The once-useless territory has become a real nature reserve and a good reminder of what the Seychelles looked like before the arrival of tourists. Why do people buy large plots of land? Some do it from an overabundance of money and the dream of having their own tropical island. Others, like The North Face founder Douglas Tompkins, are for conservation and national parks. Brandon Grimshaw falls into the second category. One day he bought a useless island in the Seychelles. Now Muayen is the smallest national park in the world. Translated the BBC Travel story about Brandon and his island. Brandon Grimshaw Brandon first comes to the Seychelles in 1962. He is on vacation, and the Seychelles is then a British colony and an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. People only live here. Grimshaw is 37 years old and a successful editor working with some of East Africa's biggest newspapers. The continent is very interesting, countries are becoming independent one after a...