Albion, Mauritius Travel Blogs

God Created Mauritius and then Heaven
Jul 18, 2009 (105 photos)

... of a multitude of colours and tastes, the island, set in its turquoise sea, is an oasis of peace and tranquillity. Mauritius, a melting pot where past and present are smoothly blended together, offers an essential beauty that will compel to return to its ...

Walk with the Lions
Aug 1, 2009

... Encounter" on the island. This exclusive activity is available all over the year at the Casela Nature & Leisure Park, Mauritius. This is a unique opportunity available only to the people who are fortunate enough to decide to visit the park at ...

Marriage in a Paradise Island: Mauritius
Jul 18, 2009 (16 photos)

... months before, to the Civil Status Office of the Registrar General - 5th Floor - Emmanuel Anquetil Building - Port Louis - Mauritius. Once approved by the authorities, the wedding can be organized and celebrated within 24 hours except on Saturday, Sunday ...

Mauritius
Jul 15, 2008 (18 photos)

With Croatia behind us we headed for London and a final night with Jayne before taking off to Mauritius. Jayne knew exactly what travel weary Aussies need 90 days into their journey- a home cooked roast lamb and a comfy bed. Just what the doctor ...

Arrival
May 31, 2008

... at immigration! Mario and Annie proceeded to ensure we had made the most of the duty free on offer before driving us out into Mauritius and tealling us everything we would need to know!  We stopped off at their house for some tea, toast and cheese and ...

Mauritius
Jan 31, 2009

I'm going to wing it in Mauritius. All I know that I am going to do is take a boat to Reunion and then onto Madagascar.

More of the same, with some different weather
Jul 16, 2008 (5 photos)

... for Darren but boardies and a T-shirt for Penny and a dress for Molly. Not cheap but designed by a French artist living in Mauritius and made with no child labour (according to the label!). We walked to the other side of Grand Baie to have a closer look ...

Gorgeous Mauritius
May 11, 2005

... stressful 2 year, long distance relationship we were looking for some peace and quiet and beauty by the ocean which we absolutely got. Mauritius much as it is an isolated piece of land has so much life and color it is unbelieveable. It was surprising to ...

Bludging and more bludging - what's a better word?
Jul 13, 2008 (3 photos)

activity in the snorkelling department. We stuck to the plan very well. Arising reasonably late we had breakfast on the balcony around 9.30, Darren ordered a ham and cheese omelette and got a mushroom omlette (which was very good) and Penny had a ...

Photos
Sep 20, 2008 (5 photos)

Mauritius, people and other photos

First week
May 28, 2008 (5 photos)

... the moment I am working on two different projects. One in conjunction with Seth, a project on seagrass and the species around Mauritius. This is to later tie in with the Dugong stomach analysis to be conducted with a dissecting microscope here in the lab ( ...

The Southwest
Jul 11, 2008 (7 photos)

Awoke pretty early this morning at 7.00m ready for our tour of the southwest of the island. We had actually done this tour before in 2007 but last time the tour was focussed on visiting as many shops as possible rather than seeing the sights. We had ...

Ile aux Cerfs and Grand Baie
Jul 9, 2008 (9 photos)

... ride back, we returned in the bus by a different route, which gave us a chance to see some of the northern interior of Mauritius. The northern suburbs of Port Louis that shocked me last time don't seem to be typical of the way Mauritians live - the other ...

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Nov 4, 2008

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Flight and First impressions
May 17, 2008

Hey everyone So i have arrived in Mauritius. The flight over her was ace, i kinda changed economy to first class by shotgunning four seats in a row to myself! So i just watched two films and then lay across all four and had a wicked sleep. Chris ( ...

Mauritius Cheap Accommodation
Sep 26, 2009 (1 photos)

... into some fine luxury you can even hold a party with your friends and family or even organise a wedding. Lifestyle Mauritius lifestyle adds some further authenticity to your vacation. When driving around Mauritius in your chauffeur driven cars provided by ...

Snorkelling and a walk, but mostly more bludging
Jul 7, 2008 (7 photos)

Itīs now Monday - the wireless at the hotel proved difficult yesterday and this morning. Saturday night ended, as predicted, early. We were in bed by 8.30 after pizzas at Pizzadelle, a very cool place in Pereybere, and slept until 6.30 on Sunday. We ...

Just arrived
Jul 5, 2008 (2 photos)

... theirs. We left Perth on Air Mauritius almost on time at 3.30am and dozed a fair bit of the way, arriving in Mauritius an hour late at 8.00am.   Sir Seewoosagur  Ramgoolam airport is more civilised and much quicker to get through than ...

8 Days Honeymoon Trip To Mauritius 2003
Jun 9, 2003

This is our sweetest trip in our lives! We didn't have any digital camera then, so gotta scan all exciting photos and upload them onto this blog. It will take ages... Thank you for your patience!

A slightly exciting day
Jul 17, 2008 (4 photos)

... with some other people. We headed out along the coast and as we came out of the shelter of the main island of Mauritius, the water started to get quite rough. Soon after the first boy started vomiting, followed by several other children and then some ...

Vedi Veni Visa ... Mauritius
Apr 29, 2009 (4 photos)

... to get a few souvenirs but the wife had other ideas. And there we were - scouting, window-shopping, bargaining (very important in Mauritius as everybody is out to rip-u-off ) and actual shopping whenever the tour guides allowed us to. Not in our favor ...