and the Hilton Northolme Resort. This was Janet's birthday present, so we were staying in an Oceanview Villa. What a great resort and what a stunning room. We [View Full Entry]

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Landing in Seychelles is fab, flying in low over the water, islands all around. I had this sense of Magnum PI the whole time. Strange. Would hate to think Magnum PI was formative for me, but i guess there were a number of monday evening TV dinners watching it when i grew up. The international airport represents one half of Seychelles - small and modest. The other side (or other half) lives a different life. For tourists, or semi-permanent residents, life is large, with yachts, private islands, helicopters, and luxury. I hope they keep the 'small' Seychelles - the landscape is [View Full Entry]

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So, after 6 months of anticipation, about 5 going away parties, and 72 hours of traveling I finally made it to the Seychelles. and it was all totally worth it. I could not be happier. The people here are wonderful... so happy. Everyone seems to know exactly how lucky they are to be here. It is so indescribably beautiful. The mountains are so majestic, the water is a gorgeous aqua blue and teeming with the most interesting marine life I have ever seen. It has been so long since I left for mahe, that I don’t even feel like talking about [View Full Entry]

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Travelling to the Seychelles The Republic of Seychelles comprises 115 islands occupying a land area of 455 km² in the western Indian Ocean. She lies between 4 and 10 degrees south of the equator .Of these 115 islands, 41 constitute the oldest mid-oceanic granite islands on earth while a further 74 form the low-lying coral atolls 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 [View Full Entry]

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OK... Im completely new to blogging. I have created this little thing so that all my friends & family (aka you if you are reading this) can see what im up to. I am moving to the Seychelles January 4th, 2009. For those of you who dont know where that is located... grab a globe and check it out. The Seychelles are an African island group located in the Indian Ocean (north east of Madagascar). I am joining a volunteer organization called Global Vision International to do marine conservation work. This means I will be scuba diving a few times a [View Full Entry]

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This entry is one of love, romance and much more. I would like first to thank Jacqueline and Faith who made all this possible, you are both wonderful! Seychelles, this is a place of the wildest dreams. I've been waiting years to come here...right time, right place, right company. This is our first romantic holidays with Ma'ri...not that the one last month was not romantic...but this one is "us time"... The action place is a beach villa at the Banyan Tree...secluded place on Mahe Island. Our villa is amazing. We managed to go out the first day for a dream [View Full Entry]

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Hi I’m James, I’m 30 years old and from London. I arrived on the MCSS monitoring program just over a week a go. I don’t have much of a marine science background but have always been interested in the sea and am quite a keen scuba diver. This is my second time in the Seychelles this year as I also came in April and completed a ten week marine life conservation project with Global Vision International which is an NGO which carries out research on fish and coral species diversity and population in the area. I heard about MCSS on that [View Full Entry]

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July 25 - July 31 SEYCHELLES Following our relatively painless 4 hour flight from Johannesburg we arrived late evening in the Seychelles, a group of tropical islands in the Indian Ocean south of Dubai and between India and Africa. This is a complicated and expensive place to get to if you are not in the area and are coming just for a holiday in Seychelles. This is a very small country of about 84,000 people total. We are booked into the Le Meridien Barbarons for the next six nights for some relaxing in the sun. Sun ??? What is that ??? [View Full Entry]

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