Earth Outdoors

06/10/2023

📸 - 1000 Miles Out… AKA that time and I got stranded on the island of Mauritius for 6 months 🏝️

A job had brought us to Mauritius early March 2020. Despite expressing concern about traveling in light of developing travel restrictions, the client urged us to go as planned.

It took three days to travel around the world from New York to the middle of the Indian Ocean. The day after arriving, we were informed that the island would be closing its airport, the only way on and off the island, for 10 days.

Periodically, this 10 days turned to a month, two months and so on resulting in an unexpected six-month stay. Initially, the island was incredibly strict with a police-enforced lockdown.

Being trapped abroad tested us both financially and mentally. However, this life-changing experience had a bittersweet ending as we developed deep friendships and love for our little home away from home.

This was hands down the most wild experience either of us have ever had. Here’s a random assortment of some photos we snapped during our experience in Mauritius! 🇲🇺

All photos by both and me 📸