An island in an ocean that I've long wanted to visit was Mauritius. A lush, green atoll deep in the Indian Ocean lying like a tiny speck next to Madagascar off the coast of Southern Africa, Mauritius is a beautiful southern hemisphere gem. We have long postponed making the journey due to the distance and travelling time, but with the children getting older and having made a good number of long haul trips, we thought we'd give it a go. The 3 hour time difference makes this long haul journey much easier to recover from, so once we got to Dubai it was due South to Mauritius on the same timeline.What a sight it is to fly in to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Airport in Mahébourg on the south eastern coast of Mauritius. To see the lush
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