The sunset view from my room
Last week, on the 3rd of Jun, I had the chance to travel to Mauritius for a short meeting with some Indian travel agents. The trip itself is short, just 3 days but the journey was a long one.
I travel with Eddie, and we book our flight from KLIA to Mauritius via Singapore. In total, the journey is about 9 hours; including a very short transit in Changi.
We landed in Mauritius around 4pm local time. They are 4 hours behind us, so you can imagine the time difference created havoc with our system. We practically had our lunch around 5pm (M'sian time) and dinner starts around 1am!
Mauritius is a very small island in the Indian Ocean, near to Madagascar. It's not quite developed and apart from the capital Port Louis, practically there are no high buildings. Even the capitol has no skyscraper, just a few buildings that's more than 30 storey high. From what I understand, the Mauritian are quite lazy. They work until 4 ~ 4:30pm and then go home and do nothing. In my short stay, I couldn't even find a place that sells souvenirs!
It was said that Mauritius will come alive during the weekends only......
Well, what did we do then? For a start, upon our arrival, we rushed to the safari park. Name only la! What safari when there's only a few lions and a few cheetahs.... in cages! I was hugely disappointed. Saw some ducks and a lone tiger. That's all! Then back to hotel to freshen up and dinner with the agents.
The second day was totally pointless. Eddie and the Indian agents had a meeting with the Mauritius Tourism Board and Mauritius Air when me and 2 other guys went loitering at the Waterfront shopping mall. Nothing to shop since we can get those stuffs here and much more cheaper. The meeting according to Eddie it pointless too!
3rd day is the most hectic, when we did hotel inspections. The hotels were very classy and nice and when you combine good hotels with nice ocean views, it makes a very good honeymoon destination. The food at the hotels are good too.
All in all, it was a tiring trip. We met with our Indian partners, talked about our business and then head straight back. Long trip but worth while.
Hope this trip can bring in business... soon!
4 comments:
With magnificent beauties to flaunt, from turquoise sea to gardens with rare species & unforgettable flowers & plants, from 80 palm species to water lilies, Mauritius has got it all. But, at same time, Mauritius also has issues of sewage, pesticides and noise pollution as well to deal with.
I agree, the sun and sea is just like paradise on earth. I agree with you that the Mauritius Government or local authorities need to do something on cleanliness. Noise pollution is not serious, i find it quite ok, frankly. Come to Kuala Lumpur and you know what noise pollution is!
Basic infrastructure can be better but I do understand that Mauritius basically imports everything. So , that why the cost of living is relatively high if compared to local income. The government I think is having difficulties in coping.
The sunset is really very nice..mauritius is magnificent!!
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