The Seychelles is truly blessed with some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Even now, as I look back at my photos of sandy beaches littered with granite boulders and palm trees, I have to remind myself that they aren't fake or overly processed. The nature here is just that surreal.
I should say, I've only been to two of the country's 115 islands but spent most of my time on La Digue, which boasts some of the most stunning beaches, cleanest waters, and no cars. This is the kind of place where you kick off your shoes and go barefoot in swim trunks for the time that you're there!
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| Anse Source d'Argent, the most beautiful beach in the world! |
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| Grilled Fish, Grande Anse |
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| Anse Source d'Argent |
Seychelles was first settled by a small group of French, African slaves, and Indians in the 1770s to establish a trade route between Africa and Asia and plant coconut and vanilla plantations. The islands had no indigenous population, so the people who inhabit them today reflect a distinctive and syncretic creole culture that reflects successive waves of European, African, Middle Eastern, and Asian immigration.
Seychelles also boasts the highest nominal GDP in Africa and is generally considered a high-income country on par with Europe and the United States. And it's an expensive country, so it's no wonder that most of the tourists were saw were older European couples. You know, the kind of people that wear socks with their sandals and enjoy the lazy comfort of eating schnitzel and pizza on the beach. It wasn't my crowd, but thankfully I had an R&R budget as I'd just started working in
Afghanistan and felt very entitled to a bit of pampering and splurging!
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| Beach bar at Grande Anse |
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| Grande Anse |
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| Tortoise, La Digue |
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