Mauritius Resort & Spa Hilton Wolmar

... driver an hour to find our villa because he only spoke French. Luckily,
one of my friends spoke minimal French, but enough to get him close to our
villa.  It was worth the wait.

On the last day we woke up at 7AM (that was a rough one) to take a speedboat
to a private island. On the island we went snorkeling, played with our frisbee,
and once again….loved life. Before we got on the ship we all stopped at the McDonalds and enjoyed McFlurrys and ...

... and Chinese origins.

Festivals

Maurit ius being a multitude of cultures has a year round of festivities. Many well know festivals which are celebrated on a grand scale are Diwali, Eid, Christmas and the Chinese New Year. All of them have their own charm in their own right, all so different yet they entice you to be participate.
These are just a few entertaining things which can be enjoyed in Mauritius while ...

... and I went to check in.

As I was checking in, the status board above my head suddenly changed from “expected on time” to “delayed four hours: new departure time 10:35 pm. That meant I had six hours to wait rather than two. After getting my boarding pass, I walked upstairs to the café and set up my laptop to get some work done. The sun set right at 6:00 pm. At 7:00 I was provided a dinner in the cafeteria complements of Air Mauritius: raw ...

... came pretty much last! The next race was the 4th that we had a tip from Steve - Pablo. We were a bit dubious but we still put 200 rupees on him. We went crazy when he won! We got 1000 back for our 200! Steve phoned us and said he'd put 50,000 rupees on it he was that sure of it - he won 175,000! For the rest of the day we put a few quid here and there on different horses, mainly due to their ridiculous odds, the colour of ...

... toenail and a ganglion being excised (taken out). Then we decided for lunch to head to a little place that we heard sold 'the best fratata's in Mauritius' which was a little hut type thing set up just outside a clothing factory and thye were right these things were tasty! All in all between the 3 of us we bought 10 of them and it came to 120 rupees (2.50) plus 24 rupees for a couple of cokes - pretty sweet. Anyways then it was time for 'L'adventure d'sucre' which ...

... including nan. We then headed for the hire car place where the car was waiting having been serviced, Mario took the wheel at the start and showed me how it all worked and the rules (i use the term loosely) of the road in Mauritius, then it was my turn......having never driven an automatic i tried to change gear at every roundabout and the indicator stalk is on the other side so i ...

... It is only 100 kms. So, I thought 1 hour. It took us 2,5 hours. Not nice if you need a bathroom. Oh, you say, stop at a pub or bar. Well, that means, you have never been in Mauritius. Just in time, we reached home. To have a sandwich and a murder mystery on our laptop. BUT: we have to inquire for accommodation for the Seychelles. The life of a world traveler is not easy.

... have found a new hobby for when I get back as Pete and I really enjoyed it. We took a Flying Fox down a waterfall into a natural freshwater pool at the end too, a nice refreshing way to finish the hike. We are taking a glass-bottom boat tour on Thursday out to three islands and exploring them, then snorkeling to see "coral and nemo" (as the tour guide put it to me) and then they cook you lobster, shellfish, fish etc on a BBQ and provide all the cocktails ...

... someone to do that. While we were waiting for the girl to go get the hair for the braiding Mark Sondstrome stopped by and talked to us for awhile, and then when he was going to leave I went with him. We did a little more shopping and then we walked back to the ship, it was about a 5 minute walk, definitely not worth taking a taxi. I headed back to the ship after we got back and took a small nap. Then I called Jill and we ended up going out to dinner and hanging out on the ...

We finally broke down and went on one of the boat trips being constantly hawked to us whenever we go to the beach. The boat owners promise a day of snorkelling, whale and dolphin watching, and an island picnic. We decided to see if they were for real. We got a group of seven together, included three Mauritians, who mangaged to knock the price down about 50% for us. It was a fun day filled with misadventure. We were supposed to meet the boat at 9:00, but ...