We wanted to go hiking up to the mountains, but Mother Nature showed more muscles so we stayed in the car. Most roads where cleared, only had to turn around once in Moka because of a tree blocking the road.
Cyclone Gamede has now passed. February 25th 2007 Sunday/Monday
At 10am it was announced that the cyclone Gamede has passed Mauritius and was no longer a threat. We would have updated the blog earlier, but we had no power from Sunday morning until some where between 4 and 7am Monday morning. Once the power was back we were still struggling to get a internet connection. But finally we got online were able to update the blog.
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Africa » Mauritius Discovered by the Portuguese in 1505, Mauritius was subsequently held by the Dutch, French, and British before independence was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record, the country has attra... ... read more
We are a Norwegian/Canadian 30-something couple that have decided to do some longer term travelling before settling down. With no kids or mortgage, we recognised it wouldn't get much more convenient as we got on in years. Whatever happens, we are looking forward to a great learning experience.
After making a farewell tour to Norway in November 2006, we took off for Mauritius in December 2006 and became PADI Divemasters. We then moved on to Phuket, Thailand in March 2007 and completed our PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor course in April 2007. We worked for 2 months on Koh Phi Phi and div... full info