A Tour of Mahé

A Tour of Mahé

A potted history of the Seychelles Wallets out and contents invested in a road trip Maria organised with Clint from Uncharted Paradise. Clint was born here, knows his stuff, and clearly articulates the island’s history and its fauna and flora – much of it...
Victoria’s Secrets

Victoria’s Secrets

A brief walk around Victoria 9 July 📍 Saint Louis · 004°37.337′S, 055°27.098′E · Mahé, Seychelles Here’s a bit of reductive history: Victoria was called “L’Établissement” from 1778. That less-than-imaginative name (it means settlement) stuck...
Chagos to Seychelles

Chagos to Seychelles

Mahé, Seychelles 1 July 📍 Mahé · 004°38.241′S, 055°28.332′E · Mahé, Seychelles We expected high waves, howling winds, squalls and heavy swells. Instead, after six days, 16 hours, and 45 minutes of near-perfect sailing conditions, we arrived unbattered and unbruised at...
Chagos – Île Boddam

Chagos – Île Boddam

Île Boddam Boddam was supposed to be our home for the month, but with the trade winds firmly set in their ways,  anchoring there would have put us on a dangerous lee shore. Not only would we have had the tension of that, we would have exited Chagos looking like we had...
Four Weeks in Chagos – Îles Fouquet

Four Weeks in Chagos – Îles Fouquet

Île Fouquet 📍 Île Salomon · 005°19.951′S, 072°15.859′E · Salomon Islands, Chagos (BIOT) What can I say about living for four weeks in a protected anchorage, surrounded by uninhabited islands, an abundance of birdlife, sealife – and dolphin life? Not a lot...