Barefoot Mornings in the Seychelles

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The Seychelles rewards early risers. Before eight, the granite boulders are still cool, the sand is untouched, and the fruit bats have returned to their roosts.

Start with coffee on your villa deck, then walk the beach in the direction the tide is leaving. You will find cowries, driftwood, and sometimes a turtle track from the night before.

By ten, the trade winds fill and the water turns from glass to rippled silk. That first hour belongs to you, the birds, and the slow unfolding of another perfect day.