📬 Expedition Letter #2 – Seychelles

/ Alex from Coco

Ahoy Explorers! Come to a Tiny Archipelago Near East Africa With Us to Learn:

  • Why are the world’s HUGEST coconuts only growing in 2 tiny islands in the whole world?
  • How come GIANT TORTOISES only exist in the wild in Galapagos… and Seychelles?

This little far-flung group of islands is where the GREEN COCO EXPEDITION began. Where is this place??

After searching around the world, we found our catamaran Nesi in this archipelago. This video tells the story of us moving there from Polynesia.

This is a remote place that had no international airport until 1972. Captain K’s dad visited these islands enroute from Tanzania to India by cargo ship in the mid-60s, it probably looked very different indeed. Probably like this:

Fun Facts about Seychelles

#1. It’s a Small Country with a LOT of islands spread over 800 nautical miles.

#2. It has the world’s largest coconut, only growing on Praslin and Cousin islands. It’s got a fascinating biology.

#3. It’s the only mid-ocean islands with GRANITE in the world.

This is the good stuff that we cover in our Expedition Letter #2 — sent by snail mail to subscribers around the world. [Subscribe for $10/month. Learn more about it here.]

What the Letters look like this in real person:

Thanks friends in Morro Bay, CA for sharing your stoke!

We also include some random fun stuff for the kids, like….

How to dive without being a fish:

These are the stories to we’re sharing with our kids and we want to share it with your family too. Little tales from the places we are blessed to visit around the world in this community world-schooling voyage!

Our Expedition teacher Joelie is the artist behind these beautiful letters — customs made works of art that you can touch and feel.

Every Expedition Letter is a chance to be surprise and learn something weird and wonderful.

The world is big. You’re part of it. And there’s still so much to explore.

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Thanks for being part of the journey with us… and keep following the stoke.

— The Green Coco Expedition Team ⛵️💫

PS. we’ll be sharing more about the Coco-de-Mer and the Granite in the Seychelles very soon!

Stay posted.

Watch the video of us moving from Polynesia to Seychelles here:

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