28/3/2016 Easter Monday in the Seychelles

28/3/2016 Easter Monday in the Seychelles
We were up and about early enough to watch our morning sail in to Port Victoria on Mahe in the Seychelles. We had our breakfast out on the open deck, and were looked after again by the lovely waiter John, who sings and entertains everyone all the time. This was all at the same time as taking in the lush, green and misty tropical views.

It really is beautiful here.  At first it didn't seem that hot, but by the time we had made our short shuttle in to the town we felt like we were melting away. that will be the humidity then, and possibly the 34C.   We found a lovely cafe, as some of our friends and family will already be aware because we made use of the free wifi, uploading a weeks worth of cruise photos to Facebook, and catching up.

Waiting for the shuttle bus back to the ship gave us some time to sit in the shade and chat with some more passengers. More interesting lives, and things to make us smile, a teacher from Oxfordshire who doesn't like hot weather on a round Africa cruise.  It seems she taught maths, (not geography!)  Then in the evening we enjoyed a buffet meal up on deck 12 instead of our usual sit down meal on deck 6. It was a Mediterranean meal with lots of sea food. After dinner we went to Carmen's, the ballroom to a Bee Gees tribute act. It was quite enjoyable - I was pleasantly surprised - there was a bit of a slide show of the ban in the early days, and a commentary of their lives between the songs. The band was called Caravan (but not the alternative band also called Caravan from my twenties).  This one was made up of four Chinese men, and backed up by the ships resident orchestra. Now and again you could really hear the Bee Gees sound. It was fun, and I think endorphin stimulating.  Sometimes it's a bit of an effort to go to the entertainment when you've got comfortable in the cabin after dinner, so I think the secret is to dine around 7 and then go straight to the theatre.

Bye until our next sea day.