Field Trip to Mauritius: itinerary (2008)

Monday 23 June

1200 meet at Chek Lap Kok Air Mauritius counter (group check-in: no in-town check-in allowed)
1440 Depart on flight MK641 (9-10 hours' flight; time is 4 hours behind Hong Kong)
2050 arrive Plaisance International Airport; meet Anne Kwok; Coach to Grand Bay.
c. 2240 arrive at Holiday Plus Hotel, Grand Bay, tel: (230) 263 6500

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Tuesday 24 June

Orientation in Grand Bay

• bank: HSBC
• mall: supermarket, bookstore

Bus to Pamplemousses

• L'aventure du sucre ("The Story of Sugar"), museum in former sugar factory
• Lunch at Le Plaisir de Poivre, Pamplemousses
• Pamplemousses: historic botanical garden

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Wednesday 25 June

Express bus to Port Louis (capital city): museum, , Central Market

Lunch at Caudan waterfront food court

Visit Ledikasyon Pu Travayer (Education for Workers) at Grande Riviere

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Thursday 26 June

Research in/around Grand Bay

School visit?

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Friday 27 June

Coach: Tour of southwestern Mauritius:

• Chamarel: waterfall, coloured earth
• Lunch at Chez Ruben, Chamarel

· Grand Bassin: Hindu temple and sacred lake

• Black River National Park: ?hike in search of endemic wildlife

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Saturday 28 June

Bus to Cap Malheureux

Option of boat trip to Coin de Mire
Evening sega show and dinner at See Lovers Restaurant, Pereybere

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Sunday 29 June

a.m. option of church at Grand Bay

?dim sum lunch

p.m. Bus to Mon Choisy: beach culture (sega?), option of swimming

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Monday 30 June

Bus to Port Louis

Visit University of Mauritius at Reduit

? Cultural heritage centre: Domaine les Pailles

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Tuesday 1 July

? Excursion to Ile aux cerfs: swimming

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Wednesday 2 July

Coach: 11:00 Leave Grand Bay

Possible visits on way to airport:

· Mahebourg: historic town with museum

· Ile aux aigrettes: nature reserve attempting to recreate ecology of Mauritius before colonization

· Blue Bay: coral reefs, beach

1800 Dinner at Le Bougainville, Blue Bay
2000 arrive at airport
2240  Depart on MK640 (9 hours, 25 minutes' flight)

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Thursday 3 July

1240 Arrive in Hong Kong on MK640

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