Tropical Destinations

Mauritius, the place after which heaven was copied

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Lagoon view, Mauritius

Mauritius is so beautiful that Mark Twain wrote in “Following the Equator“: “You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius.”

What made him to say so? Maybe the answer is in another excerpt from the book:

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115 tropical islands, one place - Seychelles

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Anse Source D'Argent beach

Seychelles is a nation of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles east of mainland Africa and northeast of the island of Madagascar. Of these islands 41 are granitic but only eight are habited. The major islands are Mahe, Praslin, and La Digue.

You can’t talk or write about Seychelles, you must see it. The Seychelles Islands has anything for everyone:

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