After leaving Grand Bay, Mauritius we headed to the most southwestern tip of the Island to Le Morne on the 29th of May. This beautiful peninsula got its name when, in the early 19th century, escaped slaves climbed the 556m cliffs for refuge. Upon hearing other climbers near, the slaves panicked and threw themselves off [...]
We marked our 3rd anniversary together on May 30th-
Looking back over the years, our married life was really anything but glamorous, with my mom getting sicker each year and 2 failed in-vitro attempts there was a lot of stress in such a young marriage.
Jay entered into a union which I could not give [...]
I recently celebrated my 29th birthday. Since we were in India, Eva could not get creative and decide on an appropriate gift. So she waited until our anniversary drew near and surprised me with the green light on Kite surfing lessons. For all that know me, I am a junky for anything involving a board [...]
The coat of arms of Mauritius shows two animals, a sambur deer and the lovely dodo bird whose docility was rewarded by extinction.Poor things…
Lonely planet offered this information:
“Illustrations from the logbooks of the first ships to reach Mauritius show hundreds of plump flightless birds running down to the beach to investigate the newcomers. Lacking [...]
One of the benefits to knowing May Bensen is that she knows all the movers and shakers in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is, what you call in the business, well connected- (by the way there are thousands of benefits to knowing her- but to name them all would take too long). So, when May found [...]
I could not possibly explain the delight, enthusiasm and relief I felt when, outside my plane window, Mauritius appeared.
It was like being a drunken sailor, seeing his first mermaid. I could not believe my eyes- the sheer beauty of the island was blatantly obvious, even from above the cloud line.
Before our descent I knew things [...]
Our fearless and dedicated driver, Sanjay, took us on a whirlwind tour of India in a 2 cylinder car which had a knack for stalling when the A/C was cranked on. His caste is that of Rajput- which is a warrior caste- but his subcaste is of a singing one. His grandfather was the last [...]