The season for watching Whale Sharks in the Seychelles is from August to the end of October with some variations.. If you go another period of the year there are other interesting stuff to see as well. I promise!
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Lunch anyone?
Victor has been a fisherman all his life. I go visit him when I am around at the place where he always hangs out, the fishermen marina close to the mouth of river Almendares in Havana.
Blue eye!
Catch the beautiful mountain road from Saranda at the Albanian coast towards Gjirokaster some 25km. Blue eye, “Syri i Kalter” consists of totally 18 crystal clear springs pouring right out from the ground. The dragonfly that´s posing for me has put on a suitable blue dress for the occasion.
Cock fighting 3!
In a hidden place somewhere behind the “mogotes” in Viñales/Cuba passionate aficionados meet for the illegal cock-fight! Many people in this western part of the country are descendents from the Canary islands in Spain.
Playa del Este, Cuba!
Exercising the dogs at Playa del Este. East of Havana.
What´s for dinner today?
This was a peculiar dog that absolutely refused to enter the kitchen in this farmhouse in Viñales/Cuba. The other dog of the house was on the other hand constantly running in and out of the same room.
So he had his window where he looked in every now and then with that kind of hungry look on his face! In the background you see tobacco plants, very common in this region of Cuba.
Entering Jarabacoa!
In comparison to the previous horse this one looks radiant and healthy. People in rural Dominican Republic (and many Latin American places) are almost born in the saddle and it looks so elegant and easy.. Now me on the other hand after a couple of kilometers…!!??
Horse drama in Viñales!
One day leaving the guesthouse where I stayed in Viñales/Cuba for a walk, I almost immediately stumbled into this scene. The horse, probably fatigued and mal nourished had slipped. The owner eventually got some help to put the horse on his feet and a bit later they continued to wherever they where heading….
In Cuba Fidel Castro is often refered to as “El Caballo” : The Horse
22 meters below!
One of the highlights on my two-week visit at the Seychelles was the dive at the Ave Maria rock! You´ll see it as the silhouette island in one of the images.
It was me, the dive master and three french doctors who had arrived from La Reunion to do some sailing around the Seychelles archipelago on board an impressive catamaran. So I was in good hands..
Ave Maria is a granite rock that offers some nice diving conditions. White tip reef sharks are often spotted around here. The variety of life is astonishing as you can see on the images.
One of the interesting creatures we encountered was the Scorpionfish. It´s much like a chameleon. It is also very venomous, so don’t provoke! I have enhanced the fish sharpness and contrast and as you see it’s still hard to discover. Clue: you find the eyes at the lower part of photo.
After the visit to the underworld the french divers were a little disappointed for not having seen any sharks despite of my bleeding leg!! (collision with some corrals)
Bonus YouTube film from Seychelles Thank you Cinicas.
All photos taken with Canon Powershot S-100 with UW-house. This was my second visit under water with a camera. It´s tricky!
Håkan Rönnblad 