Local tea is also popular - see below under Shopping . A hotel licence permits hotel residents to drink at any time. It is illegal to drink alcohol on any road or in public. Largely undeveloped and unsophisticated. There is, however, much to be enjoyed in the evenings, and a speciality is the local camtolet music, often accompanied by dancers.
Several hotels have evening barbecues and dinner dances.
Pottery and paintings may also be bought. Special souvenirs might include jewellery made from green snail shells. Tea-growing and manufacturing in the Seychelles is done on a small scale. Local tea can be bought in the shops or when visiting the tea factory on Mah , where many blends of tea may be sampled at the Tea Tavern. Vanilla is cultivated as a climbing plant around the base of trees as pollination can be done by hand.