Over 100 islands make up the collective Seychelles. Only 10 of these are inhabited, from the very small, exclusive North Island, where Kate and William honeymooned, to Mahe, the main island. They have nearly 100,000 residents, swelled by up to 10000 tourists, per week. iIt’s on the up after a period in the doldrums. BA have started flights after 14 years, Air France will soon, so the reliance upon Middle East airlines will be reduced. When I first visited, in t...

We are now on the downhill leg. A day to savour as we have a lie in, I get my laptop fixed, we find an elusive thali set and breakfast with a bunch of cricketing mercenaries! While it’s a team game, the IPL teams are drafted, not one lives in the city they reside in for six weeks, get paid a large sum and get treated like kings, expected to deliver. We are flying from Hyderabad to Mumbai to pick up our flight to The Seychelles. We’ve booked an airside hotel...