Trip to Mauritius – Part 2
The first day, we were taken on a car on the South tour. We were lucky to be taken in a car for the pennies we paid – the other honeymooning couples had to settle for a bus, some of them not even having the pleasure of sitting side by side. Apart from the fact that we were taken to more shopping places than we wanted to go to, we enjoyed the trip. The roads, the people became more familiar to us (believe me Mauritians are not the best hospitable people – but they are very interesting with their French accent). We got to see the huge volcanic crater, Troux Aux Cerf, from which the island had formed ages ago. The huge Shiva statue (yes most of them were hindus – they were more religiously celebrating some Murugan festival than probably we do in Chennai), some waterfalls, seven coloured earth and the amazing South-west coast.
The next day we were taken on the North tour and were taken to Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius. The Caudan Waterfront, a huge shopping mall just beside the bay, was an amazing place to hang out. We had our lunch there in an Indian restaurant ‘Namaste’.
