The untouched beauty of the world…
The first time I ever heard of the Seychelles Islands is when my grandma used to tell me stories about how it was the greatest place in the world because of its isolation. In Fall of 2013, I decided to test what she said as our school in Egypt had a week off for October Break.
I had the great luck of going with friends from Cairo as well as friends from Abu Dhabi and Dubai that I taught with in Venezuela. Now the hard part was to find accommodation for all of us. CHECK. I found a villa that had five bedrooms for ten people that cost us a whopping 250 dollars for seven nights each person!!!! Are you kidding me? On the Seychelles? Not sure how I found it, but it was a great place, and we were able to save a heap of money going to the store and buying our own food. CNN and National Geographic have ranked two of the beaches on the Islands among the top ten in the world and this is the truth….
Here are pictures of the cooking extravaganzas we put on in the villa:

We were also able to rent cars and take them around the Island. We would drive for a little bit, then go to a beach, then drive and go to a beach. The water was pristine and clear and the waves were just enough so you won’t get drowned by them. We were also lucky enough to have a bar about a mile from our villa so we spent a lot of time down there at the nice beach…..

Pictures of around the Island:

 

Pictures of the different beaches:

 

 

Excursions are the part of the trip which cost us a lot of money. We had to pick up boats from one island to the other. We ended up hitting a National Park with heaps of the infamous Coconuts as well as some pretty beaches. We then went to the Island of La Digue, which is always ranked as one of the top beaches in the world!!!! That ranking proves accurate as the formations in the rocks are beautiful and each cove is surrounded by big rocks so you can have enough privacy to swim without a billion people around….

This was a trip that was amongst my favorite for a few reasons. Being around friends out of a working environment was great. We all chipped in and made great food. Finally the scenery was beautiful. I just wish we could of spend more than a week there. But it looks like I will have to get back again….