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7 August 2015
After breakfast we set off for the airport allowing plenty of time due to the traffic jam we experienced on the way in, two days ago. We go a taxi from the hotel. On the way, we confirmed our earlier observation that Toyotas rule in Tanzania. Most cars in the country are Toyotas. Just from […]
6 August 2015
Recovery Due to retiring at 2000 last night, I woke around midnight but managed to sleep till 0400 then doze till 0645. That’s nearly 11 hours of sleep compared to the usual 6 that I make do with. My body must have felt traumatised from yesterday to have needed all that recovery. Getting a taste […]
5 August 2015
Leaving Dubai We set the alarm for 0640 and had banana, yoghurt and muesli before taxiing to the airport around 0800 for our 1050 flight. We had been issued our staff travel boarding passes already online; Emirates processes these 6h before the flight unlike our own airline which does it about 1h before the flight. […]
18 July 2012
I checked out of my guesthouse at 0830 and was collected by Octopus Divers again, for a single dive. I could only fit in one dive as I have a flight at midnight and it was far better value than a snorkel. There was only one other diver this morning. We were taken to Red […]
18 July 2012
Why another dive? Despite yesterday’s disappointing dive, I chose to do another dive today. It was an easy way to kill lots of waiting time: Checkout is at 1000 and my ferry is at 1730 back to Mahe for a 2355 flight to Singapore (via Dubai and Colombo). It’s a little touch and go to […]
17 July 2012
I got picked up on time at 0830 by a French-speaking Swiss watch-engineer who is now the owner-operator of Octopus Divers. I was surprised to hear that he had been to Kuala Lumpur with his work, in relation to the manufacture of components that go into Swiss watches! Oohlala! After the usual paper work was […]
17 July 2012
Diving at Channel Rocks Like most of the customers at Octopus Divers (more details about them below), I did one dive today. I was picked up at 0830 and taken to their dive centre on the opposite side of the island. Unfortunately the dive at Channel Rocks was a disappointment. Descending into the water, it felt […]
16 July 2012
I checked out soon after breakfast and walked to the ferry for the 20 min ride to Praslin where I continued to the Beach Villa Guesthouse by taxi. True to its name, is beachfront but not on the best beach (as it receives a bit of seaweed). Time to explore options for spending my remaining […]
15 July 2012
Last night we had horrendous weather. The wind was so strong; I woke to dry ground so I guess it was the wind that was making all that noise and there was no rain. It looked nice enough to go snorkelling so after breakfast I went down to the only shop that was open for […]
14 July 2012
Today I move from Mahe to the little island of La Digue by ferry, changing ferries (half hour connection) at Praslin. The first ride of an hour seemed like an eternity as it was a stomach-churning ride; the second was less than half hour and was marginally better. La Digue was immediately likeable. Walking off […]