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First Month in the Seychelles! – Month 1 (April – May 2026) Assomption

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It’s been a while! I stopped writing up blogs whilst I was working in the Maldives as I never had any time to sit down and write them, but I’ve decided to try and get back into writing up what I’m getting up to now that I’m on a new adventure in the Seychelles. I have recently started my new role as a Field Research Officer with the Seychelles Island Foundation based on Aldabra Atoll, UNESCO World Heritage Site. However… after one month in the country I have only just arrived at Aldabra. I landed in the Seychelles (on Mahe) on the 9th April, after waiting a few months for my work visa to come through. Getting out here was a little stressful, there is a North West Season here (October ish – April ish) and South East season (May ish – September ish). The sea conditions during the South East make it very difficult to access Aldabra and all Supply boats and any tourism (Cruise Ships and Private charter or liveaboards only – with special permissions and expensive impact fees) is not poss...
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March 2024 Maldives

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March has been a very busy month and again has absolutely flown by! This month we released one of our turtles back into the wild! Adam visited me at the beginning of March, and I did lots of snorkelling with hawksbill turtles and black tip reef sharks!  Here are some of the highlights of my March in the Maldives.  On the 1st March I was just at the end of giving a turtle presentation to our volunteers when some women came to the centre and asked if any of us would be free to be taken on a Tour by their sons who are part of the local scout group. They were doing their tour guide badge! We said yes (Me and Volunteers David and Lina) and met them at the Harbour to begin our tour. First we had to fill out their notebooks with information of where we were from, they then told us about how you can get to the island by boat and by plane, how to get to the airport and how far away it is. Each scout paired with one of us. We were then taken to the largest mosque on the island, my scout...
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