We get the boat today! 😁 We were awake early so we had a leisurely morning packing up. As we were leaving the “apartment concierge guy” said good bye and told us that he had worked there for 6 years and we were only the third Americans to rent the apartment. I guess it’s too far to travel for most Americans.
We left the apartment with our suitcases and brought them down to the base. It’s about a 5 minute walk. Our boat was returning from its previous charter and needed to be cleaned before we could board. We were supposed to be able to check in at 3:00 pm.
So we left our suitcases at the base and took a taxi to our favorite bakery, Jenny’s which serves breakfast and lunch. We hung around reading. We wanted to go to the grocery store with imported food so we left Jenny’s at 12:30 and started walking there. We were ambling along, stopping at benches in the shade to stay cool. At one such bench I checked my phone to see how much further and realized that they closed at one o’clock. Darn! I guess no imported food us today or tomorrow.
We called a taxi to take us back to the base. Our taxi driver told us that the Seychelles are home to about 100,000 people, 6,000 on Praslin, 3,000 on La Digue, and the rest on Mahe, the main island. It seems to be a mix of people, people from Africa, India, Mauritius, and a few Europeans.
Back at the base we hung around some more. While we were sitting around in the heat our food was delivered. It had to sit outside because the boat was still not ready. Finally at about 4:00 the boat was ready for us. Luckily that staff helped us carry our food and suitcases aboard. I unpacked while Rick familiarized himself with the boat. There were 4 other charters starting the same day so we did not get our chart briefing or boat briefing before their quitting time.
A gentleman name Nile was visiting the boats offering to deliver fresh fish in the morning. He wasn’t sure what type, maybe jackfish or barracuda. Apparently you can eat barracuda from these waters. In the Caribbean you’d get pretty sick.
We have a 52 ft Dufour named Vanga. It has 5 cabins and 3 heads. Here are pictures of the boat:
We were tired so we didn’t cook, we just has cheese and crackers for dinner.