La Digue, 26/04/03, Day 4
Excursion to Anse Cocos and travel back to Praslin
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| The day starts with a 1-hour trip by bike and on foot to Anse Cocos. The trail is quite easy and crosses a dense forest of palms and other vegetation. | |
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| Mimosa pudica or "Sensitive" Mimosa. The leaves of this plant are peculiar because they react if touched, closing between themselves (as indicated by the arrow on the top of the picture). |
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| I finally arrive to Anse Cocos, a large beach of fine white sand. Unfortunately, the grey sky makes the colors less vivid, anyway the warm temperature let the people to bathe and to swim, without problems. |
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| Granite rocks can be found at the end of the bay. |
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| Sometime the waves here are quite high and powerful, although not as I've seen at Grand Anse two days before. |
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| On the way back, I see a big honeycomb. |
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| Petite Anse, on the way between Anse Cocos and Grand Anse. I'm now going back to my guesthouse and then to the dock, for my late afternoon ferry to Praslin, where I will spend the next two days. |
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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