Mauritius. Deep in the Shallows.
For hiding in the lagoon is a wealth of marine beauty that can temporarily wash off any terrestrial visual assault. But Mauritius, much like other tropical islands, scattered messily in the Indian Ocean, can often satiate all touristy appetites, simply with the show of its beaches. The spread of the white sands, fringed by palm trees on one side and lapped on the other by a calm blue ocean, can bring on a lazy holiday stupor.
Mystical Underwater in Maldives
It is a myth, usually uncontested, that mountaineers and seafarers are given to tall tales. The fact is that we are so far removed from their experience, that it all seems such gobbledegook Many years ago after my mountain expedition (Kanchenjunga), I discovered that even the quotidian snippet from the Base Camp seemed fanciful.