Mauritius

Hello everyone, unfortunately I don’t think this is going to be the most exciting post for all of you. Mauritius is the Hawaii or Mexico of Europe and S. Africa. I spent my entire time sitting on the beach and sipping rum. I digress, not the entire time, but the vast majority of the time.

The group I was with rented a Villa for the two nights I was there in Grand Baie, which is the tourist center of the island. Harold, our land lord, met us at the local grocery store and drove us to the villa. The villa was very nice and perfectly adequate to our needs. It was about five minutes away from the beach where I spent the majority of the day.

The second day I had an opportunity to cook. It was semi-successful. I made chicken and beef roulade stuffed with sausage, polenta, and seafood risotto. Unfortunately, all the drunkies I was with ate all the food before I had a chance to try it. C’est la vie. Later that night I watched a live Jazz performance which was a great deal of fun. It was at a club within walking distance from the Villa.

The next day I went hiking and cliff diving. A group of us hired a driver for the day who took us to a waterfall overlook. We thought perhaps the place we could jump off of was down a path. After hiking for around an hour or so we decided to turn around. Our driver was very happy to see us as we came out of the trail. Apparently monkeys regularly attack and kill people when the walk the trail. Who knew… We were all fine though!

After that adventure, he took us to the actual cliff diving place. Another brief hike, and we came to the waterfall we would jump off of. It was a 12 meter jump or ~40 feet. Lots of fun. Then it was back to Port Louis to get back on the boat.

PS I'm working on pictures. Hopefully I'll be able to post some soon!