Seychelles

Have you heard of Seychelles? I’m not ashamed to say that I had no idea about these beautiful islands, off the coast of Kenya and 7 degrees south of the equator. We took the red eye through Kenya to Seychelles and instantly fell in love with the beautiful clear turquoise water. By now, we have visited a handful of tropical destinations and hands down, Seychelles has been the most enchanting (though we still have Fiji and Maldivies left!).

We spent much of our time reading and relaxing. I'm proud to say that I finally got my husband to read one of my books (The Alchemist) as a respite from all of his business publications. We took a sunset cruise around Mahe island (the most inhabited), went snorkeling, played billiards, and made new friends (see photo below). Bryan and Vibeke - from Australia and Denmark respectively - live in Dubai and are expecting their first child. We had a great time getting to know them. Meeting interesting and kind people has been one of the greatest joys of this trip. I have a feeling we'll see them again.

We also noted that the people of Seychelles are all tri-lingual. They are taught English, French, and Creole from an early age and live in a very peaceful society ("no guns!" exclaimed our driver). Of course, we learned that they too have their share of political problems and perhaps not surprisingly, they are all too familiar with our issues in the States.

We are all too aware of the juxtaposition between our island utopia and the upcoming journey to India. Once again, we must fly back up to Paris (at least for the night), and then back down to the continent of Asia. We are becoming experts at packing, flying, unpacking, and flying. I'm convined that we both have the nomad gene.