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Mauritius- the Tropical Paradise of Culture and Coastline

Posted on June 29, 2017May 4, 2025

What follows below is the guest post by my friend Anshu! I have known her and everyone else on this trip since Kindergarten (KG)! After much back and forth we decided to go to Mauritius. The biggest factor in their favor was no visa requirements for Indian nationals! After my Prague visa experience, I wanted an easy destination! But I digress, over to my friend Anshu writing about our Mauritius trip! You will get to read my version soon!

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Travelling with school friends is always special. Mridula, Shweta, Sonu and me (Anshu) are friends since kindergarten who meet once a year some place in India but decided to take our summer break in Mauritius this year. We were super excited. It was Shweta and Sonu’s second visit abroad, mine third, and Mridula’s twenty-fifth (yes you read it right – 25th) but her enthusiasm was no less than ours. Understandably so, Mridula being a travel blogger who is quite sought after [It is me Mridula again, see how favorably your school friends view you!]

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Shweta Clicking a Selfie at the Sunset, Mon Chosiy Beach, Mauritius!

We spent six days in Mauritius and what memorable six days they were. Time just flew by. Mauritius is blessed with beautiful beaches and lovely cheerful people who greeted us with warmth and made our stay very comfortable and enjoyable.

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Parasailing in Mauritius!

I experienced para-sailing, snorkeling, and zip lining for the very first time and all of them were great fun. We got to see star fish from close up for the first time.

South Island tour was an amazing experience and anyone visiting Mauritius must not give it a miss. Food was a bit disappointing, especially for vegetarians, but Mridula – the veteran traveler – explained that getting vegetarian food of the kind our pallets are accustomed to is rare when abroad.

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Anshu, Sonu and Shweta with Mridula Clicking!

Anyway, the best part of the tour was the opportunity to spend time with childhood friends, everything else was just the icing on that cake.

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18 thoughts on “Mauritius- the Tropical Paradise of Culture and Coastline”

  1. Tales of Traveling Sisters says:
    June 29, 2017 at 9:52 pm

    This is such a good idea of spending time with your childhood friends! Looks like you ladies had a gala time in Mauritius! Beautiful captures..:)

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      June 30, 2017 at 1:08 pm

      Thank you, it was indeed fun!

      Reply
  2. rupam { xhobdo } says:
    June 30, 2017 at 6:26 am

    Beautiful post. Awesome pics 🙂

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      June 30, 2017 at 1:08 pm

      Thank you Rupam!

      Reply
  3. Antonina says:
    June 30, 2017 at 9:36 am

    Keeping friendship since early childhood is simply admirable! Glad you had a great time with your girls.

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      June 30, 2017 at 1:09 pm

      Thank you Antonia, it was a wonderful trip, hopefully we will go again!

      Reply
  4. Rajeev Moothedath says:
    June 30, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    Must have been great fun for KG level friends to bond on an exciting travel!

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      July 1, 2017 at 7:44 pm

      Yes it was an amazing trip! Thank you Rajeev.

      Reply
  5. Yogi Saraswat says:
    June 30, 2017 at 3:23 pm

    The idea to meet once a year is interesting , at least you will remain in contact !! you too (Anshu ji ) being a travel blogger like Mridula ji 🙂

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      July 1, 2017 at 7:46 pm

      Yogi it would be so wonderful if all my friends turned bloggers!

      Reply
  6. Purba Chakraborty says:
    June 30, 2017 at 11:09 pm

    Wow! This must be so much fun. Meeting your childhood friends and traveling together. I loved reading this post. Beautiful pictures 🙂

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      July 1, 2017 at 7:48 pm

      Thank you Purba, my version is still to be heard 😀

      Reply
  7. Niranjan says:
    July 1, 2017 at 11:34 am

    That seems like going down childhood days in a different country.

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      July 1, 2017 at 7:50 pm

      Yes indeed and what fun it was!

      Reply
  8. Indrani says:
    July 2, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    Good destination, good friends – life is blessed… I will say! Superb pics.

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      July 2, 2017 at 8:06 pm

      Thank you Indrani for your kind thoughts!

      Reply
  9. mayuri patel says:
    July 7, 2017 at 2:29 pm

    it sounds good for me as you are still in touch with school friends and travelling together is best part.
    its journey of lifetime i guess

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      July 12, 2017 at 5:04 pm

      It was indeed a wonderful trip! We still miss those days!

      Reply

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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