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The Kindness of Strangers in the Seychelles
Mahé, Seychelles
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While visiting the Seychelles, we made an unplanned trip to Sundown, a restaurant at Port Glaud. We decided to go there because I had remembered reading about it on Chocolate and Zucchini as a good example of local food. We were headed in that direction to take a scenic drive through the Morne Seychellois, the verdant National Park. The restaurant’s structure was a simple wooden building...
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The Kindness of Strangers in the Seychelles
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