Island Life

Our holiday to Mauritius is over and it was exactly what this girl needed. From Rwanda there are 2 ways to get to the island - either you fly through Nairobi or you fly through Johannesburg. We chose to fly through Nairobi as their flights were more conveienvent - but don't get fooled into thinking anything is easy. The total flight time from Kigali to Mauritius is about 5 hours but and this is a ginormous but...total travel time is about 12 hours. Ack! We talked about leaving the airport in Nairobi and exploring a little but you have to get a visa and you have to go back through security and and and...it just seemed like too much work. So we hung out in the airport - the saving grace is that they have a kids play room with all sorts of toys and bikes and run around space. Orion loved it! We made it to Mauritius in time to see the sun set.

Our friend Chris set us up in a little apartment with a kitchen and two bedrooms - it was perfect. We met up every morning to spend the days together. We spent lots of time on the beach playing catch up and watching the kids play. Chris and Amanda have two children - Roxy who is 8 and Willy who is 2 1/2. Eric and I met Chris and Amanda during our time in Guyana.
Our first morning we went to breakfast in Grand Baie - a little village in the North of the island about 5 minutes from our apartment. It was right on the marina with an amazing view of the boats coming and going.