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you'll find are the mosques, temples,
and churches, which speak of the varied
population on the island. You could buy
cheap food from dixie shops made of
scrap metal, or fresh fish and vegetables
from roadside vendors. Dessert was MSGinjected
crisps that would probably make
your eyes glow in the dark if you ate too
many. Cheap restaurants are easy to find
too, but just be careful of ordering anything
with meat.
After selecting a few locations we headed
towards the northern most point of the
island, which takes roughly two hours
if you drive as wearily as we did. The
Blue Marlin's rattling turned into a fullyfledged
bucking action on the motorway,
making the drive feel like you were riding
a mechanical bull around. As the Western
population continues to grow, so the need
for malls, coffee shops and electronic stores
develops, and you can’t help but notice the
development taking place near the posh
suburbs and resorts.
After a full day of driving, we bought a crate of local Phoenix Lagers and
headed to the beach, where a blinding sunset painted the ocean red and
orange. At €15 per person, per night, we were getting the best seats on the
island at a fraction of the cost.
The market
The ocean became increasingly more dangerous throughout the week, as
the wind switched direction and blew across the bay. So we decided to do
some more sightseeing and ambled to the sprawling market in the capital
city, Port Louis. It felt like we had stepped right into the real-life equivalent
of television static. Store owners selling T-shirts and electrical doohickeys
hassled us to buy anything; cheap leather shoes, wooden dodos, back
massagers, balaclavas, toy guns, knife sets, aphrodisiacs, salad spoons
and laser pointers.
there's a big fruit and vegetable Market
inside a dOuble-stOrey farMhOuse, and
what it laCks in COMpetitive salesManship
it Makes up fOr in baCk-tO-baCk CrOwds.
it seeMed like everyOne was dOing their
grOCery shOpping there.�
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