Wedding Breeze

 
We booked our honeymoon to Mauritius during the recent Natas Travel Fair. Two years back, we booked our ROM honeymoon to Japan, and it was only after that then we came to a counter where they promoted honeymoon packages to Mauritius. Honeymooners get extra perks, as long as we show our invitation cards or marriage certificate. So I thought to myself that we could try going there for our real honeymoon.

This place is surrounded by Indian Ocean, +4 GMT. It’s quite near Madagascar. I don’t have much idea about Mauritius, except that I know the people there took the GCE ‘O’Levels as well because one of my ten-years-series for English was published in Mauritius. That was many years back. My husband knows quite a lot about Mauritius because he uses the maps for Geography. He told me that there are a lot of sugarcane plantations. What I know from my friend is there are Indians and Chinese in Mauritius. They speak English, and some speak French and creole, and other Eastern languages. 

Basically, it’s surrounded by lovely beaches. I like water sports, so I’m going to try snorkeling plus some undersea walking, where we will be given an oxygen mask each. Fish will try to feed from our hands. We can play beach volleyball there too. We have a free catamaran cruise. So I guess we are going there to relax, get a tan (I’m going to use lots of sunblock lotion though), have spas and massages, and exercise. I’m a little keen on para-sailing, but not sure whether I have the guts to try out. I’ve overcome my fear of walking over grates where I can see one or two stories below me. To test this out, maybe I’ll go on tree top walks.

According to the travel agent for Air Mauritius, it will be rather warm in December, and from late December onwards, it is the cyclone period. It is summer period as it is in the Southern Hemisphere. It has low humidity. It may not be the best period for us to travel, but this is the only time we can make it.

The travel agent handling the booking got her colleague to show us her photos, and she looked like she had plenty of fun. It was a little embarrassing for her to show us her personal photos of her in bikinis, but we had an idea of how the place is like. She just went there in July, so it was rather cooling.

So we have booked a five-star resort with butler service. I found a video of a couple’s honeymoon at The Residence, Mauritius. They seem to have a great time there. Lots of sand and the sea. Enjoy the video.