Country Info
- Port Louis
- Capital
- Mauritius Rupee (MUR)
- Currency
- 1,189,825
- Population
- MU
- Country Code
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Mauritius
Travel Blogs from Mauritius
A slightly exciting day
... 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 ...
Mauritius
March 6, 2008 Dear All, So, Mauritius... where to begin. In case anyone doesn't know, Mauritius is a tiny little island country off the coast of Madagascar, so that's where you can find it on a map. The entire island is about 20 by 40 miles. ...
Mauritius
... to sleep, or better, when we had already been asleep for about an hour, it started to rain. Not just any rain but "Hurricane Mauritius!" It was a down pour. We walked over to the near by hotel in order to get some shelter from the storm but we were soon ...
Mauritius Island
"She's got that light" - Orange Blue Sometimes when she looks up it seems as If she´s by herself. Devil whispers in my ear, I tried in vain to reach her world. There are many silent words, raising heads while the tide still ...
Hey, My Friend! Baguette! Half price!
10 April – 17 April Bon voyage! And they're off... touchdown Mauritius! Having survived the Spanish inquisition at immigration (apparently jobless, homeless, broke travellers are less welcome in Mauritius than the well-heeled), a taxi brought us to ...
Mauritius-- the Land of the Dodo Bird
The home of the late great dodo bird, Mauritius has clear aquamarine blue water, warm, white sand beaches and palm trees lining the shores. Mark Twain was right, heaven must be modeled after Mauritius! At this point of our voyage, we are halfway through ...
Mauritius
Mauritius is known for their Dodo bird and beautiful beaches. We did see some pretty amazing beaches but the dod bird has long been dead :( My two incredible sisters came to visit me here in Maurituis "Spring Break Island" It's a good thing too, ...
Our Mauritian Adventure!
... exhausted, sun burned, and had bug bites everywhere. Even though we ran into so many road blocks, our two days in Mauritius were incredible. It wasn't a historical tour, just a fabulous break. The island is gorgeous, and the catamaran ride was ...
Marvelous Mauritius
... Mauritius has come into its own as a tropical island paradise in the popular imagination, a reputation it thoroughly deserves. Mauritius has an interesting history of ethnic immigration that offers to the traveler a microcosm of world cultures in ...
Our house in Flic en Flac
We moved into our house on February 2nd. We have two floors with living room, dining room, kitchen, and bathroom on the first floor and three bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor. From two of the bedrooms on the second floor there is a view of ...
Mauritius, Kenya & Uganda
... from them as well. And somehow you always seem to be their first customer, to which you'll get a discount because of this! After Mauritius, we had one night in Nairobi, Kenya. We went on a hunt for shoes for Clinton (again, he didn't bring any ...
Vedi Veni Visa ... Mauritius
... 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 ...
Where is this place?
... well-known for any sort of wealth of culinary delights, but we were thrilled with almost every meal we had on Mauritius. Apparently the island originally inhabited by Africans similar to the San People from the South Africa region, but then was ...
Curepipe or bust
Okay well I definitely need to recover from last night. I believe it was morning by the time I tumbled into bed. So my plan was to go shopping, early... needless to say we didn't make it off of the ship till about 2. Alli was puking this morning so Dana ...
Plaisance Airport - Mauritius Island
Yeeee!!! We arrive in Mauritius Island!!! Uncle Ah-Yoon was there waiting to pick us up. Check out the pimped-up ride circa 1988. Cameron is jealous because his 97 honda was no where near as sweet. Ah-Yoon shames Cameron as he carries the ...