Mauritius might be a very small island in the Indian Ocean but it was among the early countries in the world to benefit from the advantage of photography since the mid/late 19th Century, according to the Photography Museum in Port Louis. Of course, the process wasn’t as simple as it is today but still we should …
Another iconic venue of Mauritius apart from the other famous buildings in the city of Port Louis is certainly the OLD Plaza Theatre in Rose Hill. Found on the Royal Road near the town centre, the Plaza Theatre is considered as the Municipal Town Hall, a Theatre, a Cinema, a Wedding Hall, and a very good …
As a tradition now, this year the 8th Vintage and Classic Car Tour was organized on the 2nd of November 2014 and the venue was divided into two parts, meeting at Phoenix Les Halles and travel to Flacq to meet again at Flacq Shopping Mall. This year was as interesting as the previous one and …
After having already written about Place D’Armes and Labourdonnais Square, it is still amazing to discover how the routine of people back then diversed considerably. Among the different methods of transport, the Place D’Armes was quite famous for its ‘taxi’ stand at that time driven by animals, carriages would ensure displacement within the town and …
As written about quite recently, the months of June to December are the Sugar Cane Harvest season in Mauritius and around the island we will certainly spot both mechanical and manual harvesting of cane. Depending on the owners and facilities at their disposition, some would still employ manual workers who will be present very early …
Found at the foot of the Rempart Mountains, near Beau Songe, the Bassin Sugar Estate is now probably part of the Medine Sugar Estate due to the merging and consolidating of sugar mills during the restructuring years in the early 1920s. During the 1890s, a decline in sugar prices put several estates which had invested …
If there is one little and super economical transport that many Mauritians have used and some are still using is certainly the Honda PC50, much known as the ‘mini honda’. The Honda PC50 is a moped produced in Japan from May 1969 until February 1977. It is well known for being highly fuel efficient with …