Continuing our tabletop travel for our Cooking Around the World Adventure this summer, we headed to the Seychelles next. On the Map The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and east of Kenya. from HuffingtonPost.com A Few Fun Facts Pirates used to use the islands of Seychelles as a hideout. It is believed that Olivier Le Vasseur, an infamous pirate, had a treasure worth 100,000 euros that remains undiscovered to this day. Victoria, the capital city of Seychelles, is the smallest capital in the world. Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels, named his character Milton Krest after a tonic and ginger beer that he tried while vacationing in the Seychelles. This country was uninhabited until the latter part of the 18th century, when its first settlers arrived. Almost half of the country is occupied by national parks and reserves, supporting the government’s various environment and ecosystems protection and...
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