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June 2009 
I'll be back in a little while!
Posted on Nov 21st, 2008
by 
Domi333
Domi333
I'm heading overseas to the island of Mauritius very soon, so
I won't be blogging for several months!
Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean which has been
continuously inhabited since 1710s, it has been successively colonised by French, British (and Dutch and Portuguese but they left).
It has over 1.3 million people and is inhabited by people of Indian, Chinese, French and Creole(mixed and Afro) descent.
The economy has been mainly based on the sugar industry and has recently diversified to include textiles and presently info tech.
It recently achieved independence in 1968.
Here's the Wikipedia article for in depth info.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius.
Here's a photo of Port Louis, the capital:
I won't be blogging for several months!
Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean which has been
continuously inhabited since 1710s, it has been successively colonised by French, British (and Dutch and Portuguese but they left).
It has over 1.3 million people and is inhabited by people of Indian, Chinese, French and Creole(mixed and Afro) descent.
The economy has been mainly based on the sugar industry and has recently diversified to include textiles and presently info tech.
It recently achieved independence in 1968.
Here's the Wikipedia article for in depth info.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius.
Here's a photo of Port Louis, the capital:
Port Louis skyline
Access: Public
Enjoy your trip!