Ever read through some blogs that just totally turn you off cause its so freaking boring???
Well lucky there are the good ones too =)
Got to compliment my class mate, Leonard , for handling he's blog well.
There are always new posts and they always keep you thinking.
About life,your thoughts and everything.
So good job Leonard, i really love your posts =)
You can find he's blog link from my links compartment.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Mauritius Day 6 and 7
Slacked around the hotel most of the time.Just relax and take it easy lol.
And before we know it,it was time to go home.Something which i sure missed.
Prepared to leave the hotel and packed all the luggages.
Took a sumptuous last lunch in the village,which cost $90 Singapore dollars.....wow...
Wasn't any exotic dish,just a more filling one and it cost so much.The cost of living there is crazy......
Taxi came to transport us to the airport which sucked big time compared to Singapore's lol.
But we reached there pretty early and it was a pretty long wait until departure.
Bought some liquor where the sales lady tried to scam our money.Fail...really...
Took off and bye bye Mauritius.
There was a transition at Kuala Lumpur,so again wasted another 1+ hr there.Before boarding the same bloody aircraft again -.-!!
Same seat some more.
And 45 mins time we were back home sweet home.
Through this trip,i really appreciate that i am living in Singapore,cause many of the countries sucked big big time.
Fortunate to be here =)
Singapore will always be my home =)
And that will be the end of my Mauritius 2010 holiday.
And before we know it,it was time to go home.Something which i sure missed.
Prepared to leave the hotel and packed all the luggages.
Took a sumptuous last lunch in the village,which cost $90 Singapore dollars.....wow...
Wasn't any exotic dish,just a more filling one and it cost so much.The cost of living there is crazy......
Taxi came to transport us to the airport which sucked big time compared to Singapore's lol.
But we reached there pretty early and it was a pretty long wait until departure.
Bought some liquor where the sales lady tried to scam our money.Fail...really...
Took off and bye bye Mauritius.
There was a transition at Kuala Lumpur,so again wasted another 1+ hr there.Before boarding the same bloody aircraft again -.-!!
Same seat some more.
And 45 mins time we were back home sweet home.
Through this trip,i really appreciate that i am living in Singapore,cause many of the countries sucked big big time.
Fortunate to be here =)
Singapore will always be my home =)
And that will be the end of my Mauritius 2010 holiday.
Mauritius Day 5
Went to the island, ll Aux Cerf,nice beach,nice weather, no babes lol!
Traveled there by a free boat shuttle from our hotel.
Glad they did it,cause their beach sucked big time.So no choice go there and swim lol.
But the sea was really really shallow there.Quite impossible to swim.
So i just relived my childhood by making sand castles lol.
While getting burned by the sun at the same time ahah.
Didn't try any of the sea sports because the prices were really "Go screw yourself" that kind.So yeah not worth it.
Stayed there for a couple of hours and went back to the hotel.
The sun must have sapped all my energy.
Traveled there by a free boat shuttle from our hotel.
Glad they did it,cause their beach sucked big time.So no choice go there and swim lol.
But the sea was really really shallow there.Quite impossible to swim.
So i just relived my childhood by making sand castles lol.
While getting burned by the sun at the same time ahah.
Didn't try any of the sea sports because the prices were really "Go screw yourself" that kind.So yeah not worth it.
Stayed there for a couple of hours and went back to the hotel.
The sun must have sapped all my energy.
Mauritius Day 4
Pretty much the same thing,also hired a taxi to drive us around,this time the southern part of the island.
We went to alot more scenic spots in Mauritius.
One would be the Volcano crater which i have been to 14 years ago.Vegetation has reclaimed its rightful land,and was growing rampantly from all sides of the crater.
It looked more like a forest then a crater to me.
Unfortunately it began to rain,and as we are on a higher altitude,and with the wind raging on,it became really cold.
So we stayed there for like 5 mins only,after driving 1hr just to get there lol.
We also went to the 7 coloured Earth,still pretty like before only that they have put up security barricades around it so as to prevent people from stepping onto this amazing natural feature.
We used to be able to walk on it,but seems like they are trying to protect that area now.
It is cause by hydrolysis from Iron and Aluminium,breaking down into coloured residue with green,purple and brownish red as its main colours.
So the small portion of land appeared to be in Rainbow colours.Pretty nice.
The photos are on my facebook,check it out if you would like to see it.
We also checked out a indian Temple,pretty large scale from what i saw.
Scenic spots and stuff.
Photos on Facebook.
Then we came to a Scenic Cliff where large rampant waves were breaking furiously along the banks of the cliff.This has got to the the nicest spot of them all.
One thing you will never see in Singapore.
We also checked out lots of small Waterfalls here and there,perhaps Mauritius didn't have that much to offer.
We toured the whole country in just 2 days.
Put it was a pretty good experience so far.
We went to alot more scenic spots in Mauritius.
One would be the Volcano crater which i have been to 14 years ago.Vegetation has reclaimed its rightful land,and was growing rampantly from all sides of the crater.
It looked more like a forest then a crater to me.
Unfortunately it began to rain,and as we are on a higher altitude,and with the wind raging on,it became really cold.
So we stayed there for like 5 mins only,after driving 1hr just to get there lol.
We also went to the 7 coloured Earth,still pretty like before only that they have put up security barricades around it so as to prevent people from stepping onto this amazing natural feature.
We used to be able to walk on it,but seems like they are trying to protect that area now.
It is cause by hydrolysis from Iron and Aluminium,breaking down into coloured residue with green,purple and brownish red as its main colours.
So the small portion of land appeared to be in Rainbow colours.Pretty nice.
The photos are on my facebook,check it out if you would like to see it.
We also checked out a indian Temple,pretty large scale from what i saw.
Scenic spots and stuff.
Photos on Facebook.
Then we came to a Scenic Cliff where large rampant waves were breaking furiously along the banks of the cliff.This has got to the the nicest spot of them all.
One thing you will never see in Singapore.
We also checked out lots of small Waterfalls here and there,perhaps Mauritius didn't have that much to offer.
We toured the whole country in just 2 days.
Put it was a pretty good experience so far.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Mauritius Day 3
Hired a Taxi Driver and we drove around Mauritius island.The Northern areas.
Have to say there's still quite a long way for the Country to grow in terms of development.Of all the places that we drove to,the only developed area was the capital city, Port Louis,but of course they totally lose out to Singapore alright.Thats a fact.
If the place was to lose its tourism appeal,it will turn out to the like the movie "I AM LEGEND".Yep deserted to keep it simple.
And yes,as usual the things are really not cheap at all.Maybe they are trying to leech as much from the tourists as possible??
Can't help it,they don't have enough tourist and business to support their economy,so the smaller percentage of tourist shall have to pay the price....more expensive goods.
And do you know the extinct DoDo bird was found in Mauritius a long time ago?
Yeah too bad its extinct,or i would really like to see it before my own eyes lol.
Mauritius is really a relaxing place to live in.Probably good for those old couples who have retired and would like to face the sea all day.Badly sadly i do feel alittle bored after a few days cause there isn't really much to do there.Except all the sea sports and slacking.But the wind is too strong for that,so basically all you can do is to appreciate the scenary and feel the breeze if you get what i mean.
Have to say there's still quite a long way for the Country to grow in terms of development.Of all the places that we drove to,the only developed area was the capital city, Port Louis,but of course they totally lose out to Singapore alright.Thats a fact.
If the place was to lose its tourism appeal,it will turn out to the like the movie "I AM LEGEND".Yep deserted to keep it simple.
And yes,as usual the things are really not cheap at all.Maybe they are trying to leech as much from the tourists as possible??
Can't help it,they don't have enough tourist and business to support their economy,so the smaller percentage of tourist shall have to pay the price....more expensive goods.
And do you know the extinct DoDo bird was found in Mauritius a long time ago?
Yeah too bad its extinct,or i would really like to see it before my own eyes lol.
Mauritius is really a relaxing place to live in.Probably good for those old couples who have retired and would like to face the sea all day.Badly sadly i do feel alittle bored after a few days cause there isn't really much to do there.Except all the sea sports and slacking.But the wind is too strong for that,so basically all you can do is to appreciate the scenary and feel the breeze if you get what i mean.
Mauritius Day 2
Went around the nearby villages,looking at the lives of the people,their lifestyle and stuff.
Have to admit,the way they live really seems to be backtracked all the way to the 1970s in Singapore.Live poultry running around on the roads.Dogs were running rampant everywhere.Maybe all the cats were killed by the dogs or something lol.The dogs there aren't really the friendly sort.
And the cost of living there is totally outrageous.
The average salary of the locals is between 6k to 10k Mauritius rupee,that's about Singapore $600 dollars only?Thats per month you know.
And in the restaurants around our hotel,the cost of the food is really WOW?
They cost the same of sometimes even more than Singapore restaurants.
How will the locals be able to afford it.
We were already feeling the pinch,it must be worst for the locals.
That's why they grow their own crops and poultry for food.Really Kampong lifestyle lol.
That more or less sums up the things i have seen on Day 2 of Mauritius.
Certainly many things have changed since the last time i was there. 14 years ago.
Have to admit,the way they live really seems to be backtracked all the way to the 1970s in Singapore.Live poultry running around on the roads.Dogs were running rampant everywhere.Maybe all the cats were killed by the dogs or something lol.The dogs there aren't really the friendly sort.
And the cost of living there is totally outrageous.
The average salary of the locals is between 6k to 10k Mauritius rupee,that's about Singapore $600 dollars only?Thats per month you know.
And in the restaurants around our hotel,the cost of the food is really WOW?
They cost the same of sometimes even more than Singapore restaurants.
How will the locals be able to afford it.
We were already feeling the pinch,it must be worst for the locals.
That's why they grow their own crops and poultry for food.Really Kampong lifestyle lol.
That more or less sums up the things i have seen on Day 2 of Mauritius.
Certainly many things have changed since the last time i was there. 14 years ago.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Mauritius Day 1
Ha shall talk about my holiday to Mauritius.
And coincidentally this will be my 100th post since i started blogging!Nice!
I'm lazy to upload the photos now,but i shall in the near future lol.
Flight was at 11.45am in the morning of 28th September 2010,Tuesday.
Ate my last bowl of Prawn Mee soup before eating pastry based meals for the next 6 days.Flight was about 7 hrs.
For the majority who don't know where Mauritius is,it is located near Madagascar,with a land mass 3 times the size of Singapore,yet their population is only 1.2 million.
Their timing is 4 hours behind Singapore's,so when the plane took off at 12 noon,it would land at 7pm Singapore timing,but it was only 3pm in Mauritius.Jet lag lol.
As always,no airport can beat Singapore's,it's a fact.
The travel agency got a representative to fetch us and provided us a ride to our beach hotel,"Tropical Hotel".
Well,after living in a concrete jungle for so long,it is sure nice to see miles and miles of sugar cane plantations along the way to the hotel.You can wind down the window to the max and not smell exhaust fumes blowing into your face.So this is one of the great things about not having a too huge vehicle population.
Took us an hour before we reached the hotel.Rather disappointing though.The beach,which we thought would be a nice one,had seaweed strewn all over it.
So the beach had large green patches all over it,super ugly.
The shoreline was also very close to us,so it is almost impossible to walk along the beach during high tide.The water sport activities really failed in this resort.
The reasons are listed below:
1)The beach sucked big time,wait,is there even a beach in the first place,maybe time to do some beach nourishment.
2)The wind is so bloody strong,before you can do wind surfing or anything,i think you would have already been blown away by the wind.
3)The sea corals on the sea bed were all dead,perhaps the effects of global warming??
So snorkeling would suck big time.
Thus not the best image portrayed by the resort i guess.But you would say that this is nature's fault,but nobody held you at gun point to build the resort there right??So ultimately it is still your fault for building it there lol.The resort could have been built at a better location with a nicer beach.FAIL........
And coincidentally this will be my 100th post since i started blogging!Nice!
I'm lazy to upload the photos now,but i shall in the near future lol.
Flight was at 11.45am in the morning of 28th September 2010,Tuesday.
Ate my last bowl of Prawn Mee soup before eating pastry based meals for the next 6 days.Flight was about 7 hrs.
For the majority who don't know where Mauritius is,it is located near Madagascar,with a land mass 3 times the size of Singapore,yet their population is only 1.2 million.
Their timing is 4 hours behind Singapore's,so when the plane took off at 12 noon,it would land at 7pm Singapore timing,but it was only 3pm in Mauritius.Jet lag lol.
As always,no airport can beat Singapore's,it's a fact.
The travel agency got a representative to fetch us and provided us a ride to our beach hotel,"Tropical Hotel".
Well,after living in a concrete jungle for so long,it is sure nice to see miles and miles of sugar cane plantations along the way to the hotel.You can wind down the window to the max and not smell exhaust fumes blowing into your face.So this is one of the great things about not having a too huge vehicle population.
Took us an hour before we reached the hotel.Rather disappointing though.The beach,which we thought would be a nice one,had seaweed strewn all over it.
So the beach had large green patches all over it,super ugly.
The shoreline was also very close to us,so it is almost impossible to walk along the beach during high tide.The water sport activities really failed in this resort.
The reasons are listed below:
1)The beach sucked big time,wait,is there even a beach in the first place,maybe time to do some beach nourishment.
2)The wind is so bloody strong,before you can do wind surfing or anything,i think you would have already been blown away by the wind.
3)The sea corals on the sea bed were all dead,perhaps the effects of global warming??
So snorkeling would suck big time.
Thus not the best image portrayed by the resort i guess.But you would say that this is nature's fault,but nobody held you at gun point to build the resort there right??So ultimately it is still your fault for building it there lol.The resort could have been built at a better location with a nicer beach.FAIL........
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