Balfour Garden, Rose Hill And More, Mauritius, 23 July 1979

An overview of my 1979 trip to Mauritius, courtesy of the wonderfully hospitable Biltoo family, can be found by clicking here or below:

Here is an extract from my fifth letter, which is in effect my diary entry for 23 July 1979:

Well here’s what happened yesterday. We completed the move to Garçon‘s house in the morning, had lunch at Garçon’s (after a little shopping in Rose Hill where Anil bought a Chinese trinket box). Then we went in the afternoon for a drive around some of the sites of Rose Hill. We went to Balfour Garden, where there is a beautiful view of waterfalls and they have giant tortoises.

Unlabelled – guessing Balfour Garden

We also went to the Divine Life Society building (a place for weirdos I think).

Swami Sivananda Saraswati

Swami Sivananda Saraswati

We then drove to Marraz’s to collect the last of the stuff and then drove to Narrain’s, where we stayed, went for a walk, and had dinner. We then went home and I went to bed quite early and slept well. Today we are seeing some more interesting sites, so tune in to tomorrow’s exciting episode of: –
Anyway, see you soon, lots of love, hope all is well
Ian H (PS all mail still goes to the same place)

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