Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 8, 2008
Mauritius : With powder white beaches and turquoise sea, encircled by the world’s third largest coral reef, this pear-shaped tropical volcanic island is known as the ‘jewel’ of the Indian Ocean. A backbone of moody mountains rising 800m (2,624ft) from the sea cut through rolling sugar cane fields bleached by year-round sunshine with no poisonous [...]