A couple of weeks ago I had one of the most amazing experiences ever, I learnt to dive, to breath underwater and go down to depths of 30ms.
The underwater world is a fascinating one, full of strange creatures, spiny, spongy, colourful and bizarre. The water is so clear it was wonderful to see the regenerating coral,



This weekend has been our first weekend off for some time, the last 3 weeks have been busy with guests, training and school groups, we were looking forward to a quiet time, the rest of the team had booked to go away to hit the bright lights of Praslin and the old ‘uns; Melv and I had a crate of beer, a bottle of rum the island to ourselves. But before this could be so Wednesday night brought with it darkness at 9pm, the lights went out, so Melv went down to the generator shed to see flames licking round the door. 8 fire extinguishers later, several buckets of water and several buckets of sand, 8 tired people had successfully extinguished the flames and although we saved the shed there won’t be electricity generated from there for many months in the future especially on Seychelles time.

So now it is back to basics, portable generators and solar power, smelly freezers and fridges as 36°C turns food in seconds, and warm beer, cooking by candle light and doing the dishes by head torch, which can result in interesting encounters with shearwaters!!


Then there are the staff; they are as changeable as the weather and little like the sea – turbulent and volatile one minute and calm and quiet the next.
The breeding season is on its way, with over 45,000 noisy sooty terns having already arrived and punching pigeons, a strange past time of the Madagascar turtle doves use their wings to take punches at each other, as part of establishing their territories. We must enjoy the calm seas while they last, as with the breeding season comes the onset of the south east monsoon with rough seas and driving salt spray – yet another extreme. 
Tomorrow we have to be ready to meet and greet 80 guests off the National Geographic Explorer Cruiseship, what ever happens the life goes on and it’s business as usual.


Tomorrow we have to be ready to meet and greet 80 guests off the National Geographic Explorer Cruiseship, what ever happens the life goes on and it’s business as usual.
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