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Rock Fever
Dr Sibis Mouton travels to the Seychelles where she discovers the thrill and the beauty of life on the remote granite islands.
Dr Sibis Mouton travels to the Seychelles where she discovers the thrill and the beauty of life on the remote granite islands. It was 8 o’clock on Praslin Island and I was still fast asleep when a knock on my door woke me. It was my friendly landlady, Emilia. She had come to inform me that it was possible to land on Aride Island today and that this long awaited day trip was now finally going to materialize for me. Aride, about 16 km from Praslin, is the most northerly of the Seychelles granite islands. It is also the most important bird reserve in the Seychelles, host to more than 750,000 breeding pairs of seabird species, which is more than on any other island in the region. It is home to several thousand frigate birds and five species of land birds endemic to the Seychelles, amongst them the very rare Seychelles magpie-robin. As the island is almost completely protected by its dangerous surf, it was not colonized until after 1851. Today there are only between five and ten people stationed on the island at any given time, so it is a real getaway if you have the spirit of Robinson Crusoe pumping in your veins. The island essentially ‘belongs to the birds’.
by ks
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