During the May Eid holiday, Ben and Crystal flew to the Seychelles islands off of Madagascar for a lovely holiday. We had meant to travel here for some time but COVID kept getting in the way. A beautiful tropical island trip!
View of the main island as we were flying to a more remote one to start our holiday.
First Seychelles sunset did not disappoint.
Land crab outside our hotel room veranda.
Walking along the beach on Praslin island
Sunset through frangipani leaves.
Crystal during the golden hour of a Seychelles sunset
Seychelles sunset
This formation was called "lizard rock" though we couldn't figure out why.
The tortoises were suprisingly discerning when offered food.
Ben with the three legged tortoise called "Captain Morgan." This reptile was more outgoing than most.
Chillin in the pond
A tortoise study in contrasts
Crystal with a Coco De Mer seed. The world's largest nut.
A tortoise after telling a bad joke
I managed to catch a picture of a tortoise making a wild lunge at Crystal. She had mere minutes to get out of the way.
Crystal with a giant tortoise
Sea bird looking for lunch.
Ben on a bright Seychelle morning among the weathered granite rocks characteristic of the seychelles
Ben with a giant tortoise
Crystal on the tortoise island
Ben and Crystal selfie
Ben and Crystal selfie
Crystal on the beach
A tonal shot of Crystal
A high dynamic range photo of the view from the lobby of the Praslin resort.
Crystal trying to get Ben to keep up
Coming over the mountain from our resort lookng down on the capital city of Victoria - the worlds smalled capital by population.
Crystal in the Victoria market
Catch o' the day.