Explore the South and North of Mahé...

This morning we have to move breakfast indoors for the first time because it must have rained heavily last night, our terrace is quite wet and since you can also enjoy a beautiful sea view from indoors, we'll go indoors today. However, our grandfather doesn't seem ready to take another break from his early morning exercise and bravely ventures into the water again. For us, this is a sign that the sun will definitely come out at some point today - after all, grandpa is a 'fair-weather swimmer'...

With cloudy skies, we decide to go for a hike not far from our accommodation. In the far south of the island, we want to hike to Anse Capucins - according to our landlady, it should take about 30 minutes - so off we go. Despite the clouds, we start sweating quite quickly, and somehow we always follow the signs - but after walking uphill for almost 1 hour (the sea is usually somewhere below :P) and no bay in sight, we finally turn back somewhat frustrated. But we still learned something new - we both saw for the first time how the pineapple fruit grows. We had to look three times when we discovered the spectacle in the jungle. If our friends Sonja and Andreas, whom we met on our last trip here, hadn't told us about these pineapple plants back then, we would probably have just kept walking. Just take a look at the pictures for yourselves - have you ever seen anything like it?Dear Sonja, dear Andreas, a special greeting to both of you at this point.

Back at home, our landlady also thinks that we probably took the wrong hiking trail - well, now the sun is finally shining. Clearly, grandpa was right.

In the afternoon, we actually go snorkeling again in the sunshine, this time in the far north of the island, at Sunset Beach. Here, you feel like you're in an aquarium again - just enjoy it, so without a camera and no photos. On the way back, we drive around the entire northern tip of the island by car, the road mostly runs directly along the water, and you really have to be careful not to lose sight of the road with the scenery. When we get home, it's already dark and it starts pouring heavily again, so not even our new four-legged friends (for whom we are still looking for a name, by the way) come by for a snack.