Driving Around Mahé, Seychelles
The Seychelles is the scariest place we have driven. (The road around the far end of Viti Levu in Fiji is another contender for this title, but it was under construction at the time and Read More …
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Photo Thursday: Last Glance at the Seychelles
I’m finally just about done editing and posting on my Seychelles trip so thought I would share some of my last views of the island, as seen from the garden outside my hotel room. Remind Read More …
Lodging in the Garden of Eden, Mahé, Seychelles
The Seychelles is an expensive travel destination, although in recent years more options, at a broader range of prices, have become available to the independent traveler. Still, the choices are pretty limited if you want Read More …
The Travel Dream List: Zanzibar
Zanzibar The very name conjures images of exotic lands, the smell of spices and the sea. Zanzibar is most famous for three things: Beaches, spices, and Stone Town. Beaches The island – and the archipelago Read More …
Photo Thursday: The Sea Pearl
My recent trip to the Seychelles was mostly spent on board a small yacht, as seen in this shot from the harbor on La Digue. (That’s Tharius, with the sun shades down and the dinghy Read More …
Looking back: Memorable travel moments
I promised to share 50 of my most memorable travel moments. But life interfered. . . These memories aren’t presented in any particular order. Nor do they carry a particular theme or lesson or emotion Read More …
Memorable Moments: Camping by the Hippo Pool, Botswana, 2005
Our overland Botswana safari included a number of memorable campsites, but one of the standouts was in the Moremi Game Reserve where we camped next to the hippo pool, blocking the main route to their Read More …
Photo Thursday: Anse Volbert
Keeping to themes from my recent trip to the Seychelles, here is a shot of some (momentarily vacant) chairs at the edge of the sand on Anse Volbert on Praslin. And here is what you Read More …
Photo Thursday: One Week Ago in the Seychelles
It’s cold and dark here in Minnesota, so it is hard to believe that just a week ago I was sitting on a sailboat in the Seychelles looking at scenes like this on along the Read More …
Port Launay from the Shore on Mahé, Seychelles
While on the water, we anchored at Port Launay for a couple of days. It was a gorgeous spot. Now we are staying just up the road from that anchorage, so we head almost to Read More …