Rick was up very early this morning (actually night ). The Seychelles are 8 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and some of our electronics show Seychelles time and some still shows Eastern Standard Time (don’r ask me why) so it can be very confusing. When Rick got up he thought it was 4:00 am (actually it was 4:00 pm in E Brookfield) but it was 2:00 Seychelle time. He figured it out when the sun didn’t rise at 6 and by then he couldn’t go back to sleep. So this is a long winded way of saying he didn’t sleep much. On the other hand I slept until 8am Seychelle time and woke up feeling much better.
Our apartement is very nice. We picked it because it’s close to the ferry dock and the Dream Yacht Charters base. It has a nice view of the water. Here are some pictures of our apartment.
Once we were up any ready to go we walked about 15 minutes to a bakery that Rick found. They drive on the wrong side of the road and some spots have sidewalks and some don’t so the walking can feel a little treacherous at times. At the bakery I had a wonderful chocolate croissant and a pineapple smoothie and Rick had a chicken curry pie which he said was quite good. We had a long conversation with the owner who is from the Seychelles but spent time in the UK and her husband is from Canada.
From there we continued walking into the very small town and to a grocery store that has some imported foods. Here are some pictures from our walk into town.
Everything including food is quite expensive here because it has to be shipped in. We checked out their offering but only bought a couple of limes and a diet coke. We are are still figuring out the provisioning. We want to have the food delivered to the boat on Saturday afternoon because we have be out of our apartment at 10 and can’t get on the boat until 3, and don’t want the stuff sitting out in the hot sun during that time, not to mention that we don’t have a car to get the stuff to the boat. Lots of logistics!
It was quite hot so we decided to return to the apartment. We stopped at the bank on the way back to get some Seychelles Rupees and at the local telcom store to check on getting a SIM card for my phone.
Sortly after we arrived at the apartment our suitcases were delivered, so we are happy to be reunited with our stuff! While unpacking I discovered that I had forgotten the power cord for my PC. We ended up spending a good chunk of the afternoon figuring out how to get a new cord. I couldn’t find an Amazon vendor who would ship to the Seychelles and we checked with our neighbor about send it, but that was going to cost at least $200. Rick was communicating with some local electronic suppliers but no one was optimistic. We will continue to work on this problem tomorrow.
Needing a break from headaches we decided to walk over to the Dream Yacht Charter office. We meet with the customer service manager who was very helpful. She told us where to provision and gave us some ideas about the cord. The boat is out on charter and doesn’t come back until Saturday so we didn’t get to see it.
That evening we walked to a restaurant that was about 1 mile away. As i mentioned sidewalks seem optional. Becase we are near the equator it gets dark here around 6:00. The walk was a little nerve racking but we had flashlights so it was fine. The place we went had two sides, one for take out and one for dine in. The prices were higher for the dine in and there were a lot more options. We were the only people dining in, but there were lots of locals coming for the take away. The food was very good.
A couple of random notes
- They speak Creole here which seems to have a lot of French words, some of which i can understand. Most people speak some english, although it helps to speak very slowly.
- . The weather is quite hot, especially in the sun. I’m guessing it’s in the mid to high eighties. So far it hasn’t rained but I’m sure that will change soon enough.
Love the opportunity to follow your trip on a daily basis. Thanks for blogging so faithfully. Great pics, even though I know the views will only get better and better!