Name: 地理Now!モーリタニアス (Geography Now! MAURITIUS)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T10:19:37.000Z
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Years ago, do you remember how we did the Comoros episode

and said I couldn't find anybody from Comoros

You guys remember Nick, my one Mauritian friend.

Nick will be co-hosting with me for this episode.

Nick, what is one thing about Mauritius you'd like everybody to know?

Well actually, I'm born and raised British

Now if you don't know anything about Mauritius, it's basically like the Singapore of Africa:

small yet economically thriving with lots of luxury accommodations.

I'd say it's a beautiful little island, a good cross-section of people, beautiful food, completely tropical.

Well, let's find out more about this tropical island.

Now, although Arab traders and Portuguese

it wasn't until the Dutch came in and actually colonized it in 1598

and named it after the Prince of Holland, Moritz van Nassau.

Mauritius is an island nation located about 700 miles east of Madagascar

and includes the main island of Mauritius with the second largest, Rodrigues,

and the outer islands of St. Brandon, which is an atoll of desolate reefs and small islets.

Temporarily populated and only about 70 people,

and the furthest island, Agaléga, which has about 300 people.

Otherwise there are 49 smaller uninhabited islands and islets that lie off the coast of Mauritius.

Further off to the center and northeast, Mauritius has a dispute with Tromelin Island,

and the Chagos Archipelago, which is administered by the U.K.

as part of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

(one is called Pamplemousses, which means "grapefruit")

with the capital and largest city, Port Louis, located in the northwest part of the country.

If you fly to Mauritius from abroad, though,

you will fly to the largest and busiest international airport:

which is located on the complete opposite southeast side of the country

Otherwise, the only other airports they have are:

Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport, located on Rodrigues,

which only flies to and from Mauritius Island and seasonally to Réunion,

The second and largest cities are Beau Bassin and Vacoas,

located roughly near the general Port Louis metropolitan area.

Speaking of which, kind of like how we studied in the Jamaica episode,

a lot of town names in Mauritius are kind of funny-sounding if you translate them.

Many are either in French or Mauritian Creole.

And each have a backstory as to why they were named that way. Places like:

All the roads kind of spiderweb outwards from Port Louis with modern skyscrapers,

the tallest one being the 22-story hurricane-resistant Bank of Mauritius building,

Not only that, but all around the main island, you find way too many

amazing historical sights and places of interest, such as:

and if can, see if you can make it to Agaléga Island,

check out the cliffs and shores of Rodrigues,

and if there's one thing you definitely need to check out, though,

it would have to be the nature and landscape loaded with lots of beauty and tragedy.

Mark Twain once said, "Heaven was copied after Mauritius."

the country is located on the Mascarene Plateau,

an elevated underwater ridge that used to harbor volcanic activity,

though today Mauritius only has dormant volcanoes.

The country may be small but harbors a few mountain ranges like the Moka up north.

But the Black River Range holds the highest peak at 800 meters: Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire.

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