Mauritius

Mauritius is a little island of the coast of Madagascar. We only had 8 hours there, but I still had a lot of fun.  I did a catamaran type to go snorkeling. The coral was actually more amazing than the fish. The coral had a lot of sea urchins that we had to be careful of because they were pretty poisonous. The water was pretty warm and refreshing because it was hot outside. After snorkeling, we got back on the Catamaran and cruised a little and enjoyed a BBQ lunch. It was all really yummy. Then they took us to a beach. we had to take a small boat to the beach because the water was super low.

After Mauritius on our journey to India, the captain came on to the loud speaker in the morning saying that we would be making an unexpected stop as a few passengers were really sick and we needed to get them better medical attention. Sad yes I know but there is a cool part that came out of it. We stopped for them at Diego Garcia which is a military island! No civilian has ever been on land until now. Those 2 students and 1 crew member were the only civilians to ever be on that island since it became a base in the 60s.
Also ships are not allowed within 20 miles of this island or they would be approached with military force. So we are actually the first civilians ever to get this close to the island too!