After 7 sea days across the Indian ocean, we are excited to be on solid ground today. … Because after this, 5 more sea days…
We decided to take it very easy, not join any excursions, just be on our own and explore….
First stop is a beach called Mont Choisy…. There are many beaches but our taxi driver helped us pick one and it’s a beautiful one…. Not too commercial not too touristy
People here mostly speaks French and then English… Lots of soft spoken people and a lot of Indian, Chinese and creole influence… When we pulled in the Port we were surprised to see many Taiwanese fishing boats at the harbor flying Taiwanese flag! Apparently Mauritius is an important international seaport base for Taiwan… Traffic is very congested in the city area
Fresh seafood meal and mojito for lunch….. There are many sugar plantation on the island and the major ingredient of Mojito is rum which is made from sugar molasses… Thus mojito is big here
We checked out their central market and lots of fruits look familiar….. Love how they carve mini pineapples that are palm size into a swirl
Now we cannot visit Mauritius without mentioning the dodo bird… It went extinct since 1681 due to over harvestation but somehow the memory of these adorable birds lives on and grew strong…. Now it’s the national mascot and ambassadors of Mauritius… In the city, almost Every where you turn there’s either a statue of it or a merchandise of it….
Goodbye Mauritius…
Just returned from the gym. All those food and fruit in the photo make me hungry like hell. I wish you gain five pounds. Sorry.