by Allen | Jul 10, 2026 | Updates
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...
by Allen | Jul 9, 2026 | Updates
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...
by Allen | Jul 7, 2026 | Updates
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...
by Allen | Jun 25, 2026 | Updates
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...
by Allen | Jun 25, 2026 | Updates
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...
by Allen | May 29, 2026 | Updates
Addu Atoll 22nd May 📍 Addu Atoll · 000°40.373′S, 073°07.869′E · Seenu Atoll The wind and waves continued to batter us throughout the night, and to add insult to injury, the chart plotter decided to restart halfway through the pass on the way into the atoll....
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