Bougainville Hotel Trou d'eau Douce

Et 4 jours pour faire le reste de l ile maurice, ancienne ile de france. 4 jours c est peu mais la promotion aerienne que j ai eu m inpose ces dates. En effet, le trajet reunion - ile maurice est un vol qui est dit un des plus chers du monde, 20 minutes de vol sont facturees entre 250 et 500 euros.

... was already time to head back to the ship. Saying goodbye to our house was very depressing, but somehow we got through it. We then walked down the beach and met up with some friends. After finding everyone we grabbed some breakfast right on the beach and then went over to the grocery store to buy more alcohol. No I’m just kidding, we wanted to get some snacks for onboard the ship. Once we finished our shopping, it ...

... the clouds had lifted sufficiently to view the dormant volcanic crater below us making for a good photographic opportunity, however looking back seawards the view overlooking the bay and the beautiful coral sea in the distance was rapidly being obliterated by the descending clouds which then unleashed its payload in a deluge, swamping everything and everybody not covered up, we were luck to only ...

... and they love that over here. Either way it meant i could have a massive juicy burger for cheap overlooking the beach so i was happy! The girls then cranked out the presents - Banana bar t-shirts! Awesome presents as this is where we had spent most of our time! After thanks, some farewell photos, organisation of trips to each uni and our final goodbyes we jumped in the car and made our way back home once again with sad faces as more of our friends were off!

... in all we got very lucky! At the end there was a little hut built by the British ages ago and you climb to the top and look out over the most incredible view - tree tops, turqoiuse sea and the rugged south coast - it was awesome. After a few photos and the story of how Mauritus was discovered in the port area we were overlooking it was unfortunately time to head home. While waiting for the boat you could see how the water had ...

... were full. Then we headed off to the south, though with some trepidation. It had become evident that we were visiting Mauritius during their high season. While the weather is getting warmer and warmer here, it is getting colder and colder in Europe , thus a huge influx of visitors from France , Germany , Italy and England . Resorts were fully booked, guesthouses were full. Nonetheless we headed out onto the ...

... Crème de Menthe, and grenadine, and a B52, which didn't taste very good but they light it on fire before you suck it down with a straw, so that was exciting. We were six of about ten SASers at the bar for quite awhile, so we sat around the table just relaxing and chatting before the DJ starting playing good dance music. It was later in the evening at this point, so more SAS kids were starting to show up, but I spent the rest of my evening speaking ...

Shortly before our departure from Mauritius, we went to an art gallery and restaurant named Le Maniglier in Trou d'Eau Douce. It is located on the grounds of a an old Sugar mill, with the old stone mill now converted in a gallery and restaurant. Maniglier is the last surviving student of Matisse. Her original work hang on every wall of the gallery and some are for sale and not at a budget price... The old stone building, the sugar estate surrounded by sugar cane fields ...

... a large drum which I am very excited about and got a great price on. However, I didn't think about how in the world I was going to get it back to the ship much less home. I took the drum out of the bag and put it by the strap around my back and keep walking through the crowded market. I kept hitting people with my drum and got the strangest looks from people. I didn't want to go back to the ship to just put the large drum down so I just walked around for the next two hours ...

Mauritius, the island of the legendary extinct dodo bird. Well that's something to brag about. Okay so off the ship and you have to take a water taxi about 500 ft to get to the waterfront for one dollar. So they are basically making bank, with about 700 hundred students crossing back and forth 2-6 times a day. We got across and first thing we see is a Mickey D's. No matter where you go, America has been there first. So our plan is to go to the beach and have fun in the sun. This island is as ...