Hello all I thought I would write some final words to close the blog and draw the curtain on my travels. As I have told some of my friends, taking time off is the best thing I did for myself. At the risk of sounding zen, it has been an immensely rewarding experience. My travels have allowed me to rediscover myself and the values I hold dear, and it was a good test of my mettle. There were times I wanted to quit and go back home but I managed to find it in myself to press on. Undoubtedly, the hardest [View Full Entry]

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After the excitement of safari, the second half of the honeymoon didn't start as smoothly as planned. We had already had our flights changed not long before the wedding and instead of flying directly from Nairobi to Mauritius we had to get up early to fly down to Johannesburg before catching a connecting flight to Mauritius. All was going well until the connecting flight was cancelled due to problems with the plane or some other rubbish. We were among three hundred or so unhappy people who had to be ferried to a local hotel, queue for a room and wait to [View Full Entry]

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It is an n amazing place to see giant tortoise and crocodile here in Mauritius. It has around 200 giant Tortoise rooming around there u can sit on them for a photo shoot, they also have hatchery of tortoise. They have hatchery for tortoise starting from 1 yrs till 10 yrs and more. It has also a collection of butterflies and insects museum known as insectariums. Visitations there mean you will go beyond your imagination of viewing the insects and beautiful butterflies of different shape and colors. You also come across fruit bats which are from Madagascar. They have collection of [View Full Entry]

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Mauritius Photos http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2423405&id=8643197&l=27275d5baf [View Full Entry]

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We circled above the gorgeous island of Mauritius before landing occasionally spotting beautiful stretches of white sand belonging to innumerable 5 star resorts. Most people associate the island with honeymoons and expensive family holidays but we were there for much more important and special occasions. Lucie’s brother Jonathan lives on the island with his wife and newly born baby girl, Jordan. Luc hadn’t seen him or Nat for 2 years, I had obviously never met either of them, and Luc was about to meet her first niece for the first time! I have to admit that I was quite nervous meet [View Full Entry]

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Two days, two very different islands, two very different impressions. Yesterday we arrived ahead of schedule (pronounced "shed-jul") in Port Louis, Mauritius. This used to be a British Colony, but became independent in 1968. The official language is English, but most of the signs and people we ran across spoke French. The shuttle bus from the ship to the "downtown" was a disaster. It took us over half and hour to get to the other side of the harbor (no more than 1/4 mile as the crow flies) where the shopping mall was. Not the center of town at all. It [View Full Entry]

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We were in Mauritius today. For anyone who's not sure (and I had absolutely no idea when I first saw the itinerary change), Mauritius is an island off the coast of Madagascar and is basically half way between South Africa and India. I had some mixed feelings about my experience in Mauritius, but overall the country is beautiful, and I'm very glad we got to go. Mostly I guess I just wish we had more time there, because no one would have gotten so upset if we were there for another day. Oh well though. So in the morning we left [View Full Entry]

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Landed in Mauritius on Dec 30, stayed at Auberge de Rose Hill. It was the cheapest I found and it was $24 Cdn per night which includes breakfast of bread with butter & jam, tea or coffee, and tang (fake orange juice). There were no dorms, just room with bath. the bed sheets didn’t look clean and everything was pretty dingy. I found that the window could not lock and the room was on street level facing the street so anyone could have just come in and the window was pretty big, so I asked for another room. (all the rooms [View Full Entry]

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The beaches I went to were Pereybere in the north, Belle Mare and Blue Bay in the east, Gris Gris, and Rivieres des Galets in the south, Le Morne in the southwest, La Preneuse and Flic en Flac in the west. I went snorkeling in Belle Mare, Blue Bay, Le Morne, La Preneuse and Flic en Flac. Pereybere was way way too crowded. It’s made up of several small beaches. Gris Gris has very big waves but interesting landscape and caves to explore for the very good swimmer who can swim in the big waves. But the undercurrent is strong and [View Full Entry]

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Its being please to visit IIe Aux Cerf it is relayy a true paradise on earth. The variety in water sports thrill you to be a part of it . Its a small island you can visit it with the help of speed boart and enjoy a lots from para sailing to surfing and last but not the least u can enjoy scuba driving also. with banana boat sailing . [View Full Entry]

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