Guide to Mauritius. For Tourists, Business Visitors and Independent Travellers

It really is too much! On a late autumn morning, clearly heralding the approach of winter, with driving rain pelting against the window at gale force, Norma, our genial postlady, tapped hard and waved a parcel at me. On opening it there was this dramatically enticing photograph of three boats in shoalwater of a blue that can surely only be found in the Indian Ocean. Why is it that Mauritius is so much more attractive than Manchester? Ellis offers at least one good reason: “Basically, there are two seasons: Summer when it is hot, from November to April, and Winter...