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February 26th 2011
Published: March 3rd 2011
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Mauritius is the biggest of the Mascarene Isles, Reunion and Rodrigues being the other ones. Although first discovered by the Portuguese, the Dutch were first to settle there. It became however French territory before becoming a British possession. As a consequence we have today a very unique and rather complex linguistic situation. I think Belgium could take some lessons here. The official langua... Read Full Entry



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Benoit and Robson
Ben and Robson
Ben and Robson
We are a couple, Benoit and Robson who decided to tour the world for 1 year. This blog was to keep contact with family and friends. Our trip started in April 2009 and we came back home in April 2010. From London we headed east with Istanbul as our first stop. Six months later, in October 2009 we ended up in Brazil where we stayed till April 2010. We mainly stayed in the state of Santa Catarina where Robson's family lives. We however mangaged to travel quite a bit as well, to the North, the Amazon, Curitiba, Rioa Grande do Sul and ... we went to Rio and participated i... full info
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more rocksmore rocks
more rocks
plenty of fish, close to the shoreplenty of fish, close to the shore
plenty of fish, close to the shore
Church on the beachChurch on the beach
Church on the beach
pre-beach areapre-beach area
pre-beach area
adopting local parking habitsadopting local parking habits
adopting local parking habits
plenty of wind & wavesplenty of wind & waves
plenty of wind & waves
jumping the wavesjumping the waves
jumping the waves
Rocester fallRocester fall
Rocester fall
Rochester FallsRochester Falls
Rochester Falls
The fallsThe falls
The falls
with rainbowwith rainbow
with rainbow
taken from my seat at restauranttaken from my seat at restaurant
taken from my seat at restaurant
garden of restaurantgarden of restaurant
garden of restaurant
FlamboyantFlamboyant
Flamboyant
fruitsfruits
fruits
Manor house of ancient sugar cane plantationManor house of ancient sugar cane plantation
Manor house of ancient sugar cane plantation
InseparableInseparable
Inseparable
close to shiva's statueclose to shiva's statue
close to shiva's statue
ShivaShiva
Shiva
The 108 feet statue of Lord Shiva (Shiva Statue) at Ganga Talao or Grand Bassin, Mauritius Island. The Shiva Statue was inaugurated in 2007 and the 'Sthapan' was done during the Maha Shivratri period of 2008.
shiva shiva
shiva
This is the second tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world.
sacred lakesacred lake
sacred lake
This small lake is, according to hindu beliefs connected underneath with the sacred Ganges river and is thus sacred as well. Shiva statue is nearby.



7th March 2011
Black River Gorges NP

Can Yildiz
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Amazing place. So beautiful.
8th August 2011

Kate
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Mauritius
Sounds like you had a great time! And great photos too! A Mauritius holiday looks beautiful!

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