When you are in Victoria, it seems that even the clock is slowing down, especially the one on the main tower of the city, which is almost an exact replica of the English Big Ben, only in miniature. Want to know what the local hustle and bustle looks like? This is when the locals slowly drift along the two-story houses and leisurely sell souvenirs to tourists. That is where the Seychelles begin for many tourists who fly into the capital’s airport. The largest island of the coral and granite archipelago is Mae. For a very good reason - this secluded archipelago is an ideal place for lovers. The British have given the Seychelles the name for its capital Victoria as well as the hottest newlyweds in the world Prince William and Kate Middleton, who spent their honeymoon on one of the islands. The archipelago was far away from civilization and the “mainland” and was fully settled only at the end of the 18th century, even though the islands first appeared on the map after the expedition of Vasco da Gama in 1502. For the next 150 million years these pieces of land were surrounded by the Indian Ocean and grew some vegetation. It so happened that when prehistoric Gondwana split and part of it floated to the North, its 115 other little pieces were excluded from the drift. Other continents are even further away from the secluded Seychelles. When I said “near” Africa, I meant the distance of 1600 km.
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