Immediately, I will make a reservation, because Seychelles call the budget place to rest, it is impossible. But is it worth thinking about money if you are guaranteed to get full peace, silence and magnificent service. Only you and nature. Recently, Seychelles have chosen in love with couples who come here in order to hold alone and in harmony with nature, their honeymoon.
We have an elastic at least a honeymoon and passed a long time ago, but we are connoisseurs of romance. Many of my friends often complain that in their family life everything is fresh and boring. Of course it will be boring, because their family life, essentially turned into a sullen monotonous routine. Seychelles from this disease are simply treated! So, where does the journey begins? With a visa.
For citizens of Russia, the design of a visa for visiting the Seychelles is not needed! But only if you do not plan to stay here more than thirty days. You can take four hundred pieces of cigarettes or half a kilogram of tobacco, two liters of any alcoholic beverages and two hundred milliliters of perfumery. It is forbidden to carry a weapon, and any other pneumatic weapons or weapons for underwater hunting. You can not take with you fruits, vegetables, plants, not canned seafood and meat, drugs and medicines. You can take medicines with you only if you have confirming documents on your hands that they are really necessary for you. Outside the islands, it is forbidden to export shells, corals, products from the turtle shell and nuts "Coco de Mer", without having a special permission.
Transportation in the Seychelles, the thing is extremely useless, therefore it is not too popular. You can rent a car, but it is best to rent a bike. It is, bicycles are the most popular means of movement and there are tens with them. My spouse, rested on Mahe Island. So, forced to grieve motorists. The fact is that on the whole island, there are six pieces of refueling. Agree, this is not very convenient, in the midst of recreation to push the car taken for rent, because of the lack of gasoline, while to the nearest refueling is not one tens of kilometers. I repeat once again - the best transport in the Seychelles is a bike.
The setting on the islands, more than calm. Locals are friendly and friendly. The total atmosphere, has a relaxing holiday. In order to relax in the Seychelles, you do not need special vaccinations or medical certificate of your health. Tropical viruses, it is not worthwhile, because here they are simply not. As everywhere, it is necessary to stick to the elementary security tips - not to leave things unattended and so on, but I strongly doubt their disappearance.
Water from under the tap, it is quite possible to drink, but it is better to boil before it. I tried how raw water straight from under the tap and boiled. Better of course drinking boiled. For example, I have already five years old, I drink only bottled water, but we have a habit, try everything and everywhere.
The beaches in the Seychelles are similar to those whose beaches that are shown to us during the Bounty chocolate advertising, only in reality they are even more beautiful. Just imagine - a huge, clean, sandy beach and around anyone, not a single living soul, only you, your second half, palm trees, sand and transparent water. It's incredible! During swimming, in such wild places, I advise you to be careful, as it can be stumbled upon a danger in the form of a poisonous fish or sea hedgehog. Swim on wild beaches are best in special slippers for swimming. On those beaches that are located near the hotel, getting completely safe. By the way, the Seychelles, this is one of the few places in the world where you do not need to pay for rent a sun bed and an umbrella, as they are provided with guests completely free.
There are no problems with money, or rather there are no problems with the exchange and payment by credit cards. It is very profitable, to change the traveler checks here, that I was not very surprised. The exchange of money can be made both in banks and in exchange offices. Local banks work from half the ninth morning to two o'clock in the afternoon, it is on weekdays. Sunday in banks lawful day off. On Saturday, you can make an exchange operation until eleven in the afternoon. An interesting feature was noticed by me. The fact is that in addition to a credit card, in stores and shops that sell souvenir products, you can pay American dollars and euros.
All major shopping centers and shops are concentrated on the island of Mahe. On other islands, the store is not ourselves with fire, only shopping shops. Stores, work like us, that is, with eight o'clock in the morning to five pm. On Saturday days, shops work for half an hour longer, and close half the sixth. Small shops that are in private ownership can work until late evening.
The most popular souvenir of the Seychelles is the walnut of "Coco de Mer", as well as a liquor from this nut and a variety of crafts from his shell, which are made by the hands of folk craftsmen. In addition to crafts from the nut, as a souvenir you can buy a standard set of pareo, t-shirts, hats and sea shells. Prices for souvenirs, name budget language does not turn, since they are significantly higher than all prices for souvenir products that I have ever purchased. It is not accepted to bargain here and I span on this meaningless idea, rightly judged that the main souvenir, which I will bring from a holiday in the Seychelles, there will be a luxurious tan and coconut nuts. By the way, the famous local walnut, we did not bought since the price starts from the mark in two hundred American dollars, and this is in my opinion an obvious waste, give so much money for one single walnut. I think that many will agree with me in this. However, if you decide to buy such a nuts, then be sure to make sure that it is there an excise on it, otherwise take it outside the islands, you will not succeed.