Port Louis

Taxis are extremely expensive in Mauritius and so, I took the bus as much as possible. One weekend, I went to Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius.

If you take the motorway, the ride is simply breathtaking. After a few miles of road, all of a sudden you will see the sea in the distance and it looks marvelous! Also, in the frame from the car, you will see the road below (heading downhill) and the water looming above it and this really makes it special.

This is the Caudan Waterfront at Port Louis. There are lots of restaurants at the waterfront and my friends Swaroopa and Unish took me to "Tandoori Express" for lunch. Before they arrived, I watched Akshay Kumar and John Abraham (famous Indian Movie Stars) dancing away at Caudan with a bunch of hot European women dressed in sailor suits. Same dance step, 4 million takes. *Yawn*. :P. But gosh, you need patience to make a movie. Mauritius is one of Bollywood's favourite destinations, especially for romance sequences.

After lunch, I dragged Swaroopa and Unish to the Klassic theatre to watch the "L'enfant au Grelot", which was, by the way, one of the most lovely animated movies I've ever watched. It's such a treat to watch a French movie in the theatre - how could I not make use of the opportunity? I enjoyed myself completely and was quite thrilled that my friends enjoyed it too!

At about 4.30 in the evening, at Port Louis, I went on a harbor cruise with Swaroopa and Unish. The cruise lasted about 45 minutes and the sun decided to disappear behind the clouds during that time. The cruise takes you around the harbor and then goes out into the ocean for a little while. It was extremely windy out there and that made it all the more enjoyable. The ride costed Rs.40 - too little for that much excitement, if you ask me! When the ride started, we turned around to look at the Caudan Waterfront and Swaroopa noticed two of our friends Raju and Sathish (they live in Mauritius and work for the Mauritius Radio Telescope) standing at the entrance to the Klassic theatres. I started waving wildly to get their attention and I was quite kicked when they spotted me and waved back. Raju called me on my cell and said "YenRee? Full Enjoy Maadtha Iddiraaa??"(Roughly translated from Kannada: "What?! Having a ball, huh?"). I certainly was!