Kaboef
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I'm uploading the piccies to the Forum, my Imageshack account is acting up. So it wont be a proper ride report.
Me and missus Kaboef went to Ile de Maurice for our honeymoon. (Mauritius for the layperson.. ;D). We left 10 December, and came back 18 Dec. Neither of us has been there before, and we were quite looking forward to balmy days lying on the beach with Pina Coladas and sunburnt Germans.
Before we left, it was decided that we would, amongst other things, rent scooters and go explore the Island. The island is 65k's long and 45k's wide, surrounded almost entirely by a coral reef. This keeps the waves away from the beaches, meaning the water is clear and you can literaly walk about 1km into the sea and still keep your head above water. Me not being a geologist, and not having paid much attention in the Aardrykskunde classes in school can only tell you that the island was formed by volcanic activity, and then promptly inhabited by people and colonised by the French.
The population is a motley crew of Kreols, Muslims, Asians, and some white people. Languages spoken is firsly Kreol, then French, and some English. But French is the default langauge.
So on the 2nd day after our arrival, after we've has our share of snorkelling amongst the fishes and drinking Pina Colodas on the first day, we decided that Adventure is ripe for the taking. We enquired as to the availability of scooters, and lo! they had some PGO T-Rex 125 babies waiting to be abused.
We rented scooters from the resort at 35Euro a scooter for the day. That worked out to about R700 for two scooters.
We set off at 10 o clock, hugging the eastern coastline south. The village of Mahebourg (right next to our resort) is what a typical Mozambiquan village would look like (I presume, having never actually been to Moz). An assortment of dilapadated building is varied states of decay. It seems that building a house is not a project, but rather a process to the Mauritians - everywhere you look you see new additions to houses, all in various stages of completion without actually being completed before a new room is added.
Very cosmopolitan....
We went from Mahebourg south all along the coast, and then having reached the western coastline at about 12noon, we headed inland into the mountains. Here we encountered some of the most enjoyable twisties I have ever ridden, I would kill to have a decent bike here to do some knee-scraping.
Ok, first some piccies.
Me and missus Kaboef went to Ile de Maurice for our honeymoon. (Mauritius for the layperson.. ;D). We left 10 December, and came back 18 Dec. Neither of us has been there before, and we were quite looking forward to balmy days lying on the beach with Pina Coladas and sunburnt Germans.
Before we left, it was decided that we would, amongst other things, rent scooters and go explore the Island. The island is 65k's long and 45k's wide, surrounded almost entirely by a coral reef. This keeps the waves away from the beaches, meaning the water is clear and you can literaly walk about 1km into the sea and still keep your head above water. Me not being a geologist, and not having paid much attention in the Aardrykskunde classes in school can only tell you that the island was formed by volcanic activity, and then promptly inhabited by people and colonised by the French.
The population is a motley crew of Kreols, Muslims, Asians, and some white people. Languages spoken is firsly Kreol, then French, and some English. But French is the default langauge.
So on the 2nd day after our arrival, after we've has our share of snorkelling amongst the fishes and drinking Pina Colodas on the first day, we decided that Adventure is ripe for the taking. We enquired as to the availability of scooters, and lo! they had some PGO T-Rex 125 babies waiting to be abused.
We rented scooters from the resort at 35Euro a scooter for the day. That worked out to about R700 for two scooters.
We set off at 10 o clock, hugging the eastern coastline south. The village of Mahebourg (right next to our resort) is what a typical Mozambiquan village would look like (I presume, having never actually been to Moz). An assortment of dilapadated building is varied states of decay. It seems that building a house is not a project, but rather a process to the Mauritians - everywhere you look you see new additions to houses, all in various stages of completion without actually being completed before a new room is added.
Very cosmopolitan....
We went from Mahebourg south all along the coast, and then having reached the western coastline at about 12noon, we headed inland into the mountains. Here we encountered some of the most enjoyable twisties I have ever ridden, I would kill to have a decent bike here to do some knee-scraping.
Ok, first some piccies.
... of was dit net julle 
