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Cat Cocos Mahé – Praslin ferry
November 30th, 2008 | Author: admin
Cat Cocos ferry to Praslin
Cat Cocos ferry to Praslin
Thursday 25th September a Mason’s mini bus came to pick us up to drive us to the jetty in Victoria. We had the 10:30 ferry. After arriving at the jetty I had to change my vouchers for 2 Cat Cocos return tickets from Mahé to Praslin.
There was just a short queue before the ticket desk, so within a few minutes I had our tickets. We still had 30 minutes before the ferry would take off, so we walked to the waiting room, which was housed in another (open) building.
Milano catwalk
Not much to do, but sip from a cold drink and watch our fellow passengers. One other italian couple really caught my (well, everybody’s) attention. He was a big, hairy guy with an enormous lens on his photo camera (would make many paparazzi jealous), and she was a beautiful and elegant model look-a-like complete with black mini dress, very thin high heels (the fashionable kind) and expensive Dolce&Gabbana sunglasses. Not exactly the average ferry passenger, but these people definately make the world a more interesting place to live in! 
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Backpack theft
November 6th, 2008 | Author: admin
Beau Vallon police station, Mahé island
Snorkeling at Beau Vallon
Tuesday September 23rd, our 2nd day on Mahé. Good start of our honeymoon. In the morning we decided to go snorkeling just around the corner of the beach. Surrounded by huge granite rocks we found the perfect place. Quickly we changed into our swimming suits and plunged into the warm water. Soon we found the first yellow, tropical fishes, and as we swam further we saw more and more beautiful fishes in all sorts of colours and the recovering coral (tsunami).
Backpack gone!
When we got back we discovered that one of our backpacks (with mobile phone) was gone. The other one with some money in it was still there. Also missing were some shorts and flip-flops. How annoying that was! Here we were in paradise, and the first snorkeling occassion leads to a stolen backpack 
Seychelles money
October 28th, 2008 | Author: admin
Seychelles rupees
Seychelles rupees
The local currency of the Seychelles is the rupee. 100 Seychelles rupees (SCR) is approximately € 4.22 or US$ 5.93 (official exchange rates of 28th December 2008). The strange thing about the Seychelles however is that as a tourist you’ll be obligated to pay in a major currency like euros, dollar or pounds on most occasions. In restaurants, hotels, national parks and for your rental car you’ll be asked to pay in euros. Rupees are not accepted from foreigners. Local supermarkets and taxis (sometimes) however can be paid in rupees.
Somewhere during the first months of 2008 a new law was passed that obligates foreigners to pay in euros, dollar or pounds.
What does this mean for you as a tourist?
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