Back from Mauritius!

Zonghe & I spent our last 8 days in Mauritius for our honeymoon!

Mauritius is a really beautiful place with crystal clear water & clean beaches.

We spent our time just relaxing on the beach, did some sea sports such as glass bottom boat tour (where we saw a huge sea turtle thru the glass), we also did canoeing, paddle boat and diving - I had 3 dives while Zonghe had 4 dives. It was expensive but the experience was wonderful. We saw a lot of Moray Eels & Sea Urchins, lotsa fish- esp Zebra fish, etc... We also saw a v pretty Lion Fish, clift-hanger starfish, a big octopus which was hiding in a hole, etc... Zonghe took quite a bit of underwater photos too. ;) One of the highlights was this bright luminous yellow fish with pulpy blue lips. Super cute, but no photo though.


Octopus peeping at Zonghe.


Moray Eel, they look scary, but pretty harmless actually.

Nudibranch...

We stayed at Legends, which was a very 'feng shui' oriented hotel. It was quite new- the place very clean and neat, staff are v friendly too. Throughout our stay there, we had very good food with very good service. ;) As we were on full board - all meals inclusive, we would take our lunch at the different themed restaurants there. We enjoyed the BBQ & Grill, Pizza & Pasta (La Bastide), etc... Dinner had different themes too, though most of the time was french cuisine. There was also Asian, Indian & Mediterranean buffet on separate nights.

We went to visit the Royal Botanical Garden & Port Louis on the Saturday that we were there. Port Louis (the capital) was quite pack with their locals, they've all come out to shop too. ;) We didn't managed to buy many things, just some t-shirts for the family and some spices. Zonghe bought a packet of salt back home. haha... Mauritius Salt.

In our honeymoon package, we had 2 excursions - one of which was the Catamaran Cruise-cruise on the east coast. It was a very relaxing cruise and we were really lucky to spot dolphins too. Was so excited to see dolphins in the ocean- they came up to the surface for just a bit, then they disappeared. But v cute. ;) We stopped by one of the island, where the beach had really fine sand. The current was strong, hence the water was very clear- the current took away all the sediments. We even did para-sailing there. It was really cool. ;)

The other excursion was to Coco islands. It's a v small island near the airport, so we rearranged it to be on the last day of our trip. [Legends was up north while the airport was down south, near the east coast- travelling from one end to the other took about 1 hr 15mins.]. Coco island was also owned by Naide Resort (the owner of Legends) and it's a very beautiful place. Very fine sand too. It was surrounded by lotsa corals- a protected area. We did snorkeling there and it was really beautiful- lotsa pretty corals and lotsa fish! Lunch was served at the island, BBQ lunch and it was really sumptuous!

And after which, we went to the airport early, before 5pm. We repacked our items, refresh ourselves a little and rested at the waiting area before checking in about 7.30pm for our 10.05pm flight back to Singapore. We arrived the next morning at about 9am Singapore time (5am Mauritius time). Zonghe's dad, mum & brother came to fetch us at the airport and we went for breakfast together. It's great to be home. We'd home-cooked lunch & dinner too. A good nap in the afternoon and a good rested sleep at night. ;)

A wonderful honeymoon and a great start to our married life together. ;)