Venture into the Botanical Garden (Not in Eden)

If you're the kind of nature-loving person who adored a simple walk with a nice breeze in the early morning, perhaps you're also pissed with the tortoise traffic, then stop by and take a good sip of pomegranate juice at the Botanical Garden situated in the town of Mahe but of course don't forget to tag along your family.

I was never expecting that the Botanical Garden possessed a relaxing view by walking around heading towards the tortoise's haven or the Thai Garden at a nearby Wildflour Cafe brought a therapeutic effect on my nerves.

It was Sage's first exposure at the Botanical Garden as well. He enjoyed the area by walking, running, talking about it. I was glad that even if I have been living in Seychelles for almost seven years now, the first time I set foot in the place, I was blown away by its calming vibrant together with our baby. The very main reason why I wanted to visit there is to enjoy the view with our toddler.

Sage at nearly three years now loved to explore every place that he seemed to be so engrossed with. Just like fishing, he can't contain his happiness with the tortoises. As soon as he saw them, he wanted to come close but there's restriction so we just looked a them at a pace. On the video, as we were heading towards the place, his gesture to keep quiet amused me to the hilt. He felt the sanctuary and we could only hear the chirping of the birds too.

On the other hand, emerging myself with nature here in Seychelles can make me forget how I have grown up and worked in my entire life in the busy city-life whereby I don't have the time to take a brisk walk on a Monday. Life here is just so chill! Never on a Monday that I take my brisk walk back then because even if it's my holiday, I spend it working on my side hustles.

It's only when I lived here that I learned how to take a minute to have a reflexology walk at Roche Caiman, or take a dip in the beach, likewise sitting outside our veranda looking at the greeneries! Before, I never gave myself time to do all these things because I thought it was merely a waste of time. Now realization hit me hard, how I have wasted my time on those things that just made me more burned out.

This time around I learned to take a slow pace and savour what nature can give me in return when I pause for a while and simply stare at its beauty. The Botanical Garden is one of the places I would hang out with my baby and my hubby because these two are my gateway to a relaxing view.

I hope I took justice to the video I compiled for our walk. Ces't la vie!