http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Seychelles en-us Sun, 08 Nov 09 19:15:12 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 09 19:15:12 +0000 Hi everyone...Finally I went somewhere new and exiting...Seychelles Wow itrsquos 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-445199.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-443211.html Janet has been nagging for years for a trip to the Seychelles so finally I relented and she got to go for her birthday. Air Seychelles had a great special and after a bit of nagging they finally issued the tickets. The plan was to spend a few days on Mahe somewhere really luxurious such as Banyan Tree and then go self catering. Our dates though coincided with the European and French holiday http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Praslin/blog-443171.html Seychelles officially the Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago nation of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean some 1500 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 Runion to the south Comoros and Mayotte to the southwest and the Suvadives of the Maldives to the no http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-439038.html 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 differ http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-416123.html Our Honeymoon in Seychelles Islands located in the Indian Ocean was the ultimate romantic trip of our lives. We flew Air Seychelles from Bombay airport with a stopover in Mauritius and arrived in Victoria the exotic capital of the island Mahe. We took a cab to our hotel The Coral Strand where we were staying for a week. Coral Strand Hotel is nestled in the Beau Vallon Bay the most famous bea http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-397304.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-364660.html As Paul my fianc is from the Seychelles i personally consider this country my second home already. We fly down to Seychelles Islands at least twice a year. I will be compiling all our trips including the previous ones in here and will update this entry regularly or every after a successful trip there and back. Hopefully after reading this you'll feel like you've been there yourselfMAHEThere http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/blog-362103.html Travelling to the SeychellesThe Republic of Seychelles comprises 115 islands occupying a land area of 455 km in the western Indian Ocean. She lies between 4 and 10 degrees south of the equator .Of these 115 islands 41 constitute the oldest midoceanic granite islands on earth while a further 74 form the lowlying coral atolls and reef islands of the Outer Islands.She is paradise.The Seychelles http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-359365.html 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 j http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-358051.html As you read this we should be on our way back to Shanghai...or already in Shanghai. Back to some reality and tothe stressful world. But before this here are 3 more days of wonderful happiness.After the Banyan Tree on Mahe we made our way to the Lemuria Resort on Praslin Island...you can get there by helicopter flight or boat...we took the slow way with the fast boat. The Lemuria has two very http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Praslin/blog-342657.html This entry is one of love romance and much more. I would like first to thank Jacqueline and Faith who made all thispossible you are both wonderful Seychelles this is a place of the wildest dreams. I've been waiting years to come here...right time right placeright company. This is our first romantic holidays with Ma'ri...not that the one last month was not romantic...butthis one is us time http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-341512.html Eventful Wednesday Well today dawned a glorious day with not a cloud in the sky. Which considering just how tropical it is here at Cap Ternay was a bonus. I was doing the weekly 'plankton pull' so was really glad that the sun was out and the sea flat clam. The plankton pull is our weekly check to see how much of the stuff is hanging around the area. We drop a really fine net in to preset depth http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-338185.html Wow can't believe we have already been here 3 weeks. Time is starting to fly pastThis week we had our coral and fish exams. The pass mark is 95. On my first go I passed my coral exam with exactly 95. Geoff got through on his fish exam harder i think second go with 99. The reason the pass mark is so high is so that the data we collect for GVI is 'good' enough. This classes it as scientific l http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-336084.html We went diving at Rays Point after the last blog entry and we did see a huge Reef Ray Water temp was 27deg nice change from the murky green 14deg of the UK. The base is at the site of an ex youth training camp all the buildings are derelict except ours This is kind of spooky at night. We have one building with accommodation and training rooms in one with the kitchen and big dining area and o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-333462.html Well we have arrived in the Seychelles and have just a few days to relax and get over the jet lag before the main expedition starts. The hotel we are staying at is ok. There are giant tortoises in the garden at the front. They don't do that much except eat and sleep. We are just about to go diving to a place called ray point. I will let you know if we actually see any rays Temp is about 2830 and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-329999.html 3 days to goNot long to go. We think we've got everything just got to start packing now before heading off to the airport on Sunday.Check back for more updates soon. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-327904.html Hi Irsquom James Irsquom 30 years old and from London. I arrived on the MCSS monitoring program just over a week a go. I donrsquot 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 V http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-320063.html July 25 July 31SEYCHELLES 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 8400 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-309296.html 8th June 20th JuneOh dear the quick trip to the Pirates Arms for a couple of drinks turned into to an all dayer with all of us downing jugs of the local Seychellois beer. It was a pretty lively evening and in the end most of our group were there. We also met up with our park ranger Phillipe and his two lovely daughters while we were there. After a day of continual eating and drinking we finall http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Seychelles/Mah-/blog-289568.html