Blogs from Seychelles, Africa - page 8

NRG kindly drops me in town for a meeting as the other one has the car and I’m too lazy to get up at 6am to drive him into work just so that I have the car all day (and nothing to do with the fact of course that I’m avoiding driving at all). We get some funny looks as we drive down the narrow road to the office and realise why when we spot the twisted sign that says its one way- might have been helpful had they told me that when I called them for directions. I meet a few people from various organisations and listen to what they have to say. It doesn’t help that they all speak in Creole at the start and I try to adopt my non plussed but ... read more

At the market and lots of bickering with Abs and NRG about who was paying for what, Abs bought a fresh fish at one of the stalls, massive and only 100 rupees, filleted and gutted. Problem was when we got it back, it was too big for the oven. So we had to butcher it, cut it in half and into tiny pieces - well, not that tiny. It was like an ‘aquattoir’ (trademark mine).... read more

Near the port at La Digue We sit at the top of the Cat Coco and I get spray in my face but I don’t care, I need the breeze and the spray to cool me down to distract me from the lurch of the boat. Poor Z, though he doesn’t cry, he’s sick. Why can’t we all be sick like babies? The stuff just comes out, none of this wretched retching and gag reflex nonsense. Thankfully, no-one else as far as I know is sick otherwise it’d have been a disaster of Stand by Me proportions. ... read more

Day Nine of visitors and another social occasion to avail ourselves of - this time an art exhibition. Our old next door neighbour along with a well known local Seychellois artist is exhibiting at the Alliance Francaise and we have an invite to the opening, excitement indeed. In all honesty, we’re pretty tired but head down there. The word is that the President might make an appearance, he doesn’t, which is a shame as I’m getting used to this hobnobbing. An interminably long and incomprehensible speech - and not just because it’s in French - is given by some bloke who I assume is to do with the school, followed by the two artists, John Roberts and Nigel Henri. The paintings are colourful and I like both the styles represented though Nigel Henri’s work that uses ... read more

Word has it that there’s no cable TV on La Digue and its England’s first match on Saturday and Abs is not pleased. Woops. Salvation comes though in the form of none other than the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBS) who have confirmed that they’re showing most of the Wordl Cup matches. Now we just have to find somewhere with a TV.... read more