Sunday 10 March
Perhaps a better title for this day would have been, "Going Nowhere"!
Patrick picked me up on a Sunday morning and said we were off to explore the only remain part of the island that he had yet to explore. I had no idea what to expect but when I noticed two helmets amongst the equipment I knew things were going to get interesting.
We stopped off at Point Aux Sables and were joined by Benoit. Together we all headed off to the Grand River North West. At first it seemed as though it was going to be a really pleasant day just gently paddling in this beautiful river, we passed under the main bridge and turned a corner to find some rapids... now the helmets were making more sense. We had to get out of our kayaks and pull them through the rapids. Then the challenge came when we got back in our kayaks, carried on up river and met another rapid, this time we were to kayak through it. I wont say any more, you can just enjoy this video!
Finally the real started when turned around and went down the rapids, I think it took all of 1 minute to get to the start that had taken about half an hour for us to get up. What fun it was!
We continued exploring the area and then left to rejoin the sea and paddled to just outside the Port Louis docks. After stopping off for lunch we continued back to the big blue Yemaya van. Benoit and Patrick even convinced me to tow the two of them, again it was a situation of going nowhere!
Patrick picked me up on a Sunday morning and said we were off to explore the only remain part of the island that he had yet to explore. I had no idea what to expect but when I noticed two helmets amongst the equipment I knew things were going to get interesting.
We stopped off at Point Aux Sables and were joined by Benoit. Together we all headed off to the Grand River North West. At first it seemed as though it was going to be a really pleasant day just gently paddling in this beautiful river, we passed under the main bridge and turned a corner to find some rapids... now the helmets were making more sense. We had to get out of our kayaks and pull them through the rapids. Then the challenge came when we got back in our kayaks, carried on up river and met another rapid, this time we were to kayak through it. I wont say any more, you can just enjoy this video!
Finally the real started when turned around and went down the rapids, I think it took all of 1 minute to get to the start that had taken about half an hour for us to get up. What fun it was!
The river had branched off in two different directions, one led us to the rapids and the other was completely different. It became narrower and narrower and led us to a beautiful old viaduct with un touched surrounding forests. Remembering that I am in fact in Mauritius on and architecture placement I took the opportunity to observe this viaduct closely...
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