The Government House in Port Louis is one of the oldest building we can find still standing graciously and dates back since the French colony. Whilst it wasn’t originally like it looks today, the Government House began construction under the first french governors of the island, namely Nicolas de Maupin (1729 – 1735) and Mahé …
The Golden days, during the late 1950s/early 1960s when Port Louis City was still looking ‘clean’ if it can be said so. Less traffic compared to nowadays and the change in traffic routing. At that time, TIPTOP buses were very common for the inner city rides, and its bus stand was just at the other …
At the beginning of 1860, the transport of passengers and goods was undertaken by about 2,000 horses, 4,000 donkeys and 4,500 carriages and carts. Animal-driven transport was the only sole method before the implementation of railway transport in Mauritius back in 1864. At the Place D’Armes, in front of the government house, we could see …