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Europe Trip – London

After those few more days in Paris Center, we departed to London via the Eurostar Train and our first experience right through the Tunnel Channel. It wasn’t too long a journey and from our early departure in Paris Gare Du Nord we reached St Pancras Station around noon. How was the Tunnel Channel? Well, it…

Europe Trip – Nantes

Arriving in Nantes from Paris was quite a surprise in the sense that those two cities were kind-of worlds apart. Nantes is much smaller of course but the lifestyle is very different. Life looks to be on the peaceful side and even the mindset is different; people are more courteous and welcoming. The city feels…

Europe Trip – Paris

After four hours of travel from Frankfurt, the high-speed train arrived at Gare du Nord in Paris, and it was two different worlds. Compared to Frankfurt, the Gare du Nord was a mess; very busy with all sorts of people and rather dirty looking. Anyhow, it was time to move to our apartments. We spent…

Europe Trip – Frankfurt

The last time I traveled was back in 2007 where I visited the awesome country of Singapore, and 12 years from then it was due time for another trip somewhere. After some good thoughts, we decided to do a family trip to Europe; Germany, France and United Kingdom! Planning a trip overseas isn’t just a…

Hiking Iconic Rempart Mountain

It has been years that the Rempart Mountain, found on the west of the island of Mauritius, has been on my bucket-list and some days back, one very early morning we set off to conquer the beast. Rendez-vous was set at 5h30am at Cascavelle and with my friend JM Agathe we started the trail around…

Heritage Drone Instameet

Some times back (September 18) was held the first Mauritian Drone Instameet hosted by the Heritage Resorts in the south of the island. Being an avid dronist, I was thankful to be on the list of the guests and it was a full day of discovery, sharing and shooting. The day started very early in…

MTB Trip: Macchabée Trail to Mare Longue

It’s been a while that I haven’t posted anything and so much have queued for writing about. I’ll jump directly to the main subject and this post is about the trail from Macchabée to Mare Longue Reservoir. The path is very easy and can be achieved by foot or bicycle. In my case I wanted…

EXPLORE: Hiking Chamarel Waterfall

If you have read this post about one of the iconic waterfalls of the island, Chamarel Falls, and has been wondering about how to get down to this waterfall, then this blog post will certainly enlighten you. Early this year, during the month of February, together with Idriss & Co, we set off towards Chamarel…

Porlwi By Nature

After their first two consecutive years of success, the Porlwi Collective team came up with a different concept this time for their third contemporary art event and the theme for this year was concentrated on Nature. The first edition was Porlwi by Light, the second edition was Porlwi by Light: People, and this third edition…

Hiking Iconic Pieter Both Mountain

The iconic Pieter Both mountain! Geographically, this ‘monument’ forms part of the Port Louis/Moka Range of mountains and is practically an emblem for the island. The uniqueness of its appearance having a boulder-type rock standing proudly on a peak is just magnificent, and by mentioning ‘icon’, this picture is even representing the island Mauritius in…

Droning Mauritius – Episode Four

The drone journey continues with this fourth posts (previously Episode 1, Episode 2 & Episode 3) gathering my various drone imagery around the island of Mauritius and this one isn’t much different either. To say, there are lots of other places I’m having in mind to visit but during these previous months due to the…

Droning Mauritius – Episode Three

As the title mentions, this is my third post relating solely to the drone category and again, if you haven’t checked the other posts you can click here for the first one and here for the second one. Introductions are no longer necessary I guess and below are my list of places I recently ‘droned’…

Hiking Corps de Garde Mount-again

Last weekend, out of a head bang, we decided to go hiking at the Corps de Garde mountain. By we, there was me, my sis-in-law and another friend of ours. She was new to hiking and it’s been a month since my last hike at Trois Mamelles mountain (for the 3rd time), and Corps de…

Droning Mauritius – Episode Two

If you haven’t read my previous drone post click here for the introduction, otherwise, point is am still feeling like a child who has just got his hands on his Christmas toy and who doesn’t go anywhere without it. May be I am exaggerating a little by this statement. The droning adventure still continues somehow,…

Droning Mauritius – Episode One

Commercial or recreational quad-copters/drones are certainly no longer such a luxury and many people are having fun with them in a way or another… and quite recently I got an older model of DJI’s Quad-copters, the Phantom 3 (The 4K Model) to play with from 75 Studio. Being a starter, I had to go through…

Lux Belle Mare – Workshop with Lola Berry

After our last instameet at Lux Belle Mare, which was fantastic by the way, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop by Lola Berry at the resort last Sunday. It was practically a full day event which included the workshop itself, lunch and some free-time at the resort. Lola Berry is an Australian nutritionist…

Mountain Bike (MTB) Ride: Macchabée Trail

Last Saturday me and Idriss decided to go MTB riding at the Macchabée Trail near Mare Aux Vacoas. Meeting was set near the reservoir early morning round 6h30 and it was already a very beautiful day when I reached there. We continued till the starting point by car where we unloaded the bicycles. Getting everything…

Adventure Trip: Roches Noires Wetlands

This explore trip dates back to September 2014 but I its only recently that I felt writing about it and long story short, it was a very long 90km ride towards the north-east of the island in view to find among other things an old Lime Furnace on the private reserve of Roches Noires. This…

A Visit to Kanaka Crater – Mauritius

I still remember when I was a kid and during geography classes the teacher taught us about the dormant volcanoes of the island and one name that we used to tease about was certainly ‘Kanaka Crater’…even though we had no idea where it was and how it looked like. Quite recently during my ‘locate and explore’ sessions…

Experimental Photography: Sparkle My Hand

Being rather active on the Instagram platform, I frequently get inspired by some other artists and this inspiration most of the time leads to a creative mind to experiment with all sorts of things concerning artistic photography. For this new experiment, I wanted to play with the sparkle firecracker to create an effect of first…

10th Classic Tour of Mauritius

Last Weekend, on Saturday the 5th of November, I attended a classic/vintage car show in Curepipe, more precisely in the parking of the Royal College. Saw the event being advertised on ‘Vintage Mauritius‘ and decided to have a stroll. There were around 20-25 classic cars, all of different ages and look and since I love…

Hiking Trois Mamelles Mountain

Keeping our usual hike trend, Sunday last (25/09/16) we (me and my two work colleagues, let’s name them Mr V and Mr R) set off towards  Bassin Estate at 1h15pm in an attempt to hike the centre peak of the Trois Mamelles mountain. The name Trois Mamelles certainly refers to the fact that this mountain…

Mountain Bike (MTB) Ride from Medine to Albion

Having just completed the servicing for my bicycle it was time to find a good opportunity to go out and have some fun riding and fortunately last Sunday (04/09/2016) the weather was calling out those adventurers we were. Arranged with my friend Idriss and we were to ride some off-road in the sugarcane fields of…

A Visit to Eau Bleue Waterfall

Having slept only 4 hours from last night, I was feeling rather tired for work the next morning and decided to take the day off. Somehow, a few adventure ideas came to my mind later during the day and again I packed everything and departed towards Cluny. This day’s adventure was to be an explore…

Hiking Le Morne Mountain

One Thursday evening (04/08/16), I received a call from my good friend Idriss about hiking Le Morne mountain for Saturday morning. One week after achieving Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire mountain, and now that the access to Le Morne mountain has been opened to the public… yes, previously it was a private access and one could only…

Sunset at Albion Lighthouse

Well, I must admit that winter isn’t my ‘explore and capture’ season but having a picture idea in mind since some time I convinced myself to visit the Pointe Aux Caves (Albion) lighthouse one afternoon after work hours for sunset, and of course, due to the early sun setting time of winter I had to…

Climbing Lion Mountain

Well, after having climbed Corps de Garde and Le Pouce Mountain respectively, and maintaining our fortnightly mountain-climbing activity, this weekend our target was Lion Mountain. Found in the district of Grand Port, this mountain is quite famous by its appearance, taking the shape of a sitting Lion. And it was time to pay a visit…

Climbing Le Pouce Mountain

Having recently climbed the Corps de Garde Mountain, the thrill was still present to continue this adventure for other mountains as well in Mauritius, and our (me and my two work colleagues) next attempt was for Le Pouce Mountain. Found in the region of St Pierre/Moka, this mountain has the reputation of being among the…

Climbing Corps de Garde Mountain

One early February afternoon I received a call from a good friend asking if I was interested in joining him to climb the Corps de Garde mountain. Adventurous as always I readily accepted and we met at the foot of the mountain 30 minutes later to start the climb. Somehow, I neglected the fact that I…

Snorkeling at the Blue Bay Marine Park

Have you been to Ile des Deux Cocos? If not, then you are missing a lot and should immediately check out their website and contact them for a booking. This private little island offers a great get-away from the buzz of everyday and a gorgeous relaxation and entertainment moment. This blog post isn’t really about…

Porlwi by Light 2015

Festivals are becoming quite common in Mauritius since some recent years and there has been quite a variety of them; Carnivals, Foods, Bread, etc … and this year (2015), something new is on the agenda: Porlwi by Light. This festival of light aims at promoting the capital city of Port Louis in a traditional and…

Instameet Mauritius: An Evening at Tamassa Resort

After the successful first edition of the Instagrammers Meeting of Ile des Deux Cocos, and 3 months later came the time for a second edition of the InstaMeet in Mauritius. Again, the Lux Resorts took the lead and organized this 2nd edition in another of their hotels in Bel Ombre: The Tamassa Resort. As a well planned occasion,…