The mysteries of the fabulous Coco-de-mer By Glynn Burridge I recall as if it were yesterday my first fateful (as it would turn out) encounter with that most iconic member of Seychelles’ flora & fauna, the fabulous coco-de-mer. It was […]
The People of Seychelles The inhabitants of the island archipelago of Seychelles are known as Seychellois and, today, the society to which they belong represents the evolution of peoples from across the globe who began to settle the islands in […]
There were a host of adjustments to be made and the first was to make friends with the mighty Indian Ocean, now only twenty meters from my doorstep. From one day to the next, that uninterrupted body of water, slipping […]
Foreigners were not popular any longer, being seen as agents of western decadence and many of their houses were targeted. What had been a trickle of my friends going out of the country now became a steady stream. Suddenly everyone […]
