We Found a HIDDEN PARADISE!

We just landed on the secret island and I can't explain to you what it's like. Alright. I'll have to let the pictures do the talking and it's also crazy that the wildlife here is out of this world. I can't wait to show you the foreigner. We have landed on an island that, well, we will simply say that it is a secret island. It is a private island. You were invited to this island and this is what is in our front yard every morning. Giant turtles. So we have been. How lucky to be invited to an island here in the Seychelles.

It's amazing how friends of friends can be so wonderful and we landed here and this place is absolutely epic. It is a nature conservation and a family. Those who invited us here are passionate about it. all the wildlife on this island and it's great, so we'd like to show you some of what we've been experiencing this week. Hello my friendly millipede, the thing about this island is that there are no rats and there are none. Rat species become much larger, there are counterparts in other parts of the world. This is, for example, one of the giant millipedes and at night they come out of the wood all the way and, yes, sometimes it's like a carpet. uh yeah, I hope you like it as much as we do, it's been a real pleasure, so how did we end up on this absolutely stunning beautiful island, this private island, Utopia Eden?

Well, I can sum it up this way, we have met many people on our travels who are extraordinary and most of the time the reason they are extraordinary is because they pay off. We met a gentleman whose philosophy is that if he brings good and joy and does wonderful things for people, it will come back. to him and lately we have met quite a few people with this philosophy and it is something we really believe in. I think we try to live by the same philosophy. Recently one of our instruments failed on board within an hour. and a gentleman named Tommy came up and said, I have that unit on my boat while I replace it.

I still have it at my house and would like to send it to him, so I asked him how much it would cost. he said, don't worry, I pay for it and it finally comes back to me and we have heard this message so many times over the years as we travel the world and it seems to work, I don't know why, but it works, it's hard to say if they are doing well, but it's something we try to live alone and hope we can all give back to them, so the white ones are fairies and the brown ones are mischievous and the Perrys become I like these birds that they do for life, also when they lay their eggs just They put them on a branch, they don't build a nest or anything, so it's a good thing there are a lot of them because you know when Strong Wind blows, what happens around here, it's Carnage who is up there with us, where is he at high?

Hello, blue, the bad guy, hello, yeah, okay, let's go, Willa, so apparently this is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I think it might even be the most beautiful beach in the world. I can't tell you where it is, but I can tell you that many important people have frequented this beach and we feel very privileged to be among them. Many heads of state have come, very important people. Here, this beach is rarely frequented by commoners like us, so what a privilege to contemplate life here on this beach on this private, secret island, thinking: wow, we are so lucky to be here on planet Earth.

I mean, look around you, there are birds everywhere, there are palm trees, there is blue sky. there is air there is beautiful oxygen there is a sound of waves crashing on the beach there are coconuts there is a plethora it is an absolute plethora we are a privileged species to be able to live on this Earth in this utopia you hit a big wave what happened what Do you think Ben fie Landing? Ah, so you have a full court. This is the landing strip and the entire landing strip is covered with turtles, but don't worry, there is a time for everything on this island and according to nature, it gets too hot between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. m. and 3 p.m. m., so the turtles leave. the runway and that's when the planes can take off, you know, I think we just threw it at him, no, not the glasses, those are for you, he doesn't eat the foreign ones, so there are a lot of birds on this island and sometimes , they make you poop. a lot, actually, more than once, so on this little walk we've been on it seems like I've been pooped twice, it went through my foot and once on my back, yeah anyway, it's just part of the amazing bird life on the island and not the The best part is perfect, hello, the pirate ruins are right here, but we're about to walk past two giant turtles and you feel like you're not immune to them, but you are , there are so many things everywhere that you get used to them and forget to appreciate them. every time you see one that actually occurs here in the Seychelles and also in the Galapagos, a different variety, um, different, there's a very, very large population on this island and they're everywhere and they have little babies and I.

I can't tell you how amazing it is to see a giant turtle this size, but the pyrons are up here, but we thought that as we walked towards the pirates' quarters and got there, we should give you a life update, so this little one of here, Brody, started walking. he has made significant progress on this private island, we are actually staying in what is the workers accommodation, yes staff accommodation, we are staying in an old staff accommodation and this guy is just walking around like he owns the place that is not. a king, a little king's body, it's very funny to see him, he has that baby walk and it doesn't last before we left, but now he's traveling by truck, what do you think are pirate ruins?

Yes, pirate rooms right here, although it is quite beautiful, so there are so many. There are a lot of birds on this island, it's actually like it's overkill and they don't really have any predators except turtles. Turtles are known to eat birds, which is really strange, it's something they didn't know about turtles. but they eat the birds, so we confirmed it, uh, the wall is the ruins, we

found

the pirates' rooms, um, I was expecting bones, skulls, gold coins, yes, swamp is what we

found

. I don't wait any longer, you know, it's funny because when we were in the Bahamas, it was very similar, there was a pirate zone and it's literally the swamp, so they were always looking for a source of fresh water, yeah, yeah, so their camps are around these kinds of disgusting freshwater sources in every video.

You see, it's super live, like we filmed it, edited it, posted it well, so we come back, we sail again, we've been here for three days since we came back from the island. A lot has happened, yes a lot, we moved from the dock to Anchorage so we are filling up with diesel and filling up our gas tanks for the boat too so we can explore the dog's life is still part of the cruise but it is I don't know what it is different, so it will be the good part of the cruise life that we are reaching.

We have our new Genoa fired up and are about to activate Code Zero which is looking a little rough around the edges. and we're going to get out of here, then we move out of Anchorage to try to find whale sharks, and there's a whale shark right here. I was like there were birds. I'm like making lunch anyway. Holy, look how big, let's get into the water. You guys see it, it's right there, it's like a big dark mess, there it goes and for the whale shark, I hope it's not a ball of bait with sharks underneath.

He could be backing into her real quick, that's right there, what do you think of all his action? What are you doing backing up? We'll see what happens here. What is a paintball? Was there something around him? No, it's just huge, which we didn't find. A lot of people have been asking about our bulkheads, although I guess that video was it. It's not very popular because no one seems to have seen it, so can you give us a little update on what you actually fixed with its bulkheads and if they're okay? Yes, then the drama ended.

The ship is fixed. It was not. In the end, one problem with the bulkhead was the bridge deck, which is the area between the two rooms, which was somewhat rotted, causing one of the hulls to move in and out, so I opened the top of the bridge platform. the videos are now online I replaced it with the epoxy and foam core and I sealed it all up and it's stronger than before the boat doesn't creak the seawall seams don't separate and we're ready to go things are fixed which is really Incredible, it makes us happy, it makes us look forward to the next weeks, months and years, so we think everything looks fantastic so far.

There are a lot of rough seas here in the Seychelles. We haven't gotten to the nasties yet, so we probably will. In the next 10 days, don't worry, it will happen, I guarantee you, because we are in the Seychelles, the wind will pick up and get nasty here, so we are waiting for the next weather window to head south, which I think. It will probably be another 10 days 14 days It will probably be my yacht unfortunately Madagascar is not open although there is talk of Madagascar reopening who knows who knows what will happen. We would love to see Madagascar but I don't know. if it's in the cards The maritime borders are still closed and so, yes, the engines are being tested, the sales are being tested, the watermaker, all those things are being tested for the cruise to South Africa.

It's been a fantastic week and we can't wait to return. week of normal boat life again now that's it this we are back we are back we are gliding towards it the weather looks fantastic and in the Seychelles we are entering the cruise season here which is calmer and Rain sleet, that kind of thing, so yeah, the bays are filling up with charter boats and we're in the middle of them and it's amazing, reminds me of the British Virgin Islands, yeah, so next week keep an eye out for some you know, debauchery regular and beautiful. Blue waters, white sand beaches, palm trees, fishing, yeah boy, chaos and no boat work, hopefully, so be safe until then, see you next week, bye.