Blogs from Mauritius, Africa - page 9
March 1st 2006
PICTURES!!!! yay yay It worked!!! Finally! I would have put up more but it was taking forever to upload them and I am running out of time! Miss you all XOXO T... read more
October 14th 2005
“Oceans apart day after day, and I slowly go insane. I hear your voice on the line but it doesn’t stop the pain...” - Richard Marx Mauritius (More-ish-us) I was going to edit this entry because it’s not very uplifting, but the more I thought about it, I didn’t think it would be fair to you or me to sensor it to make my experience here something different than it was. There’s a quote from Mark Twain about Mauritius and I shouldn’t even quote it because its not exact, I didn’t write it down fast enough when I heard it, but it’s something like this: “Mauritius was made first, then heaven and they copied heaven from Mauritius…”The way Twain said it is more eloquent than my version of it, but it’s the same point… The morning ... read more
October 13th 2005
After some of my past journal entries this one is going to be relatively short. As our substitute for Kenya we went to Mauritius for three days. It is a small island/ country in the Indian Ocean near the north east coast of Madagascar. From what we heard previous to coming to Mauritius it is paradise. Mark Twain made some sort of quote about God creating Mauritius and then creating Heaven after and modeling it after Mauritius. Well, we all hope that wasn’t true. Don’t get me wrong, it was really nice. Beautiful white sand beaches and clear turquoise water and plummeting waterfalls. But that seems to be where it ends. It’s just a really nice island in my opinion, nothing spectacular. This could be my still-disappointed-about-Kenya mouth talking, but I think I’m not augmenting the ... read more
October 11th 2005
Hi Guys, I am going to try to upload some pictures, I am not sure if I will be able to figure out how to do it in the time that I have. Have no fear, I wont tease you like that, if I cant figure out how to upload pictures onto this site, I will post them on Yahoo and then post the link here. Hope all is well back home. I miss you guys! Love Nicki... read more
February 18th 2005
Driving down to Port Louis, in the extended rush hour, normally until 9:30 am but when it rains, and because money is scarce for the majority of the population in Mauritius, car tyres are as bold as my Dad's head. So as to avoid the famous “aquaplaning” in Mauritius which actually looks like water skiing, instead of driving at the permitted speed limit in Mauritius on the dual carriage way : 90 KMS an hour Mauritian drivers have "grinded" to a 35 km, stop and go, for the 30 kilometre stretch from Floréal to Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. It seems the sun will not be here for quite a few days still. The poor tourists who, since arriving in Mauritius, have only had rain for nearly 2 weeks, what a holiday for them - ... read more
February 16th 2005
We have nothing but rain for the last 10 days. All this is starting to get depressive for Carol, my wife and 2 boys Zowie and Zidane. It must just as depressive for the tourist (peak season now). Come the week-end we should have the sunny side of Mauritius back but with an extreme humidity. If you want the news about in Mauritius, in french, then visit 2 online daily newspapers. Express Le Mauricien You can also use my search engine to question all Mauritius online newspapers and media,Search Media and Newspapers in Mauritius more tomorrow ... read more
