On this island they speak French, English and Creole.
The Harbour was pretty- reminded us of Victoria.
The local market was busy, but pleasant. Krystle went a little crazy shopping (hear that, Debbie? Krystle shopped!)
She even paid $115 for a wooden Dodo bird (their national bird).
Then we went to the racetrack- it's the oldest racetrack in the southern hemisphere, and the second oldest one in the world. It is a favorite event for locals, even though it is apparently all rigged to ensure the track does not lose money, haha.
It was R175 for Tyler (ladies are free entrance), and it wasn't long before we were swept up by someone who took us up to a box suite to watch from. (They also offered to take us to the paddocks, but we unknowingly wore shorts, which is a faux-pas to special events here, so we're not able to go).
We placed a few bets - 10MUR (Mauritian rupees) per bet... About $0.35 CAD.
The horse-racing lasted until 5:30pm, and then it was a return taxi trip for about 20km, which takes close to 40min!
After another great buffet, tonight of Mauritian food, we were in bed by 7:40pm!!!
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My new husband continues to make promises of waking me later than the morning before, however he continually wakes me up an hour previous than the day before. Hence to say, we are now waking at 4am (going to bed at 8pm doesn't help, mind you, but we are still recouping from jet lag and time change, as we are now ten hours ahead of home).
But, what does it really matter when you wake up to have a lazy beach day anyhow?
The weather seriously does change faster here than in Alberta, though! Really hot one moment, pouring rain within 20 seconds, and then windy and sun again... Keeps us guessing :)
We took up snorkeling this morning, and water-skiing this afternoon - we both got up in our second tries (pretty darn good, considering it's been so long!).
We decided we'll stay up "late" tonight and go for dinner at 8pm. Haha. Here's hoping...
Cheers
Tyler & Krystle
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