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- Port Louis
- Capital
- Mauritius Rupee (MUR)
- Currency
- 1,189,825
- Population
- MU
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Travel Blogs from Port Louis, Mauritius
Black River Gorges and The Seven Colored Earths
On another of our waterfall hunts, we set out with Erik and Jenny to find the waterfall of Black River Gorges. Our poor little car barely made it to the top of the mountain, after many pit stops to let the engine cool off (the water pump broke several ...
Mauritius
... . Unfortunately, I was very disappointed today in Mauritius. The island itself was gorgeous, surrounded by turquoise waters full of flying fish and dolphins and completely encircled by a ...
Mauritius Island
"Party like a rock, party like a rockstar!" - Shop Boyz Yaaaaaa! Ya-Ya-Yaaaa! Ya-Ya-Yaaaa! Ya-Ya-Yaaaa! Tut-tut-tut-totally dude! [Chorus:] Yaaaaa! Party like a rock, party like a rockstar! Party like a rock, party like a ...
servicing for the soul
vashil was a classmate from st joseph college and we met in rodrigues, he wanted to visit cite patate and my thisrt for adventure made me follow. we bought a box of sweets for the children. after a 20 minutes walk behind the patates cavern, on a path ...
Hearts Afire
INDIA: I expect to love it and to hate it. I hear there are two types of people: those who have been to India and those who have not. As I read about it in the Lonely Planet, names and places jump out at me from Shantaram. I read Shantaram February-May ...
Spring Break
This was truely one of the craziest Spring Break adventures of all time. Island paradise. Cliff jumping. Reef snorkling. Crazy beach ...
Port Louis, Mauritius
... of the island. We saw soo many beautiful beaches, water fall, and the seven layer earth... it was a good time. In all Mauritius was a blast, but I was very impressed w/ it. The population there are a mix of Indian, French, and Chinese. Its an ...
My Time in Mauritius
Well, today is my last day in Maurtius. Sorry I did not blog before, I usually do to let you know that I arrived safely, but I am low in internet minutes, so this was the first time I could get my laptop off the ship and use the island's free wifi. ...
Mauritius Island
"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" - Céline Dion J'ai compris tous les mots, j'ai bien compris, merci Raisonnable et nouveau, c'est ainsi par ici Que les choses ont changé, que les fleurs ont fané Que le temps d'avant, c'était le temps ...
Marine Park
Some friends showed us around the south of the island. Some of the nice deserted beaches that we would never have found on our own. We went first to a completely deserted beach near Maheburg. We tried to do some snorkelling, but the current ...
So Delicious, So Mauritius
Mauritius has been fantastic! We are staying in Peter's Aunty's Bungalow in Belle Mare, we are right on a beautiful beach with the nicest blue water and finest, whitest sand I have ever seen. There is a natural reef that surrounds the entire island, so it ...
Mauritius Island
"Island in the sun" - Weezer hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip When you're on a holiday You can't find the words to say All the things that come to you And I wanna feel it too On an island in the sun We'll be playing ...
Pit-stop in Mauritius, aka: Paradise!
... out and snorkeling. It was bliss for one day, haha. Shame paradise only lasted less than 24 hours. Mark Twain once wrote about Mauritius as well. You should check that out. Since I have no pictures available at this time either, google it! We had this ...
Tamarand Falls
Last Sunday we decided to go check out Tamarand Falls. After getting hopelessly lost on the way there (apparently roads marked on the map are not necessarily roads one can drive on, sometimes they have locked gates across them, in the middle of no ...
And I'm burnt
... taxi and went along the wharf, I'm in desperate need of jeans. But of course everything is closed exvept for the really touristy port shops. I met up with Nikki and went into one of those port shops, gave in and bought these really cute green drawstring ...
A sunshine holiday
Our trip to Mauritius was really just for the sunshine , to get away from the british winter for a few weeks. it was wall to wall sunshine , It is a pretty island and my highlight was to go undersea walking. I went out in a motor boat ...
The most gorgeous island ever!
So I have just gotten back onto the boat after my amazing three days on Mauritius. The first day we explored the island and searched for an inexpensive hotel. We found a hotel on the northern most point of the island, which was $45 a night. The hotel was ...
Parasailing
The one day in Mauritius was popping. I went to the beach which is gorgeous, you can actually see through the water and look at what you are stepping on. I went para sailing! I have a lot of pictures and video. I gotta go ...
MAURITIUS and Driving With Miss Marjorie
... that one of the motorcycle cops is motioning us to pull over. We comply. An officer of the Port Louis , Mauritius Police Department sidles up to the passenger side of the car (that's my side), like he's from the Louisiana State ...
Dodo Island
... fun so we peaced out and said we would probably be back later. Next it was decided that we were to ride the bus back to Port Louis (where we are docked) instead of taking a taxi, let me just tell you from the beginning I was against it, but majority vote ...
aaannddd BEACH!!
... ;s funny how these countries try and hide the fact that they are third-world nations by having really nice harbors (Cape Town and Port Louis) and hotels, but scratch a little beneath the surface and they can’t hide anymore. I negotiated the cab that ...
Hindu Wedding
After having dinner with a Rajeev's family only once, Rob and I were invited to their cousin's wedding. Hindu weddings are three days long, but we were to go only on the day of the actual ceremony. Still we were there for 12 hours. I borrowed a sari ...
500 Miles From Madagascar
Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 Port Louis, Mauritius We docked on the Northwest corner of the Island and boarded a ferryboat to Le Caudan Waterfront. Around the Waterfront, there were strip malls and a large two storey mall. An underground walkway took ...
Random Photos of Strange Things
We've seen (and done) some strange things in our time here. Sometimes we even happened to have the camera with ...
Day 2, Mauritius
... and then went to a bar/restaurant called Keg and Marlin to meet up with other SAS people. The downtown area was directly across from port, but on the other side of the water, so we took a 30 second water taxi ride to the other side of the harbour. ...