Mahe, Seychelles

We’ve never been to the Seychelles before. Arrived in Mahe, the largest of the 115 Seychelles Islands, after lunch and headed to join an excursion that would take us to the Botanical Gardens, the Market and a beach.

As soon as we started driving around, it was obvious we were in a more prosperous African country. The buildings and public spaces were in good condition and well maintained. In fact, it’s the only African country classified as a high-income economy by the World Bank.

First stop: The Seychelles National Botanical Gardens which was were established in 1901 and features giant land tortoises. The gardens were simply gorgeous and the tortoises were amazing. Well worth visiting. Next, we headed to the downtown area of Victoria and visited the market. Pretty typical but I did buy a bouquet of flowers for our cabin for only $4 US. We then travelled to Beau Vallon Beach, one of the island’s most popular beaches. Some people went swimming; we chose to walk the beach. Lovely.

We aren’t leaving here until 4 am so there was a deck party tonight with the band playing and lots of dancing. Brad was too tired to go but I went for a bit.Read more