Hello, I'm back. Tanned, relaxed and ready to create! I enjoyed reading the posts that Rachel has written over the past month and hope that you did too. I have been staying in Seychelles in the Indian Ocean hanging out with fish and turtles, revisiting old haunts and friends and generally having a nice time. I have been inspired to decorate some beachwear with batik and stencils. These are some of our designs that are typical of the islands and will find their way onto garments. Fish stencils, gekko stencils and turtle stencils can all be found in our Cameo Range in our budget collection.
In the ocean, just outside my room at Beachcomber Resort lives a lion-fish. I discovered him whilst snorkelling there years ago. I keep a respectful distance and he puts up with me photographing him.
His likeness can be found in the Animal & Bird Stencils range, code number CO12. It has multiple layers of stencil to build up a lifelike image. The giant imperial harp shell (CO4) and the bubbles (a polka dot stencil CO17) are part of the same range. By stencilling the edges of the shape and not the centre the bubbles appear to have a transparency to them.
I have holidayed in Seychelles many times over the last ten years, in many hostelries, and on many islands. I have found two hotels that I particularly like and are not usually found in brochures or travel magazines. They are Beachcomber Resort on Anse Soleil, Mahe and Patatran Hotel, Anse Patate on La Digue. Both have wonderful, friendly staff, great snorkelling, fabulous locations and are good value. I will share with you the views from my room on both locations. Many island make up the Seychelles archipelago. The three main ones are hilly, granite islands. Others are coral and some are nature reserves that allow you to share space with giant tortoises, turtles, and birds. Information on these islands can be found at www.seychelles.com
My view from the Beachcomber on Mahe. The lionfish lives amongst those rocks. Mahe is the main island. It's capital city, Victoria is the second smallest in the world. From there you can fly or sail to the other islands.
I love the rocks outside the Patatran Hotel. These smooth boulders are typical of La Digue. The medium size rock in the centre has a wide, Helen-sized groove scooped out of the top and many a lazy hour has been spent loafing in it. By the way, the waters are warm and there are no killer spiders! H.
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