Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.
Mar 12, 2009 21:08:45 GMT
Post by spindrift on Mar 12, 2009 21:08:45 GMT
The granitic Seychelles rise above the surface of the sea from a large, submarine plateau of about 12,000 sq. miles, which, for the most part, is covered by only 40 fathoms of water.
I stayed for a week on Bird Island which is on the outer edge of this plateau. Bird Island is thus named because it is the place where millions of Sooty Terns come each year to nest and rear their young. The hotel is at one end of the island and the birds are mainly at the other end...but there's no getting away from their din which worsens at night.
Here we are attempting to land on a small grass airstrip and the hotel chalets are lined up:
Here's our chalet up close:
Now the beaches are idyllic, don't you think?
and here's another picture for good measure -
but I'm keen on snorkelling and diving and I was disappointed, to say the least, to find that all the coral was dead and that there were no fish to be seen. Where could they have been?
Never mind. We saw lots of Sooty Terns
I stayed for a week on Bird Island which is on the outer edge of this plateau. Bird Island is thus named because it is the place where millions of Sooty Terns come each year to nest and rear their young. The hotel is at one end of the island and the birds are mainly at the other end...but there's no getting away from their din which worsens at night.
Here we are attempting to land on a small grass airstrip and the hotel chalets are lined up:
Here's our chalet up close:
Now the beaches are idyllic, don't you think?
and here's another picture for good measure -
but I'm keen on snorkelling and diving and I was disappointed, to say the least, to find that all the coral was dead and that there were no fish to be seen. Where could they have been?
Never mind. We saw lots of Sooty Terns
