Mauritius


	Mauritius


Welcome to the Dodo island	Two beautiful red whiskered bulbuls at the airport	Mountains and sugar cane fields	Les Trois Mamelles	The grand reception hall	Our spacious Victoria Hotel room	The sea view from our room...	Cocktails in the evening	The sunset on the beach	Sega dancing on the beach

Sega dance motion	Movement, grace and speed	Spiralling away	The dancers watch the musicians	Music demonstration	The pool at dinner time	Sega dancer	Dancing elegance	Breakfast view of the sea	Women working in the sugar cane fields

Work in the fields	Interesting Creole language	Yawning fruit bat	Respectful contact with a turtle	Giant tortoises	Devouring a fruit	Face to face with a veteran	E.T.?	Looking at me	Goodbye to this fantastic animal

Another turtle walks bye	Turtles huddle in the shade	A sociable weaver hides before fleeing	Sugar cane fields and the sea	Small harbour near Souillac	Boatman near Souillac	Another sugar cane processing plant	Small frog near Rochester Falls	Rochester Falls	Waterfall on volcanic rocks

Close-up on the Rochester Falls	At the Rochester Falls	Kids coming out on the Riambel Beach	A beach full of kids	Kids playing in the Ocean	Who's legs are those?	Beach at Riambel	Riambel Beach fun	Landscape behind Chamarel Falls	Chamarel Falls

View of the Chamarel Falls	Close-up on the Chamarel Falls	7 colours of the earth	Chamarel's famous colours	Beautiful contrasts	View from the Varangue sur Morne restaurant	Morne Brabant mountain	View from the Chamarel Restaurant	Morne Brabant mountain	Families on the Morne area beach

Beach near Morne Brabant	Sunset and rain in the South-west	Rain in front of the sunset	Dances at the hotel	The "Banana Girls"	Dancing guys	Dances at the Victoria Hotel	The girls dance it out	A typical landscape	Crocodile at Vanille Reserve des Mascareignes

Photographed photographer	Landscape near Rochester Falls	Striking colours of Chamarel	Madagascar fody flying away	Looking for the next place to fly	A schooner in Pereyb?re's bay	Notre Dame Auxiliatrice	Inside ND Auxiliatrice	Local catch	Cap Malheureux and Gunners Point

A beautiful Madagascar fody bites off a flower	A sociable weaver	A local drink shop	Gunners Point	A dove sits outside the window	Rushing to see the sunset	Victoria Hotel beach as night falls	Scenes of local life in the evening	Fishermen at sunset	A honeymoon dinner in our Victoria Hotel

Dances at the Afraa gala dinner	Japanese inspired dances	The beach at Belle Mare	A Mauritian landscape	A monument in the SSR Botanical Gardens	A nutmeg tree	The famous lily pond	Little green heron in the lily pond	Lilies in the famous pool	Blossoming lilies

A nice lily pond	Giant fig tree	Java deer in the Botanical Gardens	Madagascar fody	A cheeky male Madagascar fody	Lake in SSR Botanical Gardens	Main gate and entrance of the SSR Botanical Gardens	Aapravasi Ghat, World Heritage Site	Former grounds for the arrival of indentured labourers	Aapravasi Ghat, arrival place of labourers

Old buildings, legacy of immigration	Workers in the harbour	A local liquor store	The old post office	A man in his shop	Statue of Labourdonnais	Street market	Market street	Company Gardens	Eur?ka colonial house

Eur?ka's lovely setting for lunch	The grounds with Mount Ory in the background	Piano room	Chinese room	The dining hall	Sitting room	The terrace and garden	An old shower	Water heater and tub	Kitchen of Eur?ka

Eur?ka colonial house	A dodo statue	A rainbow ends in the sea	Cotton Bay beach	Cotton Bay beach	Local casino in Port Mathurin	A nice colonial building	Sunset sky at Anse aux Anglais	Fresh lemonade for breakfast	Madagascar fody in the filaos forest

One of Mount Limon's colourful birds	Unknown bird hard to photograph	View from the top of Mount Limon	The south's great atoll	The nice filaos woods of Mount Limon	Southern views	Beautiful southern atoll and islands	A local cow	A view true to its reputation	Another stop along the southern road to admire the view

A cow also admires the view	Southern beach and Mourouk Hotel	A casuarina forest on the beach	Mourouk Hotel pool and beach	A curious dog and a man on the beach	Colours of the Mourouk Hotel as we leave	Bustle of the Restaurant du Quai	Port Mathurin's market	The local weekly market	Busy street for the Saturday market

The famous achard piment (chilis)	Butchery shop	Selling hats	Local baskets	Church in Port Mathurin	Small streets of the island's capital	Quiet Port Mathurin	The north coast and its lagoon	Mangrove trees in a bay	The famous ourites laid out to dry

John's Resto pub	John's Resto pub, famous for seafood	Eating lobster in Rodrigues	Radiatta tortoises	The turtle ground in a canyon	Inside the big cave	The centerpiece of the cave	Lighting up behind a curtain of stone	Our ATR plane in Rodrigues	The Anse Quitor turtle reserve

A beautiful plane view of the lagoon of Rodrigues	Mountains and clouds of Mauritius	Copains d'Abord Restaurant atmosphere	Our hotel room in the Coco Villa	The sea face of Coco Villas	Boats in the bay of Mah?bourg	A boat sails by	Blue Bay jetty	Pointe d'Esny waters and Lion Mountain	Presk'il Hotel

A twisting palm tree	Female Mauritius Fody	Mauritius pink pigeon	Male Mauritius fody	A male Mauritius fody grooming its feathers	Female olive white-eye	Olive white-eye looking at me	Telfair's skink	A giant turtle walks by	Careful with this one, warns our guide

Telfair's skink	A runaway lizard	Beautiful Oeniella polystachys orchid	View of Lion Mountain from Iles aux Aigrettes	A crab by the jetty	Erosion of the Ile aux Aigrettes coral	Day gecko on the ceiling	A bright and colourful day gecko	At the Jardin Cr?ole	Crowd in Mah?bourg

Lion Mountain	Small building off Mah?bourg	Shandrani Hotel