“Un petit coin de paradis” (A little corner of paradise)
Arrived at Joburg airportWhat a coincidence! The airport knows we are celebrating Natey’s 7th birthday! (Salebration!)Natey making sure Dakkie doesn’t get ridden over by a car
“Family moments are the best souvenirs.”
We heard a lot of French this week. Although, I do think most of the guests at the hotel, or at least 50% were South Africans. We spent a week in Mauritius at Club Med’s Pointe aux Canonniers in Grand Baie… what an amazing place!
Two years ago, we went for Dakkie’s 60th but ended up having bigger celebrations while there for Leo’s 7th birthday. This is the post of when we were in Mauritius 2 years ago. The kids look so small! So, because we were there for Leo’s 7th, Dakkie said we have to go for Natey’s 7th too! (And who would want to argue against that kinda logic!?) Oui Oui for Mauri! (Yes, yes for Mauritius.)
We drove to Joburg and booked into the slow lounge. It’s there where I found wine on tap! I could have happily stayed there for the week… watching aeroplanes, eating snacks, and having wine on tap. Luckily, our flight was delayed, so we stayed at the slow lounge a bit longer than what we planned.
The slow lounge! Thanks FNB. I even got a complimentary massage! The slow lounge was a great start to our holiday. The party continued on our flight to Mauritius.Rapunzel, rapunzel, let down your beard…
ClubMed is a really awesome place to stay, especially if you have kids. They were so amazing making Natey’s birthday special…. a letter, presents, cake and singing.
The food was delicious too! Their seafood, especially, was top notch! Although we ate a lot, I think we ate healthier than what we normally do! Now I’m thinking of ways how I can make healthy food more delicious in our daily lives…
There were endless activities to choose from, but Dakkie and I mainly specialized in the “sitting around drinking cocktails” events. 😜
We joined in on the creative activities like bracelet-making, painting, colouring, and even a bit of origami (cocktail in hand, of course).
We also tried our hand at archery, skiing, swimming, bird watching, net fishing, plus plenty of walking, chatting, snacking, and eating.
The seafood at ClubMed was next level! Kids forcing Dakkie to get her hair wet.Tables and lights all around the swimming pool. When we woke up the next morning it was all packed away!Fishing… caught eels, starfish, crabs, fish, a sea cucumber and a sting ray! (Put them all back again afterwards.)Sunset pics!Strawberry Daiquiris were delishThis waiter laughed at Oup for ordering a virgin mojitoWe all scream for ice cream!Beware of the stone fish! Natey spoke about this in his grade 1 oral this year! And one of our fellow South Africans got stung! She had to go to the hospital. Luckily, she survived and is well. ClubMed handled the situation so well. Splashing in the water. (In retrospect, a few meters from where the stonefish was!)Cheers!Lekker food. (That’s Natey’s photo face.)Sail boats. Pretty pic from the hotel.Where’s my drink!?Celebrating South African Heritage Day. Unfortunately there were no braai-broodjies.Look how pretty!Smoked MarlinYay! Here comes my cocktail!How many ice-creams did you have!?Face paint and colouring-in at kiddies club.Kiddies’ MojitoKids ate pasta while the adults ate seafoodThey called him Zeus, Thor, Odin, Poseidon… Yummy!Happy Birthday, Natey!Natey got this letter and a magnetic dodo from the hotel.Seven!Family phone call for Natey’s bday.The hotel brought him a cake and sang for him at supper!He got a prezzie from the kiddies club! And they sang for him in French and English!This is what the kiddies club gave him. We went early before breakfast one morning to do some sand art.Cocktail of the day!Coconuts! With the clubmed logo!I love coconuts! Mauritian holiday not complete without drinking a fresh coconut.Leo ask me what a pample mouse is.🐁(pic on right is with google translate lens)Cheese!Things got rough with Dakkie around!😜Leo skiing Table tennis (in French) with JuanBocce/Bulls (Marcus was strangely good at this!)Walking to our roomInteresting vegetationMaking cookies with kiddies clubArchery…Marcus was good at this too!We gymed every day….😜 (or we thought about intending to every day)This is what I did while in Mauritius… it was lekker!Marcus “mono” skiing. (I was chuffed that I also got up first time when I skied) Leo enjoyed it!Natey is allergic to family photos… well, any photos!I thought this green guy was a toy!Marcus making friends while making braceletsJason, the bar-man from Ladybrand!At the duty free shop, Mauritius airportOur flight back to South Africa was delayed… so we got some food at Burger King… it was hilarious because we got random onion rings. Natey ordered a kiddies meal, they didn’t have toys left so he got an ice cream and a crown.Angry birds and movies on the plane
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Smile Mr. Burger King!Sunset (in French)
“Sunsets in Mauritius are proof that even the sun knows how to throw a dramatic party.”
Merci to Oup and Dakkie for once again organizing such a memorable family holiday!🥰 Oui Oui for Mauri!
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One Comment
Sarie Steenkamp
Wow what a great experience.
Lovely memories.