Taj Exotica Mauritius

... . The rest of the day we just spent wandering around the city again and visiting the markets. Overall I was a little disappointed in Mauritius. I feel like the island was over hyped to us as a replacement for Kenya. On Saturday we had the Sea Olympics ...

Ok, so I'm completely pathetic here sitting in the internet cafe in beautiful Mauritius...recovering from an illness caught in my last few days of Africa!  Tomorrow I'll probably go out and explore the island a bit...but for now, I am just savoring ...

... to have four or five days there but I guess it is time to move on.  We had our Global Studies midterm right before Mauritius, it was okay but not great.  Everyone thought it was really hard, it wasn’t that bad and we are smarter than most ...

... 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  ...

... India.  Of course they mention the Taj Majal and the most interesting part of the night was learning about its creation.  The Taj is a mausoleum for the wife of a previous king of India.  It took over 20000 workers to build it and after it ...