SeychellernaAnse Volbert Village4°18’24” S 55°43’24” E
9 januari 2022, Seychellerna ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
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.Läs mer
SeychellernaAnse KerlanCousin Islands4°20’18” S 55°39’48” E
10 januari 2022, Seychellerna ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
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 birdLäs mer
SeychellernaÎle Aride4°12’42” S 55°39’42” E
11 januari 2022, Seychellerna ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
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 isLäs mer
SeychellernaBel Ombre4°37’12” S 55°24’18” E
14 januari 2022, Seychellerna ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
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 whereLäs mer
SeychellernaEnglish RiverVictoriaSaint-Louis4°37’36” S 55°27’18” E
15 januari 2022, Seychellerna ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
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 aLäs mer
MauritiusPort LouisTrou Fanfaron20°9’30” S 57°30’12” E
19 januari 2022, Mauritius ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
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 caseLäs mer
MauritiusPort LouisTrou Fanfaron20°9’36” S 57°30’12” E
19 januari 2022, Mauritius ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
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 inLäs mer
MauritiusPamplemousses20°6’30” S 57°34’48” E
20 januari 2022, Mauritius ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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 eitherLäs mer
MauritiusLe MorneLe Morne Brabant20°27’6” S 57°18’48” E
21 januari 2022, Mauritius ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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 theLäs mer
MauritiusSavanne DistrictBaie du CapLe Petit Cap20°29’30” S 57°22’18” E
21 januari 2022, Mauritius ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
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 1stLäs mer
