![The Emirates flight from Dubai lands early in the morning](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749364.seychelles045.JPG) The Emirates flight from Dubai lands early in the morning |
![Cliffs rising above the airport on Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749363.seychelles044.JPG) Cliffs rising above the airport on Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Map of Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/2/45749365.seychelles048.jpg) Map of Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Glacis Church, north Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750268.seychelles595.JPG) Glacis Church, north Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Glacis Cemetary, north Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750266.seychelles592.JPG) Glacis Cemetary, north Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Glacis Cemetary, north Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750267.seychelles594.JPG) Glacis Cemetary, north Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Chemin La Gouge, north Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750265.seychelles591.JPG) Chemin La Gouge, north Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Chemin La Gouge, north Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750264.seychelles587.JPG) Chemin La Gouge, north Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![East coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749369.seychelles132.JPG) East coast of Mahé Island |
![Seychelles Breweries, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749370.seychelles138.JPG) Seychelles Breweries, Mahé Island |
![Church near the airport on Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749371.seychelles139.JPG) Church near the airport on Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749372.seychelles143.JPG) Mahé Island |
![Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749373.seychelles144.JPG) Mahé Island |
![Bilingual sign, English-Creole](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749374.seychelles147.JPG) Bilingual sign, English-Creole |
![Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749375.seychelles148.JPG) Mahé Island |
![Huge granite boulders on the beach at Anse Royale](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749376.seychelles157.JPG) Huge granite boulders on the beach at Anse Royale |
![Local boys at Anse Royale, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749377.seychelles159.JPG) Local boys at Anse Royale, Mahé Island |
![Anse Royale, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749378.seychelles162.JPG) Anse Royale, Mahé Island |
![Anse Royale, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749379.seychelles163.JPG) Anse Royale, Mahé Island |
![Anse Royale, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749380.seychelles166.JPG) Anse Royale, Mahé Island |
![Anse Royale and Ile Souris](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749381.seychelles168.JPG) Anse Royale and Ile Souris |
![Anse Royale, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749382.seychelles175.JPG) Anse Royale, Mahé Island |
![Church at Anse Royal, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749383.seychelles180.JPG) Church at Anse Royal, Mahé Island |
![Church at Anse Royal, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749384.seychelles181.JPG) Church at Anse Royal, Mahé Island |
![Church at Anse Royal](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749385.seychelles183.JPG) Church at Anse Royal |
![Cross erected on a rock offshore](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749386.seychelles184.JPG) Cross erected on a rock offshore |
![Southeast Coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749387.seychelles190.JPG) Southeast Coast of Mahé Island |
![Southeast Coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749388.seychelles191.JPG) Southeast Coast of Mahé Island |
![Southeast Coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749389.seychelles194.JPG) Southeast Coast of Mahé Island |
![Southeast Coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749390.seychelles196.JPG) Southeast Coast of Mahé Island |
![Southeast Coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749391.seychelles197.JPG) Southeast Coast of Mahé Island |
![Southeast Coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749534.seychelles198.JPG) Southeast Coast of Mahé Island |
![Small souvenir shop in Quatre Bornes](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749544.seychelles213.JPG) Small souvenir shop in Quatre Bornes |
![Anse Petite Police, near the southern tip of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749540.seychelles205.JPG) Anse Petite Police, near the southern tip of Mahé Island |
![Anse Petite Police](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749539.seychelles204.JPG) Anse Petite Police |
![Anse Petite Police](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749541.seychelles208.JPG) Anse Petite Police |
![Zebra Dove, Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749542.seychelles210.JPG) Zebra Dove, Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![House along the road to Police Bay, southern Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749543.seychelles211.JPG) House along the road to Police Bay, southern Mahé Island |
![Anse Takamaka, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749537.seychelles201.JPG) Anse Takamaka, Mahé Island |
![Chez Batista, Anse Takamaka, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749538.seychelles203.JPG) Chez Batista, Anse Takamaka, Mahé Island |
![Anse Takamaka, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749535.seychelles199.JPG) Anse Takamaka, Mahé Island |
![Chez Batista, Anse Takamaka, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749536.seychelles200.JPG) Chez Batista, Anse Takamaka, Mahé Island |
![Baie Lazare, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749545.seychelles216.JPG) Baie Lazare, Mahé Island |
![Baie Lazare, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749546.seychelles217.JPG) Baie Lazare, Mahé Island |
![Baie Lazare, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749547.seychelles223.JPG) Baie Lazare, Mahé Island |
![Baie Lazare, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749548.seychelles224.JPG) Baie Lazare, Mahé Island |
![Baie Lazare Church, Mahé](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750095.seychelles506.JPG) Baie Lazare Church, Mahé |
![Creole at Baie Lazare School](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750094.seychelles504.JPG) Creole at Baie Lazare School |
![The old plantation house at the Plantation Club](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749549.seychelles226.JPG) The old plantation house at the Plantation Club |
![Pool at the Plantation Club, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749550.seychelles230.JPG) Pool at the Plantation Club, Mahé Island |
![1889 Church on the west coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749551.seychelles231.JPG) 1889 Church on the west coast of Mahé Island |
![Chemin Dame Le Roi, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750087.seychelles492.JPG) Chemin Dame Le Roi, Mahé Island |
![Rundown shacks like this aren't common on Mahé](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750088.seychelles494.JPG) Rundown shacks like this aren't common on Mahé |
![Chemin Dame Le Roi, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750089.seychelles495.JPG) Chemin Dame Le Roi, Mahé Island |
![Chemin Dame Le Roi, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750090.seychelles496.JPG) Chemin Dame Le Roi, Mahé Island |
![Val d'Endor Road, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750091.seychelles498.JPG) Val d'Endor Road, Mahé Island |
![Val d'Endor Road, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750092.seychelles499.JPG) Val d'Endor Road, Mahé Island |
![Val d'Endor Road, Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750093.seychelles501.JPG) Val d'Endor Road, Mahé Island |
![There are lots of big spiders in the Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750096.seychelles511.JPG) There are lots of big spiders in the Seychelles |
![Anse Soleil, a remote cove on the west coast of Mahé](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750097.seychelles516.JPG) Anse Soleil, a remote cove on the west coast of Mahé |
![Anse Soleil, Mahé](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750247.seychelles520.JPG) Anse Soleil, Mahé |
![Anse Soleil, Mahé](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750248.seychelles522.JPG) Anse Soleil, Mahé |
![Wetlands behind Anse Soleil](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750249.seychelles523.JPG) Wetlands behind Anse Soleil |
![Anse Soleil, Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750252.seychelles530.JPG) Anse Soleil, Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Cafe Anse Soleil](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750253.seychelles534.JPG) Cafe Anse Soleil |
![Café Anse Soleil, Mahé Island, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750251.seychelles528.JPG) Café Anse Soleil, Mahé Island, Seychelles |
![Anse Soleil, Mahé](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750254.seychelles536.JPG) Anse Soleil, Mahé |
![Anse Soleil, Mahé](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750255.seychelles538.JPG) Anse Soleil, Mahé |
![From the 2-WD parking lot at Anse Soleil go south past the ruins](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750258.seychelles550.JPG) From the 2-WD parking lot at Anse Soleil go south past the ruins |
![South of Anse Soleil](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750256.seychelles545.JPG) South of Anse Soleil |
![Cove a short walk south of Anse Soleil](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750257.seychelles548.JPG) Cove a short walk south of Anse Soleil |
![Typical Seychelles granite boulders](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750259.seychelles554.JPG) Typical Seychelles granite boulders |
![Cove a short walk south of Anse Soleil](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750260.seychelles556.JPG) Cove a short walk south of Anse Soleil |
![Cap Lazare...No Trespassing](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750261.seychelles560.JPG) Cap Lazare...No Trespassing |
![Berjaya Mahé Beach, south of Port Glaud on the west coast](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749835.seychelles405.JPG) Berjaya Mahé Beach, south of Port Glaud on the west coast |
![Anse Islette, Port Glaud](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749836.seychelles408.JPG) Anse Islette, Port Glaud |
![Port Glaud](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749838.seychelles409.JPG) Port Glaud |
![Anse Islette, Port Glaud](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749840.seychelles411.JPG) Anse Islette, Port Glaud |
![Seaside cross, Port Launay](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749841.seychelles419.JPG) Seaside cross, Port Launay |
![Port Launay Marine National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749843.seychelles420.JPG) Port Launay Marine National Park |
![Port Launay Marine National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749845.seychelles422.JPG) Port Launay Marine National Park |
![Port Launay Marine National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749846.seychelles423.JPG) Port Launay Marine National Park |
![Port Launay Marine National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749847.seychelles427.JPG) Port Launay Marine National Park |
![Port Launay Marine National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749848.seychelles432.JPG) Port Launay Marine National Park |
![Port Launay Marine National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749850.seychelles437.JPG) Port Launay Marine National Park |
![Port Launay Marine National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749851.seychelles438.JPG) Port Launay Marine National Park |
![My rental car, a Suzuki 4WD for 50 euros a day](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749852.seychelles441.JPG) My rental car, a Suzuki 4WD for 50 euros a day |
![Mangroves, Port Launay Marine National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749853.seychelles452.JPG) Mangroves, Port Launay Marine National Park |
![Port Launay](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749854.seychelles453.JPG) Port Launay |
![Port Launay](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749855.seychelles455.JPG) Port Launay |
![Clouds covering the high peaks of Mahe](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749856.seychelles456.JPG) Clouds covering the high peaks of Mahe |
![Cascades inland from Port Luanay](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749857.seychelles460.JPG) Cascades inland from Port Luanay |
![Sorry, not worth $5 admission](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750082.seychelles468.JPG) Sorry, not worth $5 admission |
![Captive fruit bats at the Cascades](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750085.seychelles477.JPG) Captive fruit bats at the Cascades |
![Port Luanay](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749858.seychelles463.JPG) Port Luanay |
![Port Luanay](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750083.seychelles473.JPG) Port Luanay |
![Port Luanay](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750084.seychelles475.JPG) Port Luanay |
![Port Luanay](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750086.seychelles479.JPG) Port Luanay |
![Chemin Forêt Noire connecting the west coast to Victoria](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749834.seychelles402.JPG) Chemin Forêt Noire connecting the west coast to Victoria |
![Chemin Forêt Noire](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749832.seychelles401.JPG) Chemin Forêt Noire |
![View of the west coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749828.seychelles383.JPG) View of the west coast of Mahé Island |
![Île Thérèse, west coast of Mahé Island](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749831.seychelles397.JPG) Île Thérèse, west coast of Mahé Island |
![Tea Plantation, Chemin Forêt Noire](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749830.seychelles393.JPG) Tea Plantation, Chemin Forêt Noire |
![Tea Plantation, Chemin Forêt Noire](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45749829.seychelles392.JPG) Tea Plantation, Chemin Forêt Noire |
![Back at the airport for an early morning departure to Dubai](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45750269.seychelles632.JPG) Back at the airport for an early morning departure to Dubai |
![Hills overlooking Mahe Airport, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/84691463.wI31iLUT.SeychellesNov05055.jpg) Hills overlooking Mahe Airport, Seychelles |
![Hills overlooking Mahe Airport, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/84691465.26TOcmps.SeychellesNov05056.jpg) Hills overlooking Mahe Airport, Seychelles |
![Hills overlooking Mahe Airport, Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/84691466.kEADZgXd.SeychellesNov05057.jpg) Hills overlooking Mahe Airport, Seychelles |
![Emirates B777 at SEZ](https://a4.pbase.com/o12/93/329493/1/169167603.2QP9MzV6.IMG_5634.jpg) Emirates B777 at SEZ |
![Seychelles Airport](https://a4.pbase.com/o12/93/329493/1/169167604.p8bMXEdi.IMG_5636.jpg) Seychelles Airport |
![Welcome to Seychelles](https://a4.pbase.com/o12/93/329493/1/170799114.ZTwjD5l5.SeychellesNov05051.jpg) Welcome to Seychelles |
![Air Seychelles Twin Otter](https://a4.pbase.com/o12/93/329493/1/170799116.xp9PnZjh.SeychellesNov05054.jpg) Air Seychelles Twin Otter |