Ocean Sands Resort And Spa

... ' Sandblow which was a big dune overlooking the town. Incidentally the name of the town comes from the variety of different coloured sands to be found on the beaches. Later that night we saw an Irish musician play at the hostel with Nick busting out ...

... the hostel owner referred me to when I come across a hotel on the other side of the road from the beach, Sea Villa Resort & Spa (www.seavillasmauritius.com).  They have a room and the owner escorts me to the room she has available.  It's ...

... part of the island to check out the resort that I had researched online. We arrived at "Luce d'Alma" to find no other resort guests, & a somewhat surprised receptionist when we asked to see a room. This was a fairly new resort (6 months old) & ...

... around like nothing had happened. I’d been tapping away at the laptop and found us jobs housekeeping at Daydream Island Resort and Spa. The decision to accept the jobs and live and work on a tiny beautiful tropical island in the famed ...

... at the poolside and at night we strolled along the main streets filled with souvenir shops, restaurants and bars.  We were in a quieter resort than Patong Beach but it was ideal for us and had plenty of places to choose from to dine and drink. ...

... tour of the Island, something we had decided to do since long and hadn't found the opportunity for it! We started from the Resort and drove towards the East side. Our first stop was at Brewers Bay beach, a white sands beach with clear waters... ...

Day 1 - Journey From Port Blair (PB) to Havelock Island (HI) The brief stay at the Fortune Island resort at Port Blair was good but nothing compared to the Havelock Island so I am skipping the details. To reach from PB to HI one needs to take a ferry ...

... village      *   Daylesford for the beautiful peaceful scenery, will see this again and stay at a spa resort      *   Swan Hill for the great location beside the water and town Did not ...

... and well fitted out chalet. The rest of the afternoon was spent settling in and a walk down to the beach and explore the resort's facilities. This had been booked as a 'chill out' break after the trip round Vietnam and Cambodia and we were both glad of ...

... branches. For 10 days we did very little apart from swim, snorkel, sunbathe and swim with turtles. We had to rely on the resort for breakfast and dinner. There were very few ‘shops’ in Samoa – they don’t get commercial there at ...

... , some new growth showing close to the ground. Take the Remarkable Rocks turnoff, and get good coastal photos, with white sands, brilliant blue ocean, approaching them. There are a lot of visitors, and a long, easily graded boardwalk leading to the rock. ...

... in town, we turned up to find they were all fully booked! In the end, starving hungry and tired, we headed for our last resort - a farm on a dirt track (actually Caroline's first choice but we hadn't listened!!) about 10km out of town. In the dark, not ...