🇲🇺 Mauritius
Friday, January 17, 2025
Our second day in Mauritius found us exploring the southern part of the island. -J 🇲🇺
First stop was the Black Gorges National Park and Biosphere Reserve.
Next, a Hindu temple with two prominent statues.
Then our favorite part, La Vallee Des Couleurs (23 Colored Earth) Nature Park.
We also visited a tea plantation in the morning (with a tea tasting), had a nice seaside lunch, and visited a rum plantation in the afternoon (with rum tasting).
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 →
At the end of our first day tour in Mauritius, we walked around and enjoyed a Botanical Garden that also served as a refuge for giant tortoises . ~J 🇲🇺
Thursday, January 16, 2025 →
I found another fun Umbrella Street in Port Louis, Mauritius. -J 🇲🇺
Thursday, January 16, 2025
When the Dutch colonized Mauritius in 1638, they began a long history of slavery and slavery-related practices on the island; kidnapping people from East Africa and bringing them to the island against their will. The French continued the practices when they took possession of the island in 1715. Slaves were primarily used to grow and harvest sugarcane, but they were also used to build the buildings in what is now Port Louis.
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📷 I think this trip has really inspired Jen to get into photography a bit more seriously. She’s been really loving her new camera and clearly enjoys taking photos with it. -S 🇲🇺