Goodbye Seychelles, Hello Dubai Hello Bengaluru

so 7 days had passed so quickly and now we were waiting for our cabbie to pick us up and drop us to the international airport.
ours was the first flight from Mahe to Dubai and since protocol demands we be at the airport at least 3 hours in advance meant that we would be spending a lot of time at the departure terminal at Mahe.



checking in was a breeze. the airport is extremely small and fortunately most of the duty free shops were open. was particularly intrigued by the Rum bottle shapes.

the liqueur shops

the departure terminal

as we had to get up really early, both of us could not have a proper breakfast and so we tried eating a lite snack at one of the snack counters at the airport. not a good thing to do coz it was horribly expensive and didnt really serve the purpose. picked up a very nice set of Coral necklace for niki while she picked up a few fridge magnets and souvenirs to give friends back home.

finally boarded the flight and had a very nice breakfast! thank u emirates. i managed to eat niki breakfast as well as she was asleep most of the time.

meanwhile i couldnt but help take photos of the beautiful arid landscapes as we were approaching dubai. i think we flew over Jordan and Oman.

landed in Dubai and we were too tired to do anything. we had already explored the airport when we landed there 1 week ago, so we were not really in the mood to do any shopping or running around. we were really hungry again and had a very nice buffet meal with loads of dessert.

spent the remainder of our time near the boarding gate and we boarded the flight on time .

the flight to Bengaluru from DXB was really scary. the moment we were entered Indian skies, the aircraft was rattling and making weird noises. this continued on for at least 20 minutes and only a few passengers were actually aware of what was happening as most of us had slept off. finally arrived in Bengaluru and after immigration clearance, proceeded towards the departure terminal , got checked in and waited patiently for our Mangaluru flight!

dxb at night from my iphone

hello Mangaluru

back to square one! our 7 days holiday in Seychelles had ended and 2 days of travelling travel had finally come to a grinding halt! we just realised in 2 days we travelled from MLore-Blore-Dubai-Mahe and back making that 4 international airports, 3 regions and 2 continents in 2 days.

it took me a while , but finally i managed to complete the simple photo blog of our round trip to Seychelles and back.

and here is a recap of the 7 days

Transit - Mlore-Blore-Dubai 

Day 1 - Landed In Seychelles

Day 1 - Tour of Mahe

Day 2 - Beau Valon and Marie Antoinette

Day 3 - Copolia nature trail + beau valon at night

Day 4 - Praslin and La Digue + baobab

Day 5 - Sunday in Victoria

Day 6 - Scuba diving

Day 7 - Glass Bottom Boat