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Sometimes when you’re travelling you come across unexpected treasures. The Sugar Adventure museum was one of those experiences for me. We discovered it when we visited the National Gardens in Pamplemousse, Mauritius and happened to check online what else was in the area. We figured since we were driving to the Gardens we may as …
One of my favourite travel experiences from the last few years was a guided walking tour of the alleys of Kolkata in India where we stopped along the way to sample some of the local street food. When we discovered a walking tour of the Mauritian capital, Port Louis, we decided to see if the …
Update: I’m still busy training with my new guide dog in Johannesburg. Here is another of my Mauritian experiences while I’m away from my desk. I hope you enjoy reading it! After visiting the Embarkation Museum, our guide took us on a walking tour of the Mauritian capital city, Port Louis. As we walked from …
News Flash: I am currently in Johannesburg, training with my new guide dog. I’m not going to say too much about it now but be sure you will be learning more about the training and my new partner soon, I promise! One of the places we discovered while in Mauritius was the Aapravasi Ghat, referred …
In June my husband and I had the opportunity of returning to Mauritius to house and cat-sit for friends. On this trip we decided to explore more of the food and culture of the island. We took up a recommendation from friends of ours who had visited Mauritius a few months earlier. They suggested a …
In 2021 I read a book that fundamentally shifted my reading. It was Yaa Gyasi’s book, Homegoing. In the book one of the characters, a history teacher, tells his learners that when they are exploring the past, they should look for the voices that are silenced… and then try to discover those voices as well …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. If you read my last article, you’ll know that my mom came back from Mauritius, wherever that is, a few weeks ago. I think it may be taking time for her to recover from being away from me, because I see she hasn’t written any blog posts for a …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. I don’t believe it! It’s just not right! A few days ago I finally relented and told Mom she was no longer grounded. If you remember, I grounded her when she returned from Mauritius at the end of last year and told her she wasn’t allowed to leave the …
Since moving to South Africa from the UK when I was four years old I have lived by the sea, first in Durban and now in Cape Town. Despite this, and notwithstanding the fact that spending time on the beach has always been a favourite activity of people around me, I have never really been …
The second day of the Capacity Building Conference funded by the EU as part of the Enable Mauritius project was an in-person event held at the University of Mauritius. Somewhat to my surprise, due to one of the speakers having been delayed, my slot was shifted from mid-morning and I again was the first to …