Week 2

We had met the neighbors on both sides of our Villa and agreed that we would each take turns to host everyone with Cheese and Wine every Saturday evening.

Virtually every day there was a brief rainstorm that would cool things down. On Friday 23rd it looked like the rain had settled in for the day so we decided to visit the central part of the Island. We visited the extinct volcanic crater in Curepipe and the Bois Chiri tea farm.

There are some factory outlet stores in Curepipe that sell famous clothing brands that are manufactured in Mauritius. Luckily we had lived in Dubai for 7 years and had an idea of pricing and felt the factory store was overpriced - We looked and bought nothing.

Curepipe Crater and the Bois Chiri Tea Farm

Grand Bay become our preferred destination for grocery shopping as the large supermarket stocked everything including wine.

Some days we would drive along the coast in search for nice snorkeling beaches. Palmar was one of the beaches that I would visit for an afternoon snorkel.

During our travels in 2014, I had completed 10 hours of Kite Surf training in Walvis bay and could stand up and travel a short distance before making a mistake and ending up back in the water. I decided that I wanted to improve my skills so I signed up for further training.