Silver Beach Trou d'eau Douce

... 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 ...

... or having a great time looking at other tourists enjoying their vacation. Now, if you wish to do something adventurous, try out some water sports and Para sailing activities offered at the various beaches. Or you can even take a step into the sea waters and enjoying sailing at the sea waves.

Cathedrals

The most popular Cathedrals in Mauritius are the Pere Laval or the famous St. Louis Cathedral in Port Louis ...

... new waves moving swiftly in.

As I stared at the display of raw power, the Prodigues told me this was a suicide spot. They pointed to what looked like a miniature cemetery just behind us. A dozen small crosses had been placed there in memory of people who had ended their lives by jumping into the maelstrom. There certainly didn’t look to be any reasonable chance of escape. Once in, it would be too late for any remedy, there would only be the short time to ...

... pierre and some crossword action (very SAGA holiday!). In the evening we went over to the frecnhies for a cheeky BBQ up on their roof! Good food as per usual including a camembert on the barbee! After that a few cheeky drinks which included a phonecall from the landlord after complaints from the neighbours! Then it was enfant terrible for some chilli rum before heading home in the early hours!

... and riding the centre of the wake! Tried a bit of air but mainly ended with my face in the water! The worst one of which was a jumped off the wake of an approaching boat, got lots of air, thought i was going to land it but the board dug in, got ripped off my feet and i slammed into the water! Not as painful as it could have been! I think the driver felt a bit sorry for me after all of my falls and we ended up out on the water for just under half an hour ...

... pasta, rice, veg, salad, there was loads! Best of all was we had some fish an thought it was pretty tasty and it turned out we had Blue Marlin! After the guys on the boat had played some Sega (local music) we jumped back in for a quick snorkel before heading back to the boat to set sail for home. On the way back we hit the netting again which was again awesome as the waves were even bigger (still not sure how i wasn't sea sick!), a few more drinks and chit chat ...

... commonly known as the Pamplemousses Botanical Garden, is a popular tourist attraction near Port Louis, Mauritius, and the oldest botanical garden in the Southern Hemisphere. The garden was first constructed by Pierre Poivre in 1770, and covers an area of around 37 hectares. While the garden is most famous for its giant water lilies, the garden features spices, ebonies ...

... Out came the thumbs! It was great. We got picked up within 15mins. The drive was an experience because no one speaks English and trying to communicate while hitchhiking is a task well outside of my range...or so I thought. My friends have nicknamed me "The Communicator," just cause I seem to get my point across using my hands. I just though I might have some Italian in me. To make this loooong story short, we thanked Noel ...

... this book is about T-Shirts, and T-Shirts are made of cotton, there was a few chapters on cotton production and therefore Eli Whitney was mentioned a few times. Now this is not what I found exciting, I know he's everywhere because he's 'famous' and all that, we all know that, but what did excite me was that there was a letter in the book from him to his parents, and within the letter he mentioned Westboro! (and he spelled it without the 'ugh') I find it exciting, that as I'm ...

... in Black River Gorges. The entrance fee also allowed us to view the Seven Colored Earths. We couldn't see all seven colors, but it was still interesting, especially the texture of the earth. Someone at the park advised us to take the scenic road home. Maybe this would have been a good idea if we owned a Land Rover. After many huge potholes and puddles as big as lake we made it, but barely...