Thursday-Saturday, March 15-17, 2007
*sorry this is out of order, but I thought I had finished this entry and then when I went to post this and two others I realized that I actually had not finished writing this. So yea, I was in Mauritius before India.
Well, Mauritius was an interesting port. First off, we ended up have a very rocky time on the way to Mauritius due to a storm in the waters we were traveling. In order to avoid going through the stormy weather directly, the ship was forced to take a longer route to the island of Mauritius and we ended up getting to the island about half a day later than we originally thought we would. When arriving at the island, my friends and I went out into the town of Port Louis to start exploring. We walked around the many shops near the port and then headed back to the ship. Once back at the ship, we got a taxi and made our way to Flic en Flac, which we thought was "the place to be" in Mauritius. Basically, this port of call was the spring break of our trip. There really is not anything to do in Mauritius except for drink and stay at the beach or your villa. Luckily, I was able to avoid this part of Mauritius for the most part.
While in Flic en Flac, we rented a house for a very cheap price. The house was beyond gorgeous. It had 4 bedrooms, which could house the 12 of us comfortably (we all got beds), two bathrooms, a kitchen, outside bar/grill and a patio. Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures of the house. Anyways, the first night we were at the house we all hung out, had a BBQ, played cards and relaxed. The second day I was in Mauritius I went on a service visit to a school called Terra de Paix. This school was interesting; it was set up as an alternative school for children from broken families whom had behavioral issues. Many of the students at this school attended it because they had gotten kicked out of the public schools. I was lucky enough to sit in on music classes and even get to participate with the students.
Anyways, after the school I headed back to the villa for the second night in Mauritius. The night started out fine, we all went out to dinner and I got my dinner for free because the waiter forgot to put it in originally. Then we all went to a bar with the rest of the semester at students. After the bar, one of my housemates ran at us telling us that our house had been robbed. Immediately, my housemates and I sprinted back to the house to find out that in fact our house had been robbed and that majority of our stuff was taken. Thankfully, I had my stuff locked up and so none of my stuff was taken. The moral of this story, make sure you lock up your valuables and trust no one, or nothing. The people whom robbed our house broke in through a doorway that we could not even open with our key. Also, the door was guarded by a rod iron gate with a pad lock. The robbers bent the gate up and crawled under it. In the end, everyone was safe and that is all that mattered. So yea, Mauritius was a learning experience, and I can say I probably will never be going back there.
The picture at the top is a picture of a teacher and stuent at the school i went to visit.
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