Port Louis, Mauritius Travel Blogs

Mauritius
Apr 4, 2008 (15 photos)

... of the immigration queue they did not seem very keen on the fact that our onward ticket was out of East Africa and not Mauritius like every other package tourist on our flight. We told them about our plan to fly onto Madagascar and then on to East Africa ...

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Gardens, ...
Oct 30, 2007 (12 photos)

... commonly known as the Pamplemousses Botanical Garden, is a popular tourist attraction near Port Louis, Mauritius, and the oldest botanical garden in the Southern Hemisphere. The garden was first constructed by Pierre Poivre in 1770, and covers an area ...

The lion sleeps during the day
Oct 25, 2007 (12 photos)

... plate: lumpy, tick, cheesy and tasteless) AND change our plans to rent a car today. We will take the bus to Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. NOT without feeding 'our' cats. The bus ride takes 50 minutes, it is said it leaves every 20 minutes and ...

Sugar museum: one of the best I have seen EVER!
Oct 28, 2007 (12 photos)

... was AMAZING. Whoever designed this museum deserves a statue. It waves the history of the sugar plantations into the history of Mauritius. Even more: it starts with the world history from the 15th century (when the sugar harvest started) till the 20th. One ...

Mauritius - the cheap Hawaii
Oct 15, 2009

... there for two nights and it really felt like we just got there when it was time to leave.  The boat was in port in Port Louis, which was a little waterfront city that reminded me of a less developed, smaller version of Cape Town.  A lot of the ...

Back to Paradise..
Jun 10, 2006 (2 photos)

Back to Paradise..

Mauritius
Mar 11, 2006

... got a cab to Flick and Flack beach. The beach house we rented was about 30 minutes away from port and the drive was beautiful. The geography of Mauritius is high Mountain peaks in ridged shapes, and sugar cane fields all around all encased by beautiful ...

Mauritius
Mar 6, 2006

... and everyone was disappointed by it I was expected more from Mauritius than I should have. The first day in Mauritius we spent walking around Port Louis which is the capitol and main city of the island. They had a lot of different markets which were nice ...

Mauritius
Mar 1, 2006

... , it's great! Anyways it was a really fun night and then today we just hung out, walked around and are now back in Port Louis, the waterfront. It's a pretty short stop and we didn't do that much because, hey it's a tropical island in the Indian Ocean we ...

Ile de France
Dec 4, 2009

Et 4 jours pour faire le reste de l ile maurice, ancienne ile de france. 4 jours c est peu mais la promotion aerienne que j ai eu m inpose ces dates. En effet, le trajet reunion - ile maurice est un vol qui est dit un des plus chers du monde, 20 minutes ...

Port Louis
Jan 19, 2004 (1 photos)

This afternoon Suren drove me to Port Louis, where I had a very pleasant visit with Clency at his house. His wife came in for part of our conversation. They live in a sort of sub-division in the outskirts of Port Louis, on land they lease from the State. ...

Ile Maurice
Apr 3, 2007

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Mauritius
Mar 16, 2007

... . Our last day there a few of us went and saw all of the churches, temples, and Chinese pagodas in Port Louis. Mauritius was ruled by so many different countries and had so much influence from Africa and India that they have three major religions. ...

Mauritius the anti Hawaii
Mar 3, 2006 (8 photos)

... 't want to add to the rumor mill of this SAS voyage so I don't plan on putting anything in this blog at least until I get back. Port Louis is actually on the other side of an inlet from where we docked so there were water taxi's for $1US to take over and ...

Mauritius is close to Madagascar!
Mar 12, 2006

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So delicious....so Mauritius
Oct 9, 2005 (2 photos)

Sunday morning we arrived in Port Louis, Mauritius. I wasn't quite sure what to expect because I had never heard of the country before I found out that we were going there. Mauritius is a tiny island country off of the coast of Madagascar. Politically ...

Mauritius
Feb 27, 2009 (4 photos)

... any roads (imagine that).  When Great Britain took charge of the island, the Brits built the roads.  So people in Mauritius speak French, look Indian, and drive on the left side of the road.  The water at the beach was beautiful but the ...

Mauritius
Mar 5, 2008 (15 photos)

... Hindu and Muslim people. We also saw these amazing gardens with giant lily pads and Giant Tortoises. Apparently, everything's bigger in Mauritius. Except the food portions. There's a funny story behind this statement, I promise. So a few friends and I go ...

Spring Break!!!
Oct 18, 2009 (14 photos)

... were only there from Thursday to Saturday. Everyone compared this port to Spring Break because we just finished midterms and it is spring in Mauritius. Most people on SAS rented villas to stay in. Nine friends and I rented one in an area called Grand Bay.  Our  ...

Arrive Mauritius
May 30, 2006 (3 photos)

... round and explore the island and the beaches a necessity.  Wasn't sure what to expect in the capital of Port Louis, there's a nice waterfront area done up for the tourists and then theres the general streets not far from the water...a ...

Transit aeroport
Dec 1, 2009

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Mauritius in a day!
Feb 27, 2009 (12 photos)

... call it quits on the city tour by this time, and we caught a cab to a beach called Perebere (the official language of Mauritius is english, but everyone speaks french as it was colonized by the French as recently as the 1960s). It was really gorgeous!  we ...

Sea Olympics! Go Blue!
Mar 1, 2009

Today was the Sea Olympics!  We did not have any classes but a full day of games!  My first event was tug-o-war at 11am so I was happy for the extra time to sleep in.  Unfortunately we did not win but we gave it a great shot.  Our sea ...

Hindus, American Gangster, and my temporary mom
Mar 2, 2009

... , they cut off all the lights in the front of the ship so that we could do some star gazing.  I saw Orion off the port (left) side of the ship and saw the Southern Cross of the starboard aft (right back).  We are discouraged from not using the ...

Another beach day
Oct 22, 2006

I did my travel agent thing today and found a really nice resort to "inspect". Just had lunch and sat on the beach. The water was beautiful and the sand was sparkling white. Now.......8 wonderful days at sea!!!!

Mauritus
Mar 3, 2006 (5 photos)

... will add pictures in India. There was not enough time in Mauritius to do it.----- On Monday February 27 we arrived in Port Louis, Mauritius. Many Americans have not heard of Mauritius, and before this trip I hadn't heard of it either. Mauritius is a ...

Islamis Sects, Buoys, and Church
Mar 1, 2009

Today was another A day of classes.  In Global Studies we had a political science professor from India speak.  She spoke about the history of India.  It was really interesting but kind of hard to follow due to her accent.  Afterwards I ...

Snorkeling in Mauritius
Feb 27, 2009

We arrived in Mauritius around 7:30am and ported in Port Louis.  On arrival we had a diplomatic debriefing.  The head of security told us that Mauritian laws are very different than laws in the United States.  The police have the right to ...

1 day till we are all forever changed
Mar 4, 2009

Today is our last day before India and I am very happy that I will be setting foot on land in less than a day.  I was finished with class by noon and afterwards watched some TV in the room before grabbing lunch with Audrey, Brianna, and Jessica.  ...

Mauritius
Oct 11, 2005

... 't tell where the sky began and the water ended. Our last day in Mauritius, we decided to walk around the Capital city of Port Louis and hit up a bunch of the local markets. We walked around the city all day then returned to the waterfront and ate at an ...