Beaches - Beautiful but Cold

Mauritius isn't a place that I'd normally go to. It's all just beach. And if you know me, you'd know that I'm not a particularly big fan of beaches. I hate the salt water, I can't stand being directly under the sun, and I get bored just lounging. Seriously, I can't do more than an hour of beach.

So I can't really tell you why I decided to go...I think it's just because it was easy to build into my around the world ticket. It wasn't a bad choice though. I had a wonderful 4 days on the island.

Except for the weather. The water was crystal clear, the sand smooth white. But it was waaaaaaay too cold to take a dip! Bummer...

I had a beach right in front of my guest house, but it was a bit too small and too close to a lot of boats. So, I walked for at least an hour (I was told that it would take 15 minutes by bus, but decided to walk anyways...dumb) to another beach that was more doable. Sat around for a few minutes, and got bored. Since I didn't have much on my plate, I ended up walking again. Call it good exercise.
On another day, I joined a tour to the most famous, beautiful beach - Isle Aux Cerfs. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't cooperating - cloudy and windy all day : ( It took 1-2 hours drive through curvy roads, followed by a short boat ride, but it was absolutely worth it for the scenery. Picture perfect (well, I guess it would've been better if the sun was out)! When you're drooling over a beach, this is it!
My friend told me that there would be ladies selling whole pineapples at the beaches. I was SO looking forward to it (although my ayurveda doctor told me pineapple is not good for me) but I didn't see any. Darn it. I don't think it was pineapple season....

BTW, I was told by some of the people I'd met earlier that I should stay in Grand Baie. It's supposed to be the most "happening" place. Let me just say that there isn't much happening there... My favorite hangout in the city was SuperU. That's right, the supermarket. They had quite a good selection of instant noodles. I guess there's quite a large Asian population around.

What else did I do...Oh yeah, I watched Care Bears, CSI, and Heroes in French.