I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo

Oh no!

Amateur Traveler episode 634. Today the amateur traveler talks about giant tortoises, beaches,

multi-colored sand, indentured servitude, street food, and dodos as we go to the island of Mauritius.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Mauritius. I'd like to welcome back to the show Corurin veil from reflections en route.com who's come to

talk to us this time about Mauritius karen welcome to the show thank you

happy to be here.

And I say welcome back.

She was here not all that long ago, episode 599 talking about Madagascar.

We're back to the Indian Ocean here talking about Madagascar.

We're back to the Indian Ocean here talking about Mauritius. Where is Mauritius, first of all?

Well, Mauritius is this little dot, about 1100 miles east of Madagascar Madagascar so I kind of like those African islands.

We're in the same neighborhood basically.

We are, we are.

And why should someone go to Mauritius?

Mauritius is a beachy, go to the resort, lay on the beach, take the catamaran, have a picnic.

That is usually the pictures I see, yes it is.

Exactly.

And that kind of drew us to it except for the fact that's not really our modus

Operandi. We're more of the cultural go find the tours world heritage sites hiking kind of people but you know what when you're in the

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