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9°24’S, 46°22’E Giovanni, the young man in the Stanford cap, has spent two years on Aldabra Atoll. He and eighteen other young researchers are working here, two days by sea from their Seychellois homes on or near Victoria, Seychelles. There is no air strip, heliopad or quicker transportation. Identifying fast flying seabirds comes as easily to these twenty-somethings as California …
Getting there Seychelles-style
4.61°S 55.45°E Dispatch: Seychelles Weeks have passed without spotting a paved road or any vehicle larger than a motorbike. Boats in harbors and two legs on sandy paths are the primary method of transport for this island world. Finding a large port like Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles, capital comes as a bit of shock. Cargo containers are stacked, unloaded and moved …