La Digue Island

Aug 10

La Digue

is an island in the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean off East Africa. There are no cars here, just bicycles and that’s all you really need. It is home to Anse Source d'Argent, the most photographed beach on earth! It has massive granite boulders and has probably has been your desktop computer background at some point, you just didnt know it. Not only are the beaches amazing but it is the only place outside of Galapagos to have the giant tortoise.

Getting Around La digue

You can only get here by boat and the only motors are the ones on that boat that brought you here. When you get off in the marina you follow the small crowds to the town and find yourself a bike rental. There is not a lot of explanation you just go with the flow and start pedaling. The island is not large but it is big enough to explore on your own and find a secluded area. Or you can simply follow the other bikers to the hotspots.

Anse Source d'Argent-

The boulders seem to have placed by design like a child building a lego set. A few here, a few there and lets throw in some white sand then lets work in some palm trees. They are granite and beautiful and full of wonderment. People were around; some splashing, some climbing on the granite, others laying on a towel sharing a smooch with a loved one. I just slowly walked about taking pictures and trying to figure out what god was thinking about when he put this place together?

This place doesn’t seem real and if you wernt’t seeing it with your own eyes you would hardly believe its existence. Even though our time here was overcast and those pesky clouds did not want to cooperate for us, it didn’t matter.

This is no straight walk down a long stretch of beach. The rocks are spattered about so its is necessary to walk in and out of jungle to get to the next section. That just adds to the mystique and aura of this place.

Seychelles giant tortoise

(Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), also known as the Seychelles domed giant tortoise, is a tortoise subspecies in the genus Aldabrachelys. The current record for the oldest animal in the world is 190-year-old Aldabra tortoise but one these big guys has lived to be 255! Feeding these gentle giants is an amazing experience and should not be missed.

Closing Time

When it was time to leave I sat down at the beach to take in the ambiance and realized I was not alone. This dog was looking out into Indian Ocean and pondering life just as I was. Im not sure he figured anything out and to be fair…… neither did I. There seems to be a moment on every trip I take when think to myself, this is why I came….I will remember this for the rest of my life. You never remember all parts of the trip which is why we document them pictures and videos but some of these moments go straight to the top of your memory banks the second you hear the name of the place you went or just randomly in everyday life. These are moments, this is why you came this way and that’s why you have to keep going and searching for the next one.