15/6/23 Thurs: Woke up at 7.15am and the WW couple drove
PotaTOHs over to Henrietta Bus Station area half an hour later to meet our
guide, Matthieu, before the start of our hike to 7 Cascades (Tamarind Falls). The
three-hour hike (S$87.11 for two pax) was supposed to start at 9am, but we
waited around for some of the group members that were late.
We had a group of less than 20 people of different nationalities
it seems. Matthieu spoke both French and English on the trip. We walked on muddy
paths as it rained the day before and then held on to branches as we walked
downwards towards the waterfalls…
There were seven waterfalls to be seen in all. Matthieu was
very nice to help every participant take photos at certain points and they looked
great!
He also explained how termites helped with the ecosystem halfway
through our walk before we had to climb up slippery and muddy grounds again to
reach another waterfall. *It was very tiring for me as usual, but I always have
Potato’s support! <3*There was one waterfall where he allowed participants to go
and have a swim. Some jumped from the waterfall too. Then, we walked up and
took photos looking outwards from the fall~Had to climb all the way back up, right next to where we
started the descent down… easier than Le Morne but still very tiring for me and
my muscles haha. WL and WS came to pick us up at about 12.30pm and we drove to
a random place, parked and had Nasi Briyani (rs125 each) for lunch at a random
eatery by the roadside. *The portion was huge!*
Drove back to our Airbnb by 2pm and we played Yaniv for a
bit and napped before packing our luggage to leave at 5.30pm for the airport. Also
refueled the car for the last time just before reaching the airport, which was
only a short drive away from our Airbnb.
I had arranged to meet Sachin at the airport’s arrival
terminal to return the car to him at about 6pm. *Helped a group of Chinese
tourists make out their departure times for their return flights to Beijing as
well.* Our Air Mauritius flight MK646 was delayed from 11pm to 1.15am, so
we had plenty of time at the airport. There wasn’t much choice for food so we
had chicken teriyaki from Subway, which tasted quite salty.
The guys helped change back some of our unspent Mauritian rupees
to SGD at the airport and then we queued to check-in our luggage. We had so
much time to spare, so we shopped around their Duty Free shop and bought two
big Mauritian rum, one small set of five flavoured ones and a small bottle of
chilli (EUR 52 which we paid using Mauritian rupees).
16/6/23 Fri: They were hungry by 11+pm, so we even bought a
burger from Burger King at the departure lounge and toured the area because we
could only board at 12.25am. We arrived at KL airport only at 12.25pm or so.
Funny thing was, Potato and I were automatically checked-in on SQ113, which
takes off at 2.30pm but WL and WS were checked-in onto the flight at 4.30pm
instead.
So, we left the WW couple at the Old Town White Coffee
because they were compensated with vouchers for the longer wait while we
boarded SQ113 home. It had been a nice trip with them exploring Mauritius
together, though they couldn’t participate in all the activities.
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