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Honeymoon – Day Nineteen

London

We awoke super early, 5:30 as we needed to leave by 6 to catch our flight. Halfway through getting ready, reception called and said we wouldn’t leave till 8 as our flight was delayed. This gave us time to chill out and watch a few episodes of The IT crowd. 

Once at the airport, after checking in and making it through security, we went to the lounge to wait. I rewatched Pitch Perfect 3 while we waited. Finally, after what seemed like forever, our flight was called and we made our way onto the plane, in the rain. The weather made it slightly easier to leave as we weren’t leaving the island in glorious sunshine!

The flight was pretty uneventful but felt super long. Nim watched films, later to discuss with Jono but I chose children’s films, Finding Nemo and Toy Story, I knew Jono wouldn’t want to chat about these ones! As per, I had a nap and then we were told that we were coming in to land we were seeing London out the window. I didn’t get much of a view as Nim’s head was always in my way ( he had the window seat ). 

Finally, we managed to grab our bags and sit on the long and hot, muggy tube home. Home was a welcome sight as we were both exhausted and ready for sleep. We had previously decided to try and fight the jet lag and time differences by staying up till bed time in the UK and waking up at a reasonable time so that we weren’t still 3 hours ahead in our body clocks. We managed to fight the tiredness and droopy eyes till 10 O’Clock, which is 1 am in the Seychelles, before needing to collapse into bed. It definitely felt good to be home and to get back to normal reality, even if I have a ton of washing to catch up on and we both have to face work next week. 

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Honeymoon – Day Eighteen

Mahe

Our last morning in Desroches was filled with packing and breakfast, they have great pain au raisin which Nim is upset that he can’t eat. We had some sad goodbyes with the lovely staff who had made us feel so at home and comfortable during our stay! We checked out and sat by the beach for a while, chatting about the plans for the next few days at home before we both go back to work. 

The staff came to see us off on the runway before we waved goodbye to the island from the sky. The rest of the afternoon was spent back in Mahe, sitting out on the balcony and absorbing the last moments of our holiday. 

Bedtime was an early one as the alarm was being set back at stupid o’ clock for an early start so we could catch our flight back to London.

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Honeymoon – Day Twelve

Mahe

The sound of the alarm, which was definitely tedious especially as it was a holiday, woke us up so we could get ready for our flight across to the Seychelles. After packing and breakfast, we made our way to the airport where we whizzed through security and had our two hour wait for the plane. We watched the end of The Lion King and started watching Paddington. Once we were boarded on the plane, I requested that we continue back to back with Paddington Two, children’s films are just the greatest!!! Nim didn’t seem to mind. Paddington Two, which I hadn’t seen before, proved me to be soppy and I ended up crying on a plane for the second time this holiday ( I watched Me Before You on the way from London to Nairobi which always brings on the waterworks ). Nim wins more dutiful husband points on this flight too as he chatted to, well at, me to distract me for the last chunk of the flight as I was feeling slightly poorly. 

Once we landed in Mahe, we were taken down to the hotel we were staying in for the night, and will visit again on the way back home.  The scenery and beauty of Mahe is unmistakeable and unavoidable as it is everywhere. Green palm trees, hills and blue sea alongside the subtle breeze and humid heat. 

Once we were settled into our room, dinner and bed was well and truly welcome after another day of travelling.