Pointe D’Esny is a coastal village situated on the South East part of the island, between Blue Bay and Mahebourg. Pointe D’Esny bears its name from Esny, who was the assistant of Abbe de la Caille, the latter being a very good cartographer and hydrographer during the french occupation period on the island from 1753 …
Located at the entrance of Mahebourg village, the Naval Museum was inaugurated sometime around 1950 and specialises in the history of Mauritius relating to the sea; sea battles, shipwrecks, naval war items etc. Image courtesy of: Sophie Cayeux The Museum is housed in the Gheude Castle, a magnificent French colonial mansion, built around 1772, used …
Found at the complete left end of the Mahebourg waterfront, the Pointe des Regates most probably bears its name due to the place where ‘Regates’ competitions are organized every year since ages. Another famous part about this place is that it also actually bears a famous monument commemorating the Battle of Grand Port of 1810 …
A practice that is slowly beginning to fade with the advent of technology and becoming quite rare is certainly seeing these women early in the morning down the river and washing their clothes. Quite amusing indeed to find these ladies collectively doing the laundry and of course, with a lot of chit-chat. Memories of a …
A common view of the east/south east coastal area with the traditional raising of cows and fetching grass to feed the animals. Image by and courtesy of: Janette Asche
The Mahebourg Cavendish Bridge began construction in 1908 to be completed and inaugurated in 1911. The Bridge bears the name of Cavendish because of the governor Cavendish Bhoyle who was presiding during that time. So, before that there wasn’t any bridge? Yes there was! This bridge has for main purpose to link the Mahebourg Village …
Vieux Grand Port village is found off the South East Coast of Mauritius and since the discovery of (and visits to) Mauritius by the different navigators of the time, Grand Port together with Mahebourg have been of the key places of the island. And as we might also be aware, it is also the place …
Le 7 juillet 1810, ce fut l’arrivée d’une vingtaine de navires anglais venant de l’ile Rodrigue sur les côtes nord et ouest de l’Ile Bonaparte (Ile de la Réunion). Celle-ci fut prise le 8 juillet et un acte de capitulation signé le jour même. Quelques semaines plus tard le gouverneur anglais de l’ile Bourbon, Robert …