Our last days on the island were mostly plagued by rain but there were gaps in the moisture that we were able to take advantage of. Leading up to this trip, I’ve been tinkering with the idea of buying a laser dinghy and as it just so happens, Constance has them for use for free…
Category: Africa
Travel Rule #2
When presented with the opportunity to use a toilet, use it. You really never know when you’ll get another chance and when staying for two weeks on a tropical island constantly hydrating and on boats with no toilets, it becomes even more imperative. We transferred from Lakaz Chamarel on day eight and took the long,…
The Natural Beauty of Mauritius
Humans suck. I should amend that. Humans often suck. Through our many travels we’ve been fortunate enough to bask in natural wonders of our destinations along with the often, tragic histories that they include. In the Galapagos, the entire archipelago is a national park, which naturalist guides, heavy regulation and strict environmental policies in place…
The Land of the Rising Rhum
The modern Mauritian economy is built on two pillars: tourism, which we are actively and enthusiastically contributing to by the mere act of visiting and sugar cane cultivation, which among its infinite uses is primarily used in making rum (spelt, rhum locally. Having checked the first pillar off our to do list, it made the…
Living in the Jungle
In total, we slept for a good 14 hours before waking up with the sun, around 6:30 or so. Surprisingly the nap we took the previous day wasn’t enough make up for the three day sleep debt we had. With a full night’s sleep and any jet lag risk behind us, we were really to…
A Weekend of Travel
In retrospect, I should have known better but to be fair, there isn’t much art nor science to picking international flights. It’s more or less a crap shoot that gets slightly more in your favor if the airline isn’t a jerk and decides not to track your searches. If one were to take the fastest…
Back to Paradise
Another year comes another ambitious, long awaited vacation to another remote spot on the globe. Since we last talked, plenty of new things have happened. I started a new position at CVS, Lauren and I moved from Texas to South Dakota and after enduring our first South Dakota winter, have been over the moon in…
Praslin
Accommodation: Constance Lemuria/ L’Escale Our exploration of the Seychelles continued as we made our way back to the Mahé airport to the domestic terminal to board our very small plane to the island of Praslin. The weather this day was dreary and rainy which actually made for a good travel day as it took most…
Mahé
Accommodation: Constance Ephelia Our trip is essentially split into two one week trips, the first week had us staying on the main island of the Seychelles, known as Mahé which houses most of the population and the capital city, Victoria. Our accommodation at the Ephelia is located on the southwest side of the island so…
It’s been a long road…
Accommodation: Constance Ephelia …getting from there to here 🎶 Apologies, I’ve spent the past year of lockdown going through old Star Trek series and I’m almost finished with Enterprise and the theme is too darn catchy. To say that the last year or so has been stressful, would be the understatement of the century, as…
to love and wander 