In the World of Words: Mahé, Silhouette, Praslin, La Digue

During my 2-month stay in the Seychelles I had the chance to visit 4 out of the country's 155 islands. Mahé, Praslin, and La Digue are the biggest and most populated of the Inner Islands. Although less populated, Silhouette is yet another significant island - famous for its unpolluted nature, tortoises, and a hilly landscape. Victoria, the country's capital, is located on Mahé, the biggest island.
Below I'm posting some photos from the four islands.

MAHE
1. Beau Vallon Bay

2. Victoria market

3. Victoria, botanical garden

4. Port Launay

5. Victoria, Kenwyn House (nowadays - gallery)

SILHOUETTE

A typical fishermen's "net" (the fish swim in but cannot find the way out:-):

PRASLIN

1. Anse Lazio - famous for its unforgettable granitic landscape

2. Anse Volbert

3. Anse Lazio

4. Valée de Mai, where one can admire the legendary cocos de mer. The female and male trees have very suggestive parts@. The story goes that at night the two meet...

I am not sure what happens then, but the legend and the shapes (!) have been particular enough to intrigue thousands of tourists who visit the Valée, and who usually leave the Seychelles with a small coco-de-mer gadget, if not with a real nut (yet those, if original, are extremely expensive).