Some Pictures of Mauritius

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This is the beach in front of the Hotel La Pirogue. It's a public beach. So everyone can enjoy it. Mauritian residents are allowed to sell goods (coconuts, pineapples and things like that) on the beach. These merchants are usually very friendly and do have lots of humor. They don't annoy you at all. If you don't want to buy something, they just walk on. But the chairs are for hotel residents only...

Sunset at the beach.

And another sunset at the beach.

The dining buffet at La Pirogue is quite a piece of art.

Every second day was a buffet day. Help yourself and eat all you can or like. The other evening, they do table service.

This picture shows a quite tasty looking dessert buffet...

 

This was called a mini safari. But it was a hell of a ride. It had rained the day before. The car tires where completely worn off (not unusual for this country). Anyway we climbed at least four or five of these mountains sitting in these tiny jeeps. I lost count during all these up and down hill roads.

This is the view on top of one of these mountains.

This is another shot taken on the mini safari.

This picture was taken on the safari trip. These trees are very special, indeed. The roots grow from the tree top to the ground. And they are very strong. You can hang on to these roots and swing around, just for fun.

This picture was taken on a trip to the capital city of Mauritius called Port Louis. It's very common to rent a cab for a trip to Port Louis. Traveling with public transports (i.e. by bus, there are no railroads on Mauritius) is possible and quite cheap, but it is more convenient to rent a cab for a day. The driver will pick you up at the time and place of your desire in the evening.

This shopping mall resides in front of the harbor. There is a big cinema complex in it. Lots of tiny little shops inside the mall invite you to spend some money. And while you're in Port Louis, don't miss the market place. There you can work on your skills to deal with the local residents trying to sell you almost anything you can eat or use to cook something.

This picture was taken at a small factory where local residents build model ships in (almost) all sizes, all hand made. Bottle ships are available, too. These ships all do look great. They make a lot of replica in different sizes of old and new ships, like the famous Bounty. And they're completely hand made. If you want to buy one of these ships, be sure to bring along your passport and flight ticket. The ships are delivered directly to the airport at the day of your departure.

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