Veranda Hotel Grand Baie

... 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 ...

... with shelves and semi-aisles of local fruit and veg - it was really cool! Then next door was a little convenience store so we stopped in to pick up a couple of cold beers and went back to the beach to drink them before heading home quite content and in a lot better mood than i had been earlier in the day! When I got back i was absolutely shattered so had a cheeky pasta dish for dinner, watched a little TV and went to bed.

... s bigger in Mauritius. Except the food portions. There's a funny story behind this statement, I promise. So a few friends and I go to Pizza Hut for dinner, right (hey, we can only deal with so much new stuff...there is a cracking point), and we decide to get an order of bread sticks and a medium pizza because there were three of us. We felt confident that it would be enough food for all of us, and probably more to take back to the dock and eat in front ...

... all sorts of early. Can only check in 3 hours ahead of time. Have 9 hours before my flight. Meet a new friend who works at the airport. He gets off in 10 minutes. Go to his buddy's house for drinks. (Who goes home with a random stranger by the way???) They feed me gin and sprite. Another. I refuse another. They insist. We talk for a while. They are nice. Head to his ...

... because everyone was looking down at the ground and then all of a sudden you'd hear a girl scream. Everyone would be doing what we called the cockroach dance, lifting their feet way high up in the air and jumping around all over the place. I'm sure we killed more cockroaches that way. We all went out for Chinese that night. It was very close to what we have at home but everything's a little milder. They made up for it with this sauce that they put on the table. IT WAS SO ...

... in Malawi, she stays with friends to avoid being alone. She must be on her guard at all times, whether Bill is with her or not. She told me she has learned so many things in the four years they have been there that she will never look at life the same way. I have a great deal of admiration for people like Bill and Cheryl especially since this is not their country but they have accepted to serve for a period of time there hoping that eventually a South African could and ...

Hey there! We're finally here. For the most part, our journey to Mauritius was pleasant and uneventful, except for the long boring 8 hour layover in London. The service on Air Mauritius was awesome! Amelie, our 6mth old, is a great traveler, no fuss at all and she got the most sleep out of all of us in the private little cot! As we broke through the clouds before landing, I could already tell the country has changed a lot since I left it 30 years ago. While there was still ...

... lucky to see so many. We all got very sun burned because the sun is so strong in Mauritius and they say it doesn't matter how much sunscreen you wear you will still get burnt. After the catamaran ride we came back to Mauritius and went to dinner and out to some bars. That night we all went swimming at the beach because we had the beach to ourselves and we had a bonfire on the beach which was a lot of fun. There were 13 of us who stayed in the hotel and we shared four ...