I wake up early and decide to hike towards the barrier, with the tide to a medium level (approximately 60 centimeters of water, increasing). An heron stays in low water, under a nice dawn.
Alphonse, 23/04/03, Day 4
Last short excursion on Alphonse island and back to Mahe.
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I wake up early and decide to hike towards the barrier, with the tide to a medium level (approximately 60 centimeters of water, increasing). An heron stays in low water, under a nice dawn. |
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I go away for some hundreds of meters, until I can see the entire island in distance. Unfortunately the sea level is going up, thus I'm forced to walk back to the beach, as I wouldn't get water in my backpack and on the camera! |
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| Close to the beach, where the water is still very low, I notice some branches of fish probably trapped here by the previous low tide. | |
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Top-left picture, a very nice green crab. Top-right: holes made by crabs. bottom-left: another crab, featuring different colors and much bigger size. |
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| Unfortunately it is the time to leave this naturalistic paradise. A Beechcraft 1900 is parked at the air terminal and is ready to bring back to Mahe' all the persons who have finished their stay on Alphonse. | |
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The takeoff from Alphonse offers spectacular views of the Indian Ocean from the air. Top-left picture: part of the atoll of Alphonse, the beach and the lagoon. Top-right: the channel that puts the lagoon of Alphonse in communication with the open sea. Bottom-left: the small, nearby island of Bijoutier. Bottom-right: St. Francois with its immense lagoon, where I've been the previous day. The flight landed on time on Mahe' from where where I've found an immediate flight connection for Praslin and therefore for the Digue by ferry. The section regarding La Digue starts at the next page. |
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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. ALPHONSE DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 |
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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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