1200 meet at CLK Air Mauritius counter for group check-in (no in-town check-in)
1440 Depart on flight MK641 (9 hours, 25 minutes' flight; time is 4 hours behind Hong Kong)
2050 arrive Plaisance International Airport
2145 meet driver with van: Meyad

2230 arrive at Flic en Flac, Latanier villas (see www.jet-7.com)

Visit to Quatre Bornes (nearest large town) for necessities

• bank: HSBC, Orchard Center
• bookstores: Book Court
• supermarket

• explore area around Flic en Flac
• optional visit to nature reserve (Casela)

Visit to plateau towns:

• The market ('la foire') at Quatre Bornes
• Curepipe: Le Trou aux Cerfs (volcanic crater), model ship factory

Visit University of Mauritius
Poster in creole on campus: "if you drink when you drive you'll land in trouble" (literally: in fire)

Visit Port Louis (capital city): shops, museums, Caudan waterfront, Chinatown

The Lai Min Restaurant in Chinatown, Port Louis

Evening sega show at Villas Caroline

Tour of southwestern Mauritius:

• Tamarin: beach and saltings
• Chamarel: coloured earth
• Grand Bassin: Hindu temple
• Blue Bay: coral reefs

Lunch at the Bougainville Restaurant, Blue Bay

Tour of North Mauritius

Botanical Gardens at Pamplemousses

Lunch at Chez Tante Athalie

Beach: La Cuvette at Grande Baie

Domaine Les Pailles (south of Port Louis): cultural heritage centre

Meet Prof.Vinesh Hookoomsing (Pro-Vice-Chancellor of UOM; co-author of the Dictionary of Mauritian Creole)

a.m. check out of villas at Flic en Flac
Luinch at Green Palm Restaurant, Riambel
Visit Mahebourg: naval museum and waterfront

2240  Depart on MK640 (9 hours, 25 minutes' flight)

1240 arrive CLK

Alicia dancing the sega