Wandering Bay Ternay...

It's been almost 2 weeks since I returned to Germany and now I want to share our last two days of vacation with you.

On Friday, we were treated to a sunny breakfast on our terrace, and our grandpa waved at us happily. The second-to-last day of our vacation couldn't have started better.

Today, we want to try out a new snorkeling beach - Bay Ternay, which is another nature reserve in the north of Seychelles. Our guide from the boat tour yesterday told us about it and said that you can reach this bay with a car, although it is a bit difficult. If he didn't have to work today, he would have driven us there himself - that's just how hospitable Seychellois people are. But he did contact a friend who works as a park manager at Bay Ternay and arranged for him to take us out to the reef in his boat, as it is too far to swim.

The journey is already a bit adventurous, as the road for the last 2-3 km is only one lane, curvy, and typical of Seychelles roads, close to the abyss. The 2 cars that pass us on the way make us break into a sweat. But eventually, we arrive and find an almost deserted bay. We spend some time on the beach, enjoying the tranquility, until the park manager arrives in his boat at the agreed time. We weren't completely sure if he would actually come, as the motto here on the islands is more "Hang Loose" and less "German punctuality". But in this case, we can rely on the locals - or at least we think so, because it turns out that the park manager didn't know anything about our visit - but that's not a problem, he still takes us to the reef - completely naturally. It must have been a pretty big coincidence that he showed up at the beach at the exact agreed time. But we are simply amazed by the openness of this man, especially since he doesn't even want to be paid for his effort - he does it out of hospitality and love for the underwater world. So we motor out and finally jump into the cool water when we reach the reef. We quickly arrange a time for the park manager to pick us up for the ride back to the beach, and then we get to enjoy the underwater world. And once again, it feels like being in an aquarium. Time flies until our "pick-up" and on the way back to the beach, we have a nice chat with our private boat driver.

In the evening, we watch the first real sunset of our vacation at Anse Interdace, sitting on a few granite rocks, and with mixed feelings about tomorrow - our last day in paradise.