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Mauritius Holidays (Day 8) - Outing Day

Posted on 04 August 2006 by Carine Olivia

Went to Floreal and visited a glass factory.

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Not sure if this is true or not. I dared not try.

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Next … the driver brought us to a Giordano shop. I was quite surprised to see a Giordano shop in Mauritius.

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Next … handcrafted wooden ship models shop.

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Next … a diamond cutting factory. The raw diamond is first shaped. Then it is polished.

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Next … Trou aux cerf. It was very cold and windy!

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Trou aux cerfs is perched at 605m above mean sea level. The crater is 80m deep with a diameter of 180m at the base. Trou aux cerfs is a young dormant volcano which wa active 700,000 to 600,000 years ago.

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We drove by Mare aux Vacoas reservoir

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Next … Grand Bassin. Grand Bassin is considered as a sacred lake. It is a place of pilgrimage for a large number of Mauritians of the Hindu faith.

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Buying some indian deserts. I like rasgoola!

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Dear eating a ‘roti’ chaud.

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Me and my cousins and aunties

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Next we visited Bois Cheri tea factory where we tasted different flavours of tea. My favourite is the exotic fruit flavour.

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Taking a short nap

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En route

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Next … La Vanille Reserve des Mascareignes. I went there only once when I was too young to remember!

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Sat on this tortoise which carried me a few metres hehehe

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Crocodiles. The mouth was opened for dunno how long!

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So many crocodiles.

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Tortoise eating

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Mating live in front of us haha. The male was making some noise too lol.

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Poney

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There were also guinea pigs

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Deers behind us

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The famous extinct DODO

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If you want to try crocodile meat, go to this restaurant haha. Moi non … jamais finne mange croco meat! :D

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Next … Gris Gris - La Roche qui pleure

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We were all looking at this!

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Don’t know what this man was doing! This place is not safe to swim because of the big waves.

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I love this sea view!

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