Blogs from Mauritius, Africa - page 13

After a very long 12 hour flight to Mauritius we started our descent over the island. The plane came to life as everyone craned their necks in anticipation to get the first exciting glimpse of paradise. Then my boyfriend pipes up and says 'oh, it looks a bit like Scotland'. Talk about passion killer, he may have well said 'your bum looks particularly enormous today'! By the scowl on my face he quickly retreated back into the High Life magazine and didn't volunteer any further thoughts. But I hated to admit it did look a bit like Scotland - very green and lots of mountains. On the ground, thank God, Mauritius is nothing like Scotland. As we drove through miles and miles of sugar cane fields with the sun shining and in warm tropical breeze blowing ... read more

1/2 innlegg: Mauritius (Skrevet i Flic en Flac 11.04.08). Nå har vi da vært her på Mauritius i ca 2 uker,å ja om noe kan kalles paradis er dette nettopp det!!! Ankom sent på kvelden ca2 uker siden fra Johannesburg(SørAfrika) å fant fort en billig & flott overnattingsplass i en rolig,liten type fiskerlandsby sør på øya,Mahebourg. Var der i 2 netter å vandret rundt overalt før ferden gikk videre til hovedstaden,Port Louis.Titta litt rundt der,å må si dette er virkelig en moderne & fin storby med kokospalmer & skyskrapere om hverandre..,arti!!+kjøpte flybillett til Seychellene & stappa i oss hærlig pizza fra Pizza Hut. Videre gikk turen til den endelige destinasjonen: Grand Baie. For en plass!!!.sjelden føler "wow" av tropisk paradis,men dette er virkelig det!! Fikk faktisk lyst til å flytte hit å åpne butikk,derfor har vi ... read more

We arrived early morning and walked into town (which took about 15 minutes) rather than take the ferry, just to see a little of the local life. In the event, our seeking of an internet cafe took us to a shopping centre close to where our fellow passengers were arriving. M did the internet stuff whilst D took a few beers on the waterfront with a fellow passenger from Wales. Mauritius is an independent country in Africa. The republic of Mauritius is part of the Mascarene Islands, a group of islands created by volcanic activity in the Indian Ocean. The Republic of Mauritius includes the main island of Mauritius and the island of Rodrigues to the east of Mauritius, as well as many smaller islands and archipelagos. The Republic of Mauritius thus includes the North Island ... read more

We decided to go to Mauritius to visit a mate of ours from London, but due to a bit of a cock up with telephone numbers and dates, unfortunately he wasn't even on the island when we arrived! Determined to make the best of a bad job, and not knowing much about Mauritius, we scoured the web in search of information about places to stay and things to do here. We finally settled on a little place towards the North of the island called Pereybere, and landed a pretty nice unit complete with all mod-cons, sea-views and a pet kitten?! At some point of the the bus journey from the airport to Pereybere, we wondered if we were even in Mauritius. It was almost like being in India with the huge Hindi population prominent in all ... read more

Had an amazing ten days in mauritius chilling out to the max. We were so tired and emotional for the first few days I can hardly even remember it but I think it's fair to say we have never encountered such luxury before. They actually didn't let you lift a finger, to the point where it was quite embarassing. The food was brilliant big massive buffets every night and we had a romantic candlelight dinner on the last night which was very special. Whole resort was lovely, totally tailored for couples with wee private spots and four poster beds looking out to sea around the beach and stuff - amazing. We did alot of the free watersports put on for us -wake boarding - which sparks could do immediatley because he is annoying like that - ... read more