Life on the Beach

I spent my week in Mauritius at the Meridien Hotel in Pointe-Aux-Piments, along the northwest coast of the island. This area has some of the nicest beaches on Mauritius, including great opportunities for snorkeling, which I did on three separate occasions.

Yesterday evening, following the end of the first day's sessions, I went for a walk along the beach, taking advantage of a brief respite from the rain. It was very cloudy, but in the horizon over the Indian Ocean you could see a fireburst of colors as the sun set just before 5:30pm. Walking along a pier 10 minutes south of the hotel, I watched a group of local fishermen laze away the hours while a Mauritian man and his little boy waved at the fishing boats motoring by the pier. The boy gleefully yelled "Bye bye!" to each motor boat, as well as to the fisherman's lures as they streamed through the air from their fishing rods into the sea....
(From Andy's journal, The Mauritius Grand Tour)