Seychelles - Day 7: Crossing to Praslin Island

While Roli was still dreaming of a cloudless sky in bed, Tanja took advantage of the rain window for an early morning run. With all the holes, steps, and changing surfaces along the road without sidewalks or curbs, it felt more like an obstacle course, and the local traffic rule 'The stronger wins' naturally applies to pedestrians as well. Dripping wet, Tanja stood in the room, which Roli had since converted into a training space, as the rain had apparently outpaced her.

After a warm shower and breakfast, we packed our bags because today we would hop over to another island. Before saying goodbye to our valiant Racing-Kia and taking the ferry to our neighboring island Praslin, we spent the rainy day again in Victoria, the smallest capital in the world. We visited the market again and discovered a few new nice shops. One of them was only 2m² and was packed with souvenirs from the sea.
Our shopping haul at Victoria Market: A refill of banana-coconut jam and matching shell necklaces for us.

To ensure we did not miss our ferry, which departed from the port in Victoria at 16:30, we were overly punctual and arrived more than an hour early.
Shortly after, a ferry arrived, people disembarked, and soon after, a few people gathered in the boarding area.
Since this ferry was going to La Digue, as Roli had inquired, we did not think anything of it initially and made ourselves comfortable on a bench in the waiting area. We watched the dwindling line of people as they snaked onto the boat, and it was only when we were the very last passengers in the waiting area and one of the staff asked us if we wanted to board, as it was the last ferry of the day, that we became suspicious. Well, the ferry goes to Praslin first and then continues to La Digue. We quickly dashed onboard because with the storm sweeping over the island that evening, it would certainly not have been very pleasant at the harbor.
The waves during the crossing worked in favor of the restaurants on Praslin and La Digue, as many of the passengers arrived with empty stomachs, and even Tanja initially underestimated Roli's warnings.
After 2 minutes, we moved from the inside of the ferry to the outside, where everything was fine.

Upon arrival in Praslin, we were welcomed not only by the car rental lady but also by pouring rain.
In terms of vehicles, we checked out a Suzuki Swift, azure blue with a white roof, 5-speed automatic, rear sensors, and even Bluetooth radio - what an upgrade from the long-forgotten Racing-Kia.

Arriving at our new accommodation, we were picked up with an umbrella from the car and warmly welcomed.

On the way to our 3-course dinner at our hotel restaurant, a hand-sized African giant snail with its shell crossed our path. Lucky for her, we are neither snail gourmets nor did we have garlic sauce with us.

However, dinner was obediently enjoyed together, and accordingly, we went to bed with hopes of good weather the next day.