Duncan and Sara 2018

Goodbye Blue Bay. We'd intended to drive to lovely La Morne but the weather changes for the worse so we stay closer to home and back through the tea plantations. And a quick farewell to Parvathi

We wander a lift down to the beach to meet our fellow snorkelers (Dutch couple and two French soldiers on leave from Reunion), and get into a ‘glass-bottomed boat’ (which sadly serves mainly to deminstrate what a bad state the coral is in).  The water though is gin-clear as they boast out here, and there are shoals of smaller fish when we have a dip                                                                                                           ...

As suspected, no chance of flying so it's off to Blue Bay.  Plus, today is a public holiday: the Festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, and some Hindu temples are festooned with banners and preparing to parade their god.  We're warned to watch for disruptions to the traffic. Once we're  settled in tonight's self-catering studio, chez Harald et Maryse with its nice little outside courtyard (and snorkelling trip is arranged for tomorrow), we head inland to the central plateau city of Curepipe   Despite being a public holiday, we share the botanical gardens with only one or two picnicking families and it's very tranquil The guidebook refers us to the Trou aux Cerfs crater lake but the area is so heavily wooded that it's hard to see inside  but the surroundiong countryside and views are very lovely.  We're unsure whether the national flag is flying for the public holiday or they're always up (whichev...

Same breakfast delivery this morning and we c rack 3 eggs into last night's leftover sauce to make a (though I say so myself) superb shakshuka, on the terrace                                                          Head out north on along winding coast road through lovely countryside, stopping at La Vallee de Fernay     and back for Scrabble and a dip in our pool It's looking unlikely that we’ll get onto a flight on Friday (there are six free seats but already seven standby pax ahead of us), so time to extend the car for 48 hours and we plan to stay in Blue Bay (where, hopefully, we'll get some snorkelling)