http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Mauritius , Port Louis en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:29:56 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:29:56 BST Reunion After 3 days at sea we arrived at the Island of Reunion on Monday the 21st of April. It is a French Protectorate and it did not take us long to realize it We all got loaded on our buses for the various tours and the Taxis decided to call a surprise strike and blocked the exit from the port with cabs so none of the buses could leave. The Cabbies wanted access to the Port and claimed th http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-269174.html Thursday 27th DecemberTana Airport1306 UK 1606 MadagascarIn approximately 54 minutes I will be heading down the runway and leaving this Fair Isle. A month has passed very quickly and I feel I have done a lot seen a lot learnt a lot and changed a bit. You know I think I have managed to slow down. Just a little bit but I am fine with dead time now. There has to be some time in which http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-231908.html Hi I am Swapna Saha from Kolkata India. I am the working in a textile company as personal secretary to the Chairman. My hobbies includes Travelling Singing songs Rabindra Sangeet Surfing internet Chatting with friends and cooking. Travelling is my greatest passion and I have travelled a lot in India and abroad.My husband works in a multinatinal company at Kolkata. His name is Mr. Tapas Sah http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-210298.html Heya Just giving you guys an update on what I have been doing. I'm finishing my internship this friday Then i'll have two week's holiday ... PARRRTYYYYYYY And then Olivier and I will be flying to DownUnder on the 2nd. I'll be stopping at Sydney and Olivier will continue to Melbourne Now our problem is ... finding accomodation. We're arriving in Oz in 2 weeks and we still don't know where we' http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-168736.html Already 1 month in Mauritius and I laughed so many times about things that happened in mauritius Look at the photos and comments Unfortunately I didn't have my camera on me otherwise I would've taken a photo I went to the registrar of companies to get some information. Arrived there of course it had changed address a didn't think it was a good idea to mention it on their website and aske http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-165832.html RECULEZAlrightDoing my internship in mauritius ... as you can see I work hardI was in the Dolphin's team ... and we won Yeah so that was pretty cool. I had to choose between beachvolley pool darts football volleyball carom petanque golf putting ... Writing my rapport de stage is going to be great http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-165567.html In all honestly I never heard of this tiny African island before I knew I was going to be one of our ports on Semester at Sea. I was happy just to be getting on land again after a week of incredibly rocky waters due to a slight brush with a cyclone coming around the southern coast of the African continent. Itrsquos a little unsettling to have your plates and utensils move around the table http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-147144.html Almost got everything sorted now We are going to rent a flat that is in Trou Aux Biches on the north west coast of Mauritius. With great help from Fatiha and Clarel at Le Capitaine we got a large flat with a spare bedroom close to the centre of Trou Aux Biches for a very good price DDDWe will be moving up there on Sunday so will post some pictures once we get sorted with a connection there http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-111000.html On day two they bought a carhellipThanks to our friend Clarel who got us in connection with Shameer we now are the proud owners of Dayflower It is a white Nissan Sunny from 1992 and is a beauty. She had a bit of a flat tire today but after a refill of air at the gas station her tires are doing fine One interesting point is that in Mauritius they drive on the left just like in the UK but fo http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-110121.html We arrived in a very sunny and friendly place with the husband Clarel of the manager Fattima of our hostel Le Capitaine waiting at the arrival area outside the airport. We not only received a transfer but a tour of half the island Clarel whose other job is in insurance seems to make it a hobby to help visitors enjoy their time in Mauritius. He says it is just typical Mauritian hospitali http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-109871.html ldquoOceans apart day after day and I slowly go insane. I hear your voice on the line but it doesnrsquot stop the pain...rdquo Richard Marx Mauritius MoreishusI was going to edit this entry because itrsquos not very uplifting but the more I thought about it I didnrsquot think it would be fair to you or me to sensor it to make my experience here something different than it was. T http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-23229.html 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 afte http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-23194.html Hi GuysI 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 guysLove Nicki http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-22858.html 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 weekend 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.ExpressLe MauricienYo http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Mauritius/Port-Louis/blog-4305.html