Mauritius Post 1

Mauritius was a blast! I had not really known what to expect of Mauritius, but it was a good time. The first day we spent our day right near the waterfront district.  We did a little shopping and got lunch at a restaurant overlooking the ocean!  It was a nice relaxing morning. Our ship docked very near to the waterfront district, but across from the waterfront within the port. We had to take a water taxi to get to and from the ship and the waterfront district. The water taxis were all old rickety boats that they fit up to 30 of us in before the 5-minute drive across the waterfront. To get onto one of the taxis you had to walk backwards down a medal ladder right towards the water and onto the back of one of the rocky boats. I was afraid I was going to fall right in!  The waterfront area had a gorgeous district along the ocean with hotels, restaurants and shops, so we enjoyed wandering around there. 

In the afternoon we explored one of the local marketplaces. I really enjoyed that. It allowed us to see how the people of Mauritius live instead of just how the tourists of Mauritius live.  We walked through the market and it seemed to be a little taste of India to come!  It was really odd what some of the stands in the markets were selling. Some were selling toothbrushes and Q-tips. Others were selling jeans, some were selling shoes, some had music and movies, it was quite different than super-walmart, but was a similar idea! You could get just about anything there!