Seychelles in Pictures

Upon arriving in the Seychelles, the first experience I had was taking to the road.  At first, I was scared driving there, but I eventually got used to it.  Driving is on the left of the road (British side). Roads tend to wind a lot as they make their way through the mountains.  In the cities, there are large drop offs which made the driving even more precarious.  Nothing is marked so one pretty much drives by sense.  I was glad that I downloaded Google Maps for the area because I never would have been able to get around too easily without it.  The map I had was pretty useless. The most confusing aspect of driving was the turn signals and wipers are on the opposites sides of the steering wheel as they are in most countries.  Every time I signaled to turn, I turned on the wipers instead.  The drivers are very aggressive and j walkers are everywhere.  I chose NOT to drive at night at all costs.

Victoria, Mahe Island was our first stop.

In all, we were able to visit four islands:  Mahe, Praslin, Curieuse, and La Digue.

From the beach in Praslin, you can find water shuttles to Curieuse Island. Cost was $20 US a person to get to Curieuse. I thought that getting to the former leper colony to see the land tortoises was a must.  Don’t waste your time.  We saw land tortoises in La Digue on the way to Source de l’Argent and also our hotel in Mahe had an area for them.  However, I must say that the beach in Curieuse is beautiful.  I would not take the all day trip with a picnic tour that is so commonly sold.  A half hour is enough there in my opinion.

Praslin Island–A few views of the beach from our hotel.

A must see and a UNESCO World Heritage Site is the Vallee de Mai-May Valley named so since the land was purchased in May.  One gets to see the world’s largest seed.

The palm forest

La Digue is reached via ferry from Praslin Island. The tickets online were sold out, but we managed to get some at the jetty for the 11:45 sailing. One cannot visit the Seychelles without seeing the famous beach, Source de L’Argent. Shots of the island below.

 

 

The pictures below are all from the famous beach Source de L’Argent

 

If you get hungry, bat is on the menu.