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THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN ON A FAMILY TRIP TO MAURITIUS, SAMPLING
THREE OF THE ISLAND’S FINEST RESORTS. WHAT COULD GO WRONG? A FAIR BIT,
IT TURNED OUT, BUT THIS PALED IN COMPARISON TO ENJOYING THE PLEASURES
OF MAURITIUS WITH HER MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, WRITES MELANY BENDIX .
48 // MAKE MEMORIES FOR LIFE
“This isn’t good,” I thought, as the last
trickle of Saffas emerged from the arrivals
hall at Mauritius’ tongue-twisting Sir
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International
Airport, no mother, no daughter
amongst them.
I’d arrived in Mauritius a few days before
and was eagerly awaiting the arrival of
my mom, Sonia, and my five-year-old
daughter, Noa, who’d flown together
from Cape Town. I was slightly anxious
about them making the trip solo – it can
be challenging for the most energetic of
parents to manage flying with kids, so
how my 75-year-old mom was going to