Wednesday, July 10, 2019

The Constance Ephelia in Seychelles

We were greeted with big smiles at the Constance Ephelia. It was 9:30 and standard check in is not till 2:00 PM. Lucky for us the cleaning crew had just left Villa number 9. Thus we were going to be able to get in much earlier than that. We were given breakfast as a courtesy. It was a delightful buffet but it was even more delightful when they came in the buggy and took us up to our villa. The decorations on the bed were so sweet and masterfully done. Thanks housekeeping! Once we were alone, we immediately stripped down and jumped into the pool.  It is our personal infinity pool so there were no rules broken. A bit later our butler, Asumani, who is from Zimbabwe brought up our personal golf cart lucky #53. He was absolutely delightful and he liked when we told him that we had been to Victoria Falls. Once we got our buggy we took it out for a ride.  We are in a hillside villa and the hill is quite steep. There are three switchbacks in the track up to the villas. But we mastered this challenge.



The roof of the reception area


A nice place to check in


Looking out from the reception. There is a pool or water feature at every location


Driving to breakfast 


Very tropical 


Breakfast of champions


The villas have a dedicated breakfast spot a soft boiled egg throw away 


The beach we look down to from our villa 



Leading up to the villa 


It's hard to gauge the steepness but I would estimate it to be a 10% grade


The rocks along the track


One of the switchbacks 


Our villa with huge natural boulders in front


Panoramic view from our deck


Towel swans mate for life


Anniversary Mr/s Leip


Happy Wedding,  oops these two are out of order


Sweetness 


Flowers from the bed 


Tubby time 


Poolside


Off to our spa hut


Looking back up to the front


Walkway to the entrance of our villa


The spa hut


Our butler Asumani 


Time for a Joyride!