Curieuse Island
2022年1月9日, セイシェル ⋅ ⛅ 28 °CThe Seychelles are an archipelago off the east coast of Africa, a few degrees south of the equator. There are more than 100 islands, but I only visited 4. All 4 islands of these islands are granitic.もっと詳しく
The Seychelles are an archipelago off the east coast of Africa, a few degrees south of the equator. There are more than 100 islands, but I only visited 4. All 4 islands of these islands are granitic.もっと詳しく
Cousin Island is a nature preserve today. Formerly it had been used as a coconut plantation. Once the young coconuts trees were removed, the native vegetation reestablished, saving some endemic birdもっと詳しく
Aride is another small island that is a nature reserve. It is the most northern of the granite islands of the Seychelles. Like Cousin Island, there is a marine reserve surrounding Aride: this one isもっと詳しく
Mahe Island is the largest of the Seychelles islands and is where the national capital, Victoria (see another post), is located. Beau Vallon is a beach town on the west side of the island and is whereもっと詳しく
The Seychelles has the distinction of having the world's smallest capital city, only about 26,000 people and only 2 traffic lights. It is very laid back and quiet: no neon, nothing flashy, just aもっと詳しく
Aaprivasi Ghat in Port Lewis is of major significance in Mauritian history. The term ghat comes from Hindi where it can refer to a series of steps leading down to the water, which is the caseもっと詳しく
Port Lewis is the capital city of Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. The 1st Europeans here were the Dutch in the 17th century. They were followed by the French inもっと詳しく
Named for the 1st Prime Minister of the independent Mauritius, Sir S. Ramgoolam, the national botanical garden is said to be the oldest botanical garden in the southern hemisphere. It dates to eitherもっと詳しく
Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme southwest corner of the island. The monolith here that rises more than 550 meters goes by the same name. The site is of great historic importance to theもっと詳しく
These are several sites along the southwestern part of Mauritius. The map point above is at La Prairie on the south coast.. These sites here are to the west of that and northward up the coast.
The 1stもっと詳しく