where are you going?

My time in the Seychelles was a relaxed one. We stayed on the island of Mahé for the entire duration, gradually getting to know the place. When visiting a new country, it's always tricky to settle in and find the best places to go. One of the main challenges we faced was finding the best places to get food. The supermarkets lack or have very limited fridges meaning there is no fresh meat, fish or milk. The island is renowned for its fresh fish, however. The supermarkets had freezers but I'm not sure eating frozen tuna is making the most of fish caught on the island. Fresh fruit is probably the easiest thing to find. At the side of the roads are frequent fruit stalls, selling a variety of native fruits including bananas, papayas and mangos. Look closely and you can see me in the mirror picking some bananas By luck, we solved the next piece to the food puzzle. When driving to Victoria, along the West coast of the island, we saw the sig...

“Your water, miss,” the waiter said as he placed a gigantic bottle of sparkling water down on my table at the Savoy Seychelles Resort with a flourish. “Errrr,” I stumbled, “do you have any… smaller bottles? It's just me.” He looked confused, and then clearly unsure of how to answer. No, they didn't have any smaller bottles of water, but I could take whatever I didn't drink with me back to my room. And so, after eating my dinner alone and signing for the enormous bottle of water, I carried more than half of it back to my room. I had a feeling I was going to be drinking a lot of sparkling water on this trip. I've been traveling predominantly solo since I started traveling seriously in 2011. I like solo travel; I like the freedom to do whatever I want whenever I want to do it, and I like how achieving things on my own makes me feel. But I'd be lying if I said I never experience awkward moments as a woman traveling on he...