by Allen | Oct 2, 2026 | Updates
Nosy Be Tour 26 September Everyone knows that Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, and Gloria the hippopotamus tried to colonise mainland Madagascar in 2005. They failed, of course, principally because the country is ill-suited to large game. And as a...
by Allen | Sep 25, 2026 | Updates
Seychelles 20–24 September After a few days of goodbyes, provisioning and a final top-up of diesel, we lashed the dinghy to the foredeck and dragged ourselves away from Mahé early on Sunday 20th September. Our destination: Nosy Be, off the north-west corner of...
by Allen | Aug 26, 2026 | Updates
Praslin, Seychelles 23–27 August 📍 Côte d’Or (Anse Volbert), Praslin · 004°17.562′S, 055°42.006′E · Inner Islands After a couple of abortive attempts at getting any further round the corner than Praslin, we decided that stumping up some cash was the better part...
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...
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