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…
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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…
Munich: Oktoberfest
The next morning marked the beginning of the marquee event of our trip – Oktoberfest. The morning began on a dreary note, with drizzle and a cool breeze greeting us as we headed out for the day. Our tent reservation was scheduled for ten that morning, but since I was one step away from death…
Day 7: Floreana and Santa Cruz
Day seven marked our final day on the Samba and what better way to honor the occasion with yet another early morning starting at six o’clock. We spent the night navigating to Floreana island, just straight south of Santa Cruz. Mirador de la Baronesa (Baroness Balcony/Bay) Since we were ending our day with a four…
Day 6: Isabela
Day six marked our final day on the island of Isabela prior to heading back east towards the central part of the archipelago. It was on day six where the reality sunk in that we were almost to the end of our tour but first, we had more terrain and wildlife to explore! Bahia Elizabeth…
Day 5: Isabela and Fernandina
We navigated further south to Tagus Cove overnight in order for us to kick off day five with a early morning hike to experience the sunrise over the island of Isabela and marvel over the drastic change in terrain caused by the newer volcanic activity. Tagus Cove Our hike began with with a landing alongside…
Day 4: Isabela
As day four arrived, we were starting to get into the swing of things up until Harry indicated we had to be ready to disembark at 5:45 instead of our now normal routine of six. It’s funny how wake up times are more amplified than during the day as that extra fifteen minutes of sleep…
Day 3: Marchena
After a full day of travel and another full day of exploring North Seymour and Genovesa, our third day was set to be a little lighter with most of the day spent navigating between islands. However, even with most of the day spent on the Samba, we still had a full morning snorkeling off the…
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…
