Gavros 5:52 Mon Feb 5
Mauritius
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WHOs been?
Where's nice?
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Far East Hammer
5:19 Wed Feb 7
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Had some work there several years back. Visited I think 4 times over a period of 6 months or so.
Don't know whether Bunks still posts on here, but he was WHO's resident member there for a while (though he's since left)
Get yourself a car and drive around. Some great scenery.
Struggling to remember some of the places but there was a great restaurant (with their own spiced rum) on a mountainside in the southwest of the island.
Avoid Port Louis after dark/ at weekends - as few people live there, so it's largely just dodgy characters who hang around there.
The green dip is the dog's bollocks. Not raita, but a mix of green chillies and other stuff.
Party area is in the far northwest.
Some good resorts but like I say, it's worth trying to head out and about for at least some of your stay - car hire can be done quite cheaply if you avoid Hertz, Avis, etc
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Gavros
12:37 Tue Feb 6
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yeah can we get away from USA-CAL?
plenty of space to talk about shit beer and fucking awful food on some other thread.
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chim chim cha boo
12:35 Tue Feb 6
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Ron Burgundy: Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale’s vagina.
Veronica Corningstone: No, there’s no way that’s correct.
Ron Burgundy: I’m sorry, I was trying to impress you. I don’t know what it means. I’ll be honest, I don’t think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
Veronica Corningstone: Doesn’t it mean Saint Diego?
Ron Burgundy: No. No.
Veronica Corningstone: No, that’s – that’s what it means. Really.
Ron Burgundy: Agree to disagree.
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WorldCupWilly
12:33 Tue Feb 6
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Got married at Le Touessrok - great place with it's own islands with different beaches.
They also have giant toilets - but they're outside ones!
https://i.imgur.com/yQAfjdi.jpg?1
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Gavros
12:27 Tue Feb 6
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San Diego translates as Saint James.
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chim chim cha boo
12:21 Tue Feb 6
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San Diego. Discovered in 1909 by the Germans, it roughly translates as 'a whale's vagina'.
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Northern Sold
12:21 Tue Feb 6
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David L... US Midway?? Fantastic place...
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Northern Sold
12:20 Tue Feb 6
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Oh and noted for the Florida Project....
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David L
12:20 Tue Feb 6
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Nice place San Diego.Like LA but with a bit of class.
The aircraft carrier is a must, as is the zoo and the rest of Balboa Park. Nice shopping in the out of town malls if you're into that, and there'/s a couple of Cheesecake Factories YEESS!
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Northern Sold
12:19 Tue Feb 6
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What sofa you going for Chim ?? I need a new one...
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Northern Sold
12:18 Tue Feb 6
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PCH1?? Big Sur??
Yup ... great drive and scenery... Great Railroad Journeys on BBC2 are doing the Cal Pacific-Yosemite trip at the moment...
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chim chim cha boo
12:18 Tue Feb 6
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You can't help yourself Sold, can you?
This is a thread about Mauritius and maybe strayed a bit with the best dive sites and here you go apropo of absolutely fucking nothing to tell us about this year's holiday in America which:
A is of no help to this thread,
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B we all know already as you never fucking go anywhere else.
It's about as helpful as me saying my new sofa gets delivered today.
Anyway, having established that you are a boring cunt (with all due respect and all that) have you seen 'The Florida Project' yet? I thought of you when I watched it. I think it's right up your street. It's about little kids who live in the hinterland around Disneyland in garishly painted short-stay accommodation. Some great acting by the little girl who plays the lead and I bet the ending has your bottom lip wobbling. Mine was. Anyway, watch it and thank me later.
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David L
12:17 Tue Feb 6
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How much was the flight for the black lab?
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Gavros
12:15 Tue Feb 6
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actually if there's one place i'd like to see it'd be the west coast - San Fran down to Diego, over the border for some salacious activity. good fun.
oh and of course the Appalachian trail.
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Northern Sold
12:00 Tue Feb 6
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Yeah you should try it one year... obviously when your ban is up... I'll put a good word in for you if you like??
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Gavros
11:56 Tue Feb 6
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America? That's a new one for you Sold0???
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Northern Sold
11:54 Tue Feb 6
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Just booked out hotels for our CAL-USA trip in October... looking forward to our 4 day stay in San Diego staying in a Dog Hotel on a Dog Beach... my idea of paradise that...
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David L
11:45 Tue Feb 6
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Fucking hell
Giant or toilets = giant tortoises
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Gavros
11:45 Tue Feb 6
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"They've got some giant or toilets there too"
I was hoping for either or (but not both together) so that's good news.
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David L
11:43 Tue Feb 6
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We (2) went in 2011 for a week at the (now) Mauricia Beachcomber. All inclusive. Great place to go for a complete rest. However, the hotel beach was mainly 2 inches of sand before you hit concrete! Next to the water was fine obviously but it was made to look a lot more natural than it really was. It did have some nightlife in the hotel though which was decent. Short walk into Grand Baie as well which made a break from the sunloungers and swimming pools.
Excursions
- Do NOT do the submarine. Yeah you see a sunken Japanese trawler, but you will see more marine life watching an spins ode of Stingray. The walking tours on the seabed poked interesting though as did the underwater scooters. Loads of that on YouTube.
- Do go to the botanical gardens. Sounds shit but we found it really interesting. The gates are from the original Crystal Palace, and have you ever seen a camphor tree? They've got some giant or toilets there too although I think there are probably better places to see them.
- Port Louis worth a look, although the local market there which was recommended was mainly just a stinking hole. Reminded me of Queens Market on a Saturday. Nice new waterfront area though.
- They make a lot of big name polo shirts and stuff there and cheaper than UK too, but I'm not convinced the area the taxi driver took us to had the genuine Fred Perrys etc so be careful.
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