Leaving Silhouette was very difficult.  All four of us fell in love with this breathtaking island.  I will try to condense our experience into a couple of paragraphs:

Our journey to Silhouette took us from Paris, through Dubai, and to the Island of Mahe.  From Mahe we took a 45 minute ferry to Silhouette.  As we approached the island, we were awestruck by the white sandy beaches that stretched for kilometres, the gigantic swaying palm trees, and five volcanic mountain peaks as the backdrop to a thick rainforest.

We spent our days exploring the Hilton Labriz Resort and surrounding areas; and enjoying the spectacular weather.  We had checked the forecast and expected to have a couple of rainy days, but overall the weather was perfect.  It rained during a few nights while we slept, but otherwise it was sunny and hot.  We swam in the ocean daily and couldn’t believe the clarity and temperature of the water.  Our new GoPro captured a lot of cool underwater footage in and around the coral.  We had close encounters with playful fish, curious stingrays, and a couple of shifty eels.

The evenings were almost as spectacular.  We had a great selection of dinner menus to choose from, and afterwards we would go for a late night stroll along the beach. The stars and moonlight were brilliant; like diamonds!  One evening we had a tiny stingray follow us along the beach in water just 5 inches deep.  It was almost like walking a dog.  We would stop…and so would it…we would start walking…and it would stick beside at the same pace.

We had lots of mini adventures (venturing into the rainforest, finding secluded beaches, more close encounters with wildlife) and a couple of minor injuries throughout our vacation. (2 banged toes, a popped ligament in finger, SUNBURNS – Yikes!!).  We will post a video soon that captures some more of our specific experiences, but generally it was a relaxing dream vacation moving from beach, to pool and back to snorkelling again…