Friday, April 29, 2011
La Digue Island - Seychelles
The fourth largest island of the Seychelles group, La Digue is considered to be one of the most beautiful islands with palm-fringed beaches, towering granite boulders and turquoise waters.La Digue is the fourth largest inhabited island of the Seychelles, lying east of Praslin and west of Felicite Island. It has a population of about 2,000 people, who mostly live in the west coast villages of La Passe (linked by ferry to Praslin and Mahé) and La Réunion. It has an area of 10 km². La Digue is named after a ship in the fleet of French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, who visited the Seychelles in 1768.
