O pen up…

Hi,

So I returned from US on 20th Jan and set off to Mauritius the next day – our first anniversary, with Deepthi. I was in a true holiday mood  and felt very emotional when we were in the Air Mauritius flight. Beleive me, even Air India would feel good after you fly Lufthansa (had a real bad experience in Lufthansa while flying in and out of US). Deepthi and I exchanged some nice words to each other as we set ourselves on the journey. After 6 hours of flight, the first glimpse of Mauritius enthralled us. Amidst the lush green hills and the sugarcane farms we landed and it was very hot outside , some 37 degrees celsius. Just 2 days earlier, I had experienced -2, so Mauritius felt like heaven to me. Most of the people we met were of Indian origin, of course it had been 4 generations since they had left India. We were given our itinerary which did not look promising, but I had all the hopes for a great holiday. The drive on the island was very nice, we introduced ourselves to the 2 couples travelling with us in our coach. They had come on honeymoon, which made us the senior citizens there !

The resort where we were put up wasn’t that great – but we felt that was value for money. And since we were not on our honeymoon, we did not need such niceties. The hotel was on the west coast (yep we had a beach beside our hotel). The beaches in Mauritius are amazing and are very interesting. They are surrounded by a coral line which is some 30-50 feet away from the coast. The tides stop there and their impact almost becomes zero by the time they reach the coast (This coral line had actually helped Mauritius survive during Tsunami). The water with its aqua marine blue colour can fill the hearts of any romantic.