The Discovery Of Rodrigues Island

Rodrigues island is located about 500km northeast of Mauritius and basically functions as an independent country to Mauritius. It is without doubt one of the the most beautiful places that exist on earth and yet remains to be discovered. The island is a fun place to be despite it's small magnitude. Besides, the night sky here is so clear that you can almost see every star in the galaxy i swear.

Wonderful Christian St Gabriel Cathedral in the island of Rodrigues.

Pointe Cotton Beach

Afterwards, I got on my motorbike and started cruising around the gorgeous green and hilly island. My two main objectives were to get to the famous beach, Trou d’Argent, which required a 30 minute drive on the bike each way plus one hour hiking through the lava rocks each way so that was 3 hours plus time spent at the beach. The only way the beach is accessible is by foot or by boat.

First, I somehow found the way to where I was supposed to park to start the walk to the beach from the crappy map from the tourism office. I then made two rookie mistakes that were pretty dumb. First, I didn’t bring water with me and by 8am it’s already 100 degrees and humid as hell. Second, I left the motorbike parked in the sun and the seat is black pleather. So when I got back it burned the hell out of my ass even through the bathing suit.

Anyway after a gorgeous hike through a series of beaches, none of which were marked, I made it to Trou d’Argent which as you can see (above) didn’t disappoint. Luckily for me, as I arrived sweating profusely and thirsty as can be-there was a family from La Reunion there and they offered me water. Honestly, they may have saved a disaster because it was really hot and I don’t know if I would’ve made it back without passing out.

So that was basically my way too short a time in Rodrigues but i did manage to see most of the island and everything that i did want to see for sure. I also made it to the Saturday market on the harbor in Port Mathurin, where although i didn't buy anything, they have some nice things and clothes. Unfortunately no good t-Shirts! But the island was just very chill and the type of place it's nice to be for a day or two.

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