On reaching the hotel, we were welcomed by a lady named 'Sidney'. Sidney had a very french accent. She asked us to fill up a form. After we filled up the form, we were asked to give a copy of our 'wedding CORD'. Atleast that was the way I heard it !!
I've been to the states and spoken to people with British and Chinese accent of English but the french one was new and I had to ask the lady 3-4 times before I finally understood that 'CORD' was actually card. Realising it, was, of course, another shock as throughout the booking of our trip we'd never been told that we would be asked for proof of our marriage at the hotel. Luckily, I had the wedding card scanned and had uploaded it up on my gmail. Another good thing was that I had my 'Galaxy Smartphone' ....I connected to the Wi-fi and sent it to the hotel email ID. We had reached the hotel at around 12 noon and the check in time was 2 P.M. However we were given the room at around 1:15 PM...thank god for that !! From 12 noon to 1:15 P.M we went for a tour of the hotel.
The hotel had its own beachfront, a lovely swimming pool adjoining a bar overlooking the white sands of the beach and blue ocean waters !!!
After checking in and settling down...we went for our proper 'Lunch' (Before that we had mom's home made 'chivda'). Lunch was pizza....well made and a very wholesome meal.
We went to our rooms, freshened up and napped a bit. At 3:45 P.M, a gentleman called 'Fardeen' showed up to plan our activities for our week of stay. Fardeen was one of those guys who love to show the world that they're 'simply cool'. He had his 'brochuurresss' ready and at hand...and explained all the couples, the day tours and the activities and water sports he had to offer and the prices. Each couple selected their favourites. We picked up...Parasailing and the Blue safari submarine. After this we spent some more time in our rooms.......resting. As the evening came, it was a great joy to see the sunset on the horizon and watching the sun drown its acrylic colours in the blue waters and then enjoy the light cool breeze, whilst sitting on the beach chairs and enjoying the romantic star show !!!
The next day, it was the south island tour. This included...
the glass factory...which was rubbish,
the diamond factory...there was no factory to be frank!!
The dead volcano...this was just a crater with lot of volcanic ash solidified...The mountain had a good view, however !!
The 7 coloured earth of the chamarel ...you really can see the 7 colours...we have taken lots of photos here and near the sleeping volcano !!
The sovenir shops....where we shopped for some sovenirs.
The ship building factory...Lovely....real masterpieces...and real attention to detail...there were lot of wooden ship models, for display and sale. Price ranges starting from 700 MUR to 100000 MUR !!
This was a total standout tourist site in the south island tour...real amazing....
We were also shown the Shiva Temple of Mauritius. Our tour guide said, "Billa, pata hai? India kaa Billa.....woh mauritius ko donation deta hain.' Till now, I had become quite familiar with the French accent of the locals and understood that 'Billa' means Mr. Birla....Mr Aditya Birla contributes a lot to Mauritius and has made a temple in mauritius. The shiva temple has a 105 metre statue of Lord Shiva, which however does not have a 'damroo' in his hand !!!
We had lunch in an Indian cuisine restaurant....both me and Vrunda had a veg thali at 400 MUR.
We were dropped at the hotel at around 5:30 PM after which we had a great time relaxing on the beachside again !!
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