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Mauritius was uninhabited when the Dutch landed on the Indian Ocean island in 1598. Only awkward looking flightless birds greeted their arrival. |
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Where’s the oldest golf course in the southern hemisphere? Mauritius proudly claims this veteran with gusto and also offers a golf bag full of other championship challenges. |
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‘A Sunday landscape’ was Mark Twain’s appraisal of Mauritius in his 1897 book, “More Tramps Abroad”. He wasn’t being rude, merely expanding on his clutch of impressions of this island which included ‘a dainty little vest-pocket Matterhorn’ |
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Honey skinned therapists apply aromatic oils, soothing hands and years of experience to ease body and soul at an increasing number of sophisticated spas in Mauritius. |
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