It’s been almost a year since I’ve shared any travel adventures on this blog. All the U.S.-based travels hasn’t warranted new posts…until now.

After 36 hours of travel, we’re in Mauritius…our first time in Africa! I’ve now been on six continents – pretty cool!

First impressions of the island while driving from the airport: very lush with sugar cane growing everywhere, and a lot of unfinished construction. There’s one main highway from the north to the south of the island, and lots of rotaries.

When we arrived at the hotel, they showered us with flower petals, there was a gentleman with a tray of sugar cane/water drinks, someone else offering cool towels to refresh ourselves, etc. There was someone on hand to escort us on a walk along the beach to our room.

We have our own hut with a view of the beach. Pictures coming tomorrow since it got dark here at 6pm.

Dipped our feet in the Indian Ocean which was so warm, no waves and tons of corral.

Overall a favorable first impression!