The end of the week

So, it is a Saturday afternoon and I thought I’d write some more into my blog to keep in touch. Seychelles is a cool place! I like it more and more! Today we sailed out to Sainte Anne island for lunch and a snorkel and swim. I took out Strika, our sea kayak for a paddle for the first time and had fun paddling her and even was able to ride on a couple of waves without tipping over. I remembered my father teaching me skiing, saying, “if you don’t fall, you didn’t try hard enough”… so in a way, I thought that if I didn’t tip over, I didn’t dare go far enough and ride the best waves… but it was only my first time, so maybe it is okay. Something amusing happened to me while snorkeling. A little yellow fish with black stripes must have thought that I was a fish and it kept on swimming right in front my mask the whole time I was in the water.It was only a couple of inches away from my eyes and turned with me every time I turned. I wanted to keep it as a pet, I got a little attached.

Last night in Victoria was great. I haven’t had this much fun in a long time. Hannah and I met an Indian historian who invited us into his house and showed us his amazing shell collection, taught us how to make art with food (like sculpting a face into a potato) and how to heal with food (a strictly vegetarian diet), he also read our palms… he is supposed to have esoteric powers… it was quite interesting! Then, we went to see Nacho Libre, a comedy that made us laugh… and then, we ended up at the Yacht club and at a local bar, called Level 3 where we made new friends. After that, we went on to a nouveau beaujolais party at the local Alliance Francaise (invited by a French girl we met earlier in the day) where we danced passionately until dawn to French and English and American disco music from the 80’s. It is wonderful to get to know people here, both locals and expats, they introduce us into their worlds and we feel more connected.

Being Saturday night, we are going out again. I am looking forward to it and it is fun to already have a
list of phone numbers to call on new friends to join us. It is easy to make friends with a smile.