A trip to Paradise Island


	*Welcome to the Paradise island web site.* Remember what Mark Twain said following his visit to Mauritius in 1897.. “God created Mauritius first and then paradise was copied after it..” If you’ve opened your atlas you must have found it hard to locate Mauritius on the world map. Well, the simple reason is that its out of this world ! Mauritius has all the exoticism of the most exotic resorts, but none of their scars. No concrete jungles. No charter flights, no mass tourism. No social or environmental pollution. Only virgin beaches embraced by coral reefs, translucent sea lagoons, weird and wonderful landscapes, chic hotels, sophisticated cuisine, charming, cosmopolitan people, civilised politics like a paradise free from original sin. No wonder Mark Twain was moved to exclaim that God modelled heaven on Mauritius Visit Mauritius through our website and your very first acquaintance with us will be a love affair you'll never forget. We’ve arranged information into sections and you can easily navigate through the site using our navigation bar on the left or on top of each page. It is a good idea to use the site map which opens in a different window whenever you navigate. To launch the site map click on its icon on this page. An alternative would be to use our search engine.



		Click on the site map to activate it if you want to have a map of the site and a search engine when you navigate through the site. The site map can run in three ways: the Tree view; the Outline view and the Search view. It's all up to you to decide which suits you. It is written in Java so make sure that you have it activated. *Available Offline* The message board icon gives you access to the site discussion board so that you can express your views and share them with others and see what others think of the site. If you’ve visited Mauritius or you have something to add please feel free to contact us and we’ll do our best to include your works. The site for this purpose; learn and share your knowledge with others. Remember that this site is for Educational purposes. Please use the board in a responsible manner. *Not Available Offline*

This site provides an extensive coverage of the various aspects of the island arranged as follows :

Geography

This section provides information about the geographical formation, climatic conditions, the flora and fauna, the well known Dodo and much more...

History

This section narrates the history of the country and the various colonies like the Dutch, the French and the British who ruled over the island before it obtained its independence. This part also deals with the constitution and parliamentary democracy.

Population

With its population of just over 1150 000 plus about 37 000 living in Rodrigues (its small dependency), Mauritius is remarkable in its ethnic diversity. The society is woven from multi-culured threads: Indian, African, Chinese, European. Discover the resulting ‘heady’ brew of races, languages and eating habits.

Economy

Mauritius has been hailed as an ‘economic miracle’ by the World bank. The island has sucessfully overcome a number of development problems in a very short period of time to join the ranks of the middle-income countries. Although, geographically Mauritius is part of sub-saharan Africa, the country is ‘neither typical of a developing country nor a sub-saharan Afican country.’

Religion

The island known as the rainbow nation, is an exciting voyage of discovery at the end of which many a seeker has been able to find the exclusive pot of cultural gold where the civilisations of East and West; of Europe, Africa and Asia; of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism live side by side in harmony and in a state of permanent interaction and mutual enrichment.

Tourism

“An Island, here is an island which is about to take off, and which is dozing off in our eyes, as from the doors of our childhood”, the great french singer Jacques Brel sang. At the time of travel Mauritius is very much one of these magical, unique islands, which respond to the deepest, most anchored, purest and most colourful dreams, like those of a childhood which still believes in paradise...

As well as some basic information on:

The Judicial system, Banking & Finance, Agriculture The Educational system, The Media, Arts & Culture, Industry, Transport & Communications, Health and Rodrigues our dependency.

Copyrights

This section acknowledges the authors and copyright holders of some resources (text, web resources, photographs and any other ‘object’ included in this site)

It would be useful to visit our “Quick facts section” before begining the tour.

This site has been designed for Thinkquest 2001 Internet Challenge Competition By Amit (Team Leader and designer), Vedanand and Meenakshi with the support of three wonderful coaches Mr Vimal Ramdharysing, Mr Nawsadally Jeetun (Head Coach) and Usha Hazareesing. To contact the team email us C0110237@Thinkquest.org Further use of this site constitutes full agreement to the terms and conditions laid out by Thinkquest. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2001.