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Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles

Posted August 7, 2009 , trackback

Today is a lazy day, a day for eyes closed and yeah. Mm-hmm. Cold drinks with mint, this maybe that, who knows? Ice cream is too taxing for today, the way it melts so fast, which tells you just how lazy a day it is. Today I want a soft beach. Slack. Today I want to go to the Seychelles.

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Better than bathwater. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8982863@N04/1984509590/

The very word is slow: Seychelles. And the best beach there is inarguably Anse Lazio, a beach that just sounds delicously lazy. Say it with me: Anse Lazio. Honestly the softest sand, fine grained and clean white. Shockingly clear turqoise water Indian Ocean warm and alive. Fringed by supermodel tall palms and Takamaka trees, the beach is a crescent shaped moon of paradise.

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Mm-hmmmm… http://www.flickr.com/photos/8444772@N04/509817355/

Located on the northwest corner of Praslin Island in the Chevalier Bay, Anse Lazio is easily the Homecoming Queen of Seychelles beaches, if not beaches all over the world. Often included in top ten lists, this beach is perfectly situated for spectacular sunsets. Honeymooners flock here, as do families and travelers of all kinds. Due to the relative protection of coral reef, the water is ideal for swimming and snorkeling. Sea turtles are common, as well as fish of all types and color; the beauty below water easily matches that found above.

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Sea turtle. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28220564@N07/2974405359/

To one side of the beach rise the craggy boulders of Pointe Chevalier. To the other side the island curves giving the crescent of beach a natural boundary, creating just the right illusion of secluded paradise. With the lush background of verdant jungle and the expanse of blinding white sand, the technicolor blue of water and sweet off-shore breeze, Anse Lazio is almost too much to take in, almost too much to believe. But close your eyes, yeah. It’s real. And I’m going.

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