TR: Seychelles

On 5/6/10 6:02 PM, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-05-06 18:01:31 -0400, rw said:

Great trip. I'll be going back.

WOW! Best roff trip report ever! Very impressive.

Who did you book through, and did that include your arrangements in
Paris (great day there I see), and the capitol of Seychelles?

AnglerAdventures handled Paris to Alphonse and back to Paris. I booked
everything else myself. The connections are terrible, which is why I
stayed overnight in Paris.

Don't try to carry a rod on board in Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.
Doesn't work. I'll never take my 3-piece Sage RPLXi overseas again. I
was lucky to get it home. Should have sold it to the Alphonse outfit.
Four-piece rods are the only way to go. They fit in the luggage.


Gotts convince the wife to set me free for a couple of weeks.

Very nice report/pics, Steve. I'm jealous.

Dave



I'm kinda sorry about the Dave's cortex crack, but it was just sitting
there.

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On 2010-05-06 20:29:03 -0400, rw said:

On 5/6/10 6:02 PM, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-05-06 18:01:31 -0400, rw said:

Great trip. I'll be going back.

WOW! Best roff trip report ever! Very impressive.

Who did you book through, and did that include your arrangements in
Paris (great day there I see), and the capitol of Seychelles?

AnglerAdventures handled Paris to Alphonse and back to Paris. I booked
everything else myself. The connections are terrible, which is why I
stayed overnight in Paris.

When I looked into going last year, the logistics were terrible. I
think I had to spend a night in Paris and another in Nairobi or another
African city, finally arriving on Mahe three days after leaving Boston.
I would have also had to spend a night in Victoria going and coming.
The logistics turned me off completely. However, it is still on my
bucket list.

Don't try to carry a rod on board in Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.
Doesn't work. I'll never take my 3-piece Sage RPLXi overseas again. I
was lucky to get it home. Should have sold it to the Alphonse outfit.
Four-piece rods are the only way to go. They fit in the luggage.

Well, hell, that would have been one of the the rods *I* would have
brought. Four or five is the only way, I guess. F&^%$@n french!


Gotts convince the wife to set me free for a couple of weeks.

Very nice report/pics, Steve. I'm jealous.

Dave



I'm kinda sorry about the Dave's cortex crack, but it was just sitting there.

Just kinda? d;o)

Don't worry about it. After all, this is roff.

Great report no matter what!

Dave

Hi RW

Thanks for the trip report mate, not a trip I'd be able to do but got a buzz
from you sharing your fun. One question tho, why did the rope coming off
the back of the tow boat (towing the skiffs) have 3 knots in it? Was it
getting caught in the prop?

Thanks

Rob.





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On 5/6/10 8:22 PM, Robert from Oz wrote:
Hi RW

Thanks for the trip report mate, not a trip I'd be able to do but got a buzz
from you sharing your fun. One question tho, why did the rope coming off
the back of the tow boat (towing the skiffs) have 3 knots in it? Was it
getting caught in the prop?

It wasn't getting caught in the prop, but other than that I have no
idea. Those guys have it figured out.

Some time soon I'll post a video of a really rough trip back to
Alphonse. I mean seriously rough. Major, super-duty rough. Like scary
looking-for-life-jackets rough. That might clarify it for you.

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"rw" wrote in message
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http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~troutbu...arth_Image.jpg

The resort is on Alphonse Island (top in the photo). The fishing is on the
flats of St. Francois Island (bottom). Both are coral atolls. In between
them is the small island of Bijoutier.


Looks like a spectacular trip Steve,

Thanks for sharing,
JT

Awesome. Do you have a blog? It would be great to put this all
together as a pictorial with the text. I would love to hook into one
of those "geet."
Frank Reid
(you looking for a ghillie?).

On 5/7/10 9:06 PM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:

Awesome. Do you have a blog? It would be great to put this all
together as a pictorial with the text. I would love to hook into one
of those "geet."
Frank Reid
(you looking for a ghillie?).

I have a web site (where the photos are) but I don't have at the moment
have software to create a "blog." Maybe I'll look into that.

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On 05/08/2010 05:14 AM, rw wrote:
On 5/7/10 9:06 PM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:

Awesome. Do you have a blog? It would be great to put this all
together as a pictorial with the text. I would love to hook into one
of those "geet."
Frank Reid
(you looking for a ghillie?).

I have a web site (where the photos are) but I don't have at the moment
have software to create a "blog." Maybe I'll look into that.


There are a gazillion worthless blogs out there. This would not fit that
category. Do it.

Russell

On 6-May-2010, rw wrote:

Lunch on the water. Back to Alphonse at 5:30. Shower, take care of gear,
dinner at 7:00, back to the chalet at 9:00, set alarm, crash, repeat. No
down time for snorkeling and lying about

I have a couple of questions for you, rw, about this trip:

How were the accomodations?
Seems world class ??

(I ask becuse if they have a spa and other activities I could convince SWMBO
& I will run this trip by her)

It has to be warmer than Montana in Winter


Did you book this trip yourself or thru an outfoitter?

Did you shoot the fotos and video for yourself? or for a website or
publication?

Again thanks for sharing this "great" trip and congratulations on a great
trip


Fred

On 5/8/10 10:38 AM, Fred wrote:
On 6-May-2010, wrote:

Lunch on the water. Back to Alphonse at 5:30. Shower, take care of gear,
dinner at 7:00, back to the chalet at 9:00, set alarm, crash, repeat. No
down time for snorkeling and lying about

I have a couple of questions for you, rw, about this trip:

How were the accomodations?

First rate.

Seems world class ??

(I ask becuse if they have a spa and other activities I could convince SWMBO
& I will run this trip by her)

I wouldn't recommend this for someone who isn't mainly interesting in
fishing or diving.


It has to be warmer than Montana in Winter

That's a safe assumption.

Did you book this trip yourself or thru an outfoitter?

I went through Angler Adventures. Frontiers also books these trips.

Did you shoot the fotos and video for yourself? or for a website or
publication?

Shot them myself (except for the ones I'm in, of course, and the volcano
photo and the Google Earth screenshot).

I just received via email a couple of photos of the GT that Roy, the
guide, shot with his camera. They're much better than mine. I'll post
links when I get a chance.

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