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18 July 2012
I checked out of my guesthouse at 0830 and was collected by Octopus Divers again, for a single dive. I could only fit in one dive as I have a flight at midnight and it was far better value than a snorkel. There was only one other diver this morning. We were taken to Red […]
18 July 2012
Why another dive? Despite yesterday’s disappointing dive, I chose to do another dive today. It was an easy way to kill lots of waiting time: Checkout is at 1000 and my ferry is at 1730 back to Mahe for a 2355 flight to Singapore (via Dubai and Colombo). It’s a little touch and go to […]
17 July 2012
I got picked up on time at 0830 by a French-speaking Swiss watch-engineer who is now the owner-operator of Octopus Divers. I was surprised to hear that he had been to Kuala Lumpur with his work, in relation to the manufacture of components that go into Swiss watches! Oohlala! After the usual paper work was […]
17 July 2012
Diving at Channel Rocks Like most of the customers at Octopus Divers (more details about them below), I did one dive today. I was picked up at 0830 and taken to their dive centre on the opposite side of the island. Unfortunately the dive at Channel Rocks was a disappointment. Descending into the water, it felt […]
16 July 2012
I checked out soon after breakfast and walked to the ferry for the 20 min ride to Praslin where I continued to the Beach Villa Guesthouse by taxi. True to its name, is beachfront but not on the best beach (as it receives a bit of seaweed). Time to explore options for spending my remaining […]
15 July 2012
Last night we had horrendous weather. The wind was so strong; I woke to dry ground so I guess it was the wind that was making all that noise and there was no rain. It looked nice enough to go snorkelling so after breakfast I went down to the only shop that was open for […]
14 July 2012
Today I move from Mahe to the little island of La Digue by ferry, changing ferries (half hour connection) at Praslin. The first ride of an hour seemed like an eternity as it was a stomach-churning ride; the second was less than half hour and was marginally better. La Digue was immediately likeable. Walking off […]
13 July 2012
After breakfast, I bused into Victoria, the capital of Seychelles. It is a tidy quaint little town. As I propose to bus in tomorrow with my luggage for the ferry terminal, I checked out the route and distance first. It took 15 minutes and I’ll save a considerable amount as taxis in Seychelles are hyper […]
12 July 2012
Above: View from my guesthouse of Beau Vallon bay. The flight left Dubai at an obscene time of 0205 after my 11 hour transit. The flying time was just over four hours and we an arrival at Seychelles’ Mahe Island around 0630. I don’t know how Emirates can get their seating so wrong so often. […]
25 January 2008
After breakfast at the Ras Hotel, we taxied to the airport. I was homeward bound. Back to Sana’a, my home-away-from-home, for an overnight. Then Dubai overnight, Hong Kong and hopefully Auckland thereafter on standby. The Ethiopian Airlines B737 was chocka to Djibouti but nearly empty for the second leg to Sana’a. The transit in Djibouti […]