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Mauritius, officially known as the Republic of
Mauritius is an insular nation from the coasts
of the African continent, in the Indian Ocean’s
South-West, at about 900 kilometers' East of
Madagascar. Mauritius became famous due to a
postal stamp, at which each philatelist in the
world dreams at.
The stamp called ‘the Blue Mauritius’ was issued
in the ex British colony, in 1827. There are
only 12 copies of this stamp that have been kept
till today and are estimated by the collectors
as the most valuable in the world.
The fame is owned to the engraver’s mistake:
while he was engraving the plates, Joseph
Barnard was having the postal office’s logo in
front of his eyes.
So, instead of Post Paid
words he put the Post Office inscription on
stamp. Today, the locals are grateful to the
amused engraver because due to him, the stamps
with the British queen Victoria effigy made
their island famous.
The
Mauritius weather
is perfect: the water’s temperature on the
Mauritius beach is between 20 and 25 degrees all
the year, air’s temperature never comes down
under 16 degrees and doesn’t go higher than 30
degrees.
There is almost no corner of coastline
without beach with fine and white like snow
sand. Being surrounded by an extended barrier of
corals, the sharks have no possibility of
disturbing the divers and the swimmers.
The only danger is so called Stone-Fish that can
be mistaken for the marine soil and whose thrust
can be fatal.
The special latex shoes can keep
the danger away.
The fish of all
colors and
sizes tripping among corals transform the simple
immersion of the head in the water with open
eyes in a show coming like from another life.
You don’t need to be a professional diver to see
the sub aquatic life.
All you need is short
pants, dive glasses, and a tube to breathe under
water. You can even not know to swim because the
Indian Ocean’s water is very salted and it keeps
you at surface.
The waters in Mauritius are calm because the
waves’ power is stopped by the corals barrier.
Follow the warrior ritual of the male fish
defending their nests between corals! Play with
them and you will never forget these moments!
The Mauritius beaches are another story:
coconuts from movies and Filao trees offer you
an arbour in the hot days of the warm season
that lasts from November till March.
The perfect
Mauritius weather allows you to visit as many
tourist attractions as possible:
The Grand Bay in North, the Balaclava Ruins, the Pereybere public beach with shopping
opportunities, pubs and restaurants, the
Labourdonnais meadows with a variety of tropical
fruit-trees, Ile Aux Cerf and Flacq Market in
East, Salt Pans, Yemen, the Martello Towers,
Casela and Chamarel in West, Ganga Talao,
L’aventure du sucre, Black River Gorges within
the Mauritius island, the Dutch Ruins, Souillac,
Ile aux Aigrettes, Domaine du Chasseur,
Mahebourg in South-East, the Flic and Flac
beach, Le Morne and Tarnarin beach.
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