We arrived on this island at the airport. That was more than a hour away by divided highways in the opposite direction of the capital city. We are in between. It seems the airport is almost on the opposite side of Mauritius island from Port Louis.
Today's bus trip was also a bit more than an hour by bus even though the route is less than 30 kilometers. We can conveniently walk to the beach road and wait at a large bus stand. The weekday schedule runs every 15 to 20 minutes.
We weren't too sure about the stops and got off the bus fairly near the Public Market. I downloaded the whole island as an offline Google Map, so I don't need an Internet connection and will forgo a SIM while here.
We continued to the Le Caudan Waterfront. When there, clouds blew through and brought about 15 minutes of very light mist. Soon, the sky was blue again. It seems as though this is how life will be in December. It felt pretty hot and even the locals were complaining.
We don't understand a thing though when people speak. The language is mainly a French creole here. There are numerous Indian languages as well as English spoken here too. Now, with all the need for overseas manpower there are even more!
We have a lot more to see, but didn't want to do it today. As we hadn't gone to the actual station at the end of the route, we didn't know where to pick up the #123 back to Flick en Flac beach. A bus still heading to it dropped us off for free and gave directions to the next bus leaving in the direction of our Airbnb home away from home.
The most fun of a journey for us is learning the ropes in a new location. We felt as though we did a part of that today. Jay and I will ride their metro-line train and see other UNESCO downtown sites later. Staying somewhere for a full month can allow a much more intimate and complete picture than many tourists get.