Port Louis, Mauritius

Our stay in Mauritius was short but sweet. The first day I wandered around the town, went to the market, then jumped on a bus to the popular tourist destination, Flic en Flack.  The market had fruits and vegetables I didn’t even know existed! Mauritius has a fusion of cultures African, Indian, Chinese, Christian, Hindi, Muslim and the market catered to everyone. Everything was displayed so precisely and beautifully, it was definitely my favorite market so far.  Afterwards, I met up with some friends who rented a villa in Flic en Flack. Jeremy and I missed having the ability to cook, so we picked up some groceries and headed to the kitchen! We cooked out at their villa, had some wine, and sang along with one of the boys on the guitar. It was probably the best dinner I am going to have on this whole trip, not because the food was amazing, but because of the company! We laughed so much there wasn’t any time to eat!
    
The next day I went to an adventure park where we climbed through an obstacle course while tied to a harness. What a workout! Then a large group of us went to eat at a Chinese restaurant with the interport student Vanni, where I  had some more memorable moments. We had a good group of people together, and while we ate a woman entertained the restaurant by singing along with the preprogrammed rhythms from a keyboard, like "time after time" and “you’re still the one”. She was so much fun to sing along with, but the best part was when they started to play country music and ALL of the old Asians in the restaurant got up and started line dancing!! It was amazing, and of course I got up and started dancing with them! I was so thrilled!

The last day I went back to Flic en Flack for a catamaran snorkeling adventure. It just topped of my stay in Mauritius! Snorkeling was remarkable, to be able to breath and see while you swim was an unbelievable sensation! I was expecting the fish to be more colorful, but it was still breathtaking. I had to look hard but I found teal, blue, yellow, red and purple fish, a sea cucumber and a water snake that is supposed to be instantly deadly! Ah!

I left Mauritius with marvelous memories.