A quick 3 day stopover in Seychelles. First, we had to celebrate surviving our final days in the UAE with some Prosecco on the beach.

Before I describe the trip, have a quick peek at this map to acquaint yourselves with the island.

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Back to the sunset! The sunset was really quite exceptional, and so we felt that it was important to see it each night of our short stay.

With the tropical clouds, sunset can be quite dramatic in every direction. We can see the lights of the Beach Shak (sic) coming on to start the night’s festivities.

Actually, we did in fact stop at the Beach Shak for a cold beverage and some lunch as soon as we arrived. I do note that the prosecco event occured that first sunset!

We only had two full days, so on the first day we went south. The roads are quite twisty and narrow, but everyone seems to give you lots of space. We defintely looked like tourists in a rental car, so they may have been avoiding us. After stopping in a lovely little spot for a late breakfast, we headed down to the southern tip of the island. Another amazing beach. This one is called Anse Bazarka.

Because we were well off the tourist / beaten track, there was pretty much no one else around except for a dog and perhaps its owner?

From there, we returned to the main road and carried on around the southern coast. The coastline is peppered with some tiny, and some very large beaches. This is Anse Takamaka Beach.

The coastline, as noted, is very twisty turny, tight and with little room for error. Often, there is no where to even pull over for a shot of the beach or shoreline. After some hairpin turns (18 hairpin turns for those in my Grade 8 geography class), we climbed to the first and perhaps last orphanage for former slave children, established in 1876, and closed about 20 years later.

It looked like a great vantage point for a selfie, and so … why not?

After our sundownwers on the Beau Vallon Beach and a good night’s sleep, we ventured into Victoria, the capital, for a wander around. As we found in Barbados, Seychelles has been invaded by the African Giant Snail, which can devour entire gardens.

Although invasive, they are actually quite impressive. This one is is fairly small compared to ones we found in Barbados.

After a tour of the northern coastline, which we found to be very rugged, we returned to our new favourite beach for a swim and some Fish coconut curry …

… on the beach walk.

Just for good measure, here is a shot of our balcony. This is the Bord du Mer on AirBnB. I highly recommend it.