Seychelles

When I was in high school, my older brother asked for and received The Travel Book for Christmas one year. It was the most comprehensive traveling book I have ever seen in my entire life. It had a profile for every country and territory in the world along with travel tips and different sights and cultural activities that the authors recommend.

Anyways, the first place that truly captured my imagination was the island nation of Seychelles, located in the Indian Ocean equidistant from East Africa, the Arabian coast and India. The Seychelles are a popular vacation spot for Europeans because of the picturesque beaches and the world class resorts. Seychelles also used to be a British territory so the national language is English.

I spent years trying to convince my parents to let our family vacation to the Seychelles but the reality is that it is a very remote location and hard to get to...especially for Americans. Hopefully one day I will be able to say that I have been to the Seychelles because it is certainly a major goal of mine and currently the top of my list of places I want to see before I die.