The adventure begins in Mahe' International Airport by boarding this Cessna 406 Caravan, which will cross the Indian Ocean for about 220 nautical miles, in order to reach its final destination of Alphonse Island Resort.
Alphonse, 20/04/03, Day 1
Getting to Alphonse island from Mahe by Air Seychelles.
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The adventure begins in Mahe' International Airport by boarding this Cessna 406 Caravan, which will cross the Indian Ocean for about 220 nautical miles, in order to reach its final destination of Alphonse Island Resort. |
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The small airplane is taxiing to the runway. In the distance I can see the Boeing 767-300ER where I've flown the last night in order to reach Mahe' from Europe. On the right: the small cabin of the Cessna. |
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After one hour of flight over the blue ocean, the airplane approaches the coralline atoll of Alphonse and then lands on the small runway in the center of the atoll. The tide is currently low and the view over the lagoon and the sandy flats all around, is simply breathtaking. |
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| The airplane finally arrive at the small air terminal (left picture), from where I'm trasferred to my bungalow (right picture). | |
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Although I'm traveling from 25 hours, with one night spent on the intercontinental flight, I cannot resist to climb on my bike (a courtesy bike is included with the room) and start to explore. Soon, I discover that every place on the atoll, including the forest in the middle, is populated by many small crabs of different sizes and colors, which live in small holes on the ground. Another very common form of life is the big spider represented on the right picture. |
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After crossing a dense forest of palm trees, I arrive on the coralline beach. The sea is now in low tide, thence I can walk for hundreds of feet away from the island, without have the water's level higher than my legs. Under this condition, the beach sometime extends far away from the atoll and the actions of the elements create strange sculptures on the sand. |
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| It is incredible the capacity of this palm, so survive in this condition... grounded on the sand and in a salt environment like this. On the right: the high tide is arriving, making the coralline beach smaller. |
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| Near the equator the night arrives earlier and quickly. I take some picture of my bungalow from the outside and from inside, where the bed is well protected to avoid insects inside. | |
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I finally take a short walk on the beach at night, where I encounter a lot of crabs of different colors. Some of them are running on the beach, others are inside their home. |
SEYCHELLES PICTURES |
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ALPHONSE - An incredible wonder, part of the Amirantes group, about 400 Km southwest of Mahe'. Characterized by a huge lagoon and surrounded by sandy flats, it can also be used as a base for sightseeing and fly flishing trips to the nearby paradise of St. Francois, the kingdom of the mangroves and giant crabs. |
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LA DIGUE - A granitic island where the time seems frozen at the past century. Can be entirely visited by bike and with its many opportunities for hiking and trekking, offers a lot of activities for either adventurous travellers and for who prefers to relax on a beach doing swimming and snorkeling. LA DIGUE DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 |
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PRASLIN - Another granitic island, home of the world's only population of Coco De Mer tree, is also characterized by many white-sand beaches and can be used as a convenient base for several daytrips to the nearby islands. |
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BIRD - A lovely paradise for bird watching and birding tours, hiking, swimming and snorkeling. Home of Esmerlada, a tortoise about 200 years old, this coralline island also hosts a colony of Sooty Terns coming here annually to feed and to grow their chicks. A large beach of pure-white sand surrounds the entire island for a circumference of about 5 kilometers. BIRD DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 |
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MORE INFO ABOUT MY VACATION TO SEYCHELLES This section contains information about the trip to Seychelles and theme pictures. SEYCHELLES INFO | SEYCHELLES WILDLIFE | SEYCHELLES VEGETATION | SEYCHELLES TRANSPORT | SEYCHELLES BEST PICTURES |
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