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Celebrate - Mauritius Vacation



While Peter was away touring the island Charlie and Cathy were busy on boat jobs,arranging for spares to be flown in (a very tedious process) celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary (an enjoyable process) and then getting prepared for the margarita party (more about this in another log). So it was a busy time and when the dust had settled they were in need of a proper vacation. We first had an great day on the World ARC tour taking us to Labordonnais a beautifully restored French mansion forming part of a sugar plantation,then to a sugar exhibition within a disused mill and after lunch a stroll around the Botanical Gardens at Pamplemousses one of the oldest in the world with many grand specimen trees.

Then it was time for our own mini tour;taking a rental car we headed South to the traditional resort of Flic en Flac for a hotel stop. The next morning we toured the gorges of the Riviere Noire National Park. We climbed to the top of the park and were treated to dramatic wooded valleys leading down to the West coast and waterfalls. We revisited (for Peter) the hindu shrine at Grand Basin and enjoyed a delicious creole lunch at the Bois Cheri tea plantation overlooking the estate and the South Coast beyond. This was followed by tea tasting of their speciality teas; the one flavored with locally grown vanilla was particularly good. Then back to Port Louis in time to be briefed on the short next stage to Reunion.

Charlie, Cathy and Peter


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