View from our patio.

Sunday, September 30, 2012 Mauritius

After a 6 ½ hour flight we arrived in Mauritius at 9:30 am.  Took a while to get through customs and passport control.  But no problems there.  We expected to meet Judy Taylor there, but did not find her.  Our driver, Ali, met us and told us Judy’s arrival was delayed until the 12:30 so she was going to take a later shuttle.  So off we went for a 50 minute drive to our accommodations.  It was a nice drive, some clouds in the sky, low 70’s, nice breeze.  Got to ride with the windows down, have to love that fresh air!

Arrived at Kuxville (pronounced “Cooksville”) and we are all staying together in a nice house.  It has 3 bedrooms, each with two twin beds.  The two upstairs rooms open onto a large balcony with a view of the water and we share a full bathroom. There is another bedroom/bat downstairs that Judy and Lisa are using.  Judy does not need to do stairs!

Sue, our liaison from Mauritius PAWS, met us at the house.  We quickly dumped our gear in our room, changed into swimsuits and headed to the beach!  The ocean is right in front of our house, but there is no “beach” so we walked along the water and bulkhead edge and went off to a nice little beach and got had a very refreshing swim.  It felt wonderful!  Sat out in the sun for a while.  Some of Sue’s relatives were there and we had little visit.  Headed back to the house to clean up, have to be very careful about being out in the sun too much, we can easily burn to a crisp!

The rest of the team arrived, got them settled and met Moira, another PAWS volunteer and she took us out to dinner at her husband’s restaurant, The Beach House.  We had a great time visiting.  The restaurant opens out onto the water, drinks were good, the food was great!  Excellent steak, about as good as the steak we had in Ecuador!

Finally went back to our house for a much needed night of sleep.

Until next time!!