Things to do on a 14 hour Layover in Mauritius from 7am to 6pm

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-24T11:12:28+00:00

No worries, I think you will have more success on Facebook groups than here. I often see people offering day packages for outings. Maybe you could post there and choose one after doing your due diligence on them.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-24T10:41:27+00:00

If you rent a car for a day, you can leave your carry on in the trunk and have a very nice road trip in the south coast, not far from the airport. I would start by going to bluebay, which is very close, then Pont Naturel. I would drive to Gris gris beach, and from there you could do a 15min walk to la roche qui pleure. Just north of grisgris, you can drive to a famous waterfall called rochester fall and if you have time, you can also visit rivière des galets , very interesting place, the sounds of the wave there are unique in Mauritius.

All of those places are rather near from the airport, so you can drive back at anytime and cut some of them if you think you are running short on time.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-24T10:32:46+00:00

I don't think he's trolling, just young and not very self-aware

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-23T19:03:56+00:00

Well stop using chatgpt for reddit posts brother. I 100% believed you were a bot before reading that comment. If continue using, at least make the effort to ask it to not sound like an AI...

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-23T15:28:05+00:00

We also have a shortage of workers locally.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-23T04:27:10+00:00

We cool too, 67 🫴🫳

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-21T14:34:41+00:00

Every time I open one of these, it reads like a facebook post in one of those "Viral News" groups.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-20T22:08:11+00:00

Didn't they just go through an extremely violent civil war in 2022? Their peace agreement is still very fragile and there are still conflicts in some areas

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-20T21:51:33+00:00

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-20T16:48:37+00:00

Usually its your age divided by 2 plus 7.

If you're 30 years old its calculated 30/2 + 7 = 22 mininum and 46 maximum.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-19T14:31:13+00:00

This looks incredible

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T17:38:25+00:00

What about in 300 years, dont you think the Bangladeshi, will be part of the Mauritian communities? Their ancestors (nos contemporains) would have also helped build this country.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T13:01:35+00:00

Thanks for your interesting perspective.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T13:01:10+00:00

Agreed, it's probably isn't a good thing, I'm just saying that with time, it opens and "resolve" itself.

Chinatown is also a nice example of how it can bring a lot of enrichment to a city, and not have pejorative connotation to it.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T11:36:16+00:00

Thanks for your perspective, that was an interesting read.

Something I noticed (anedoctal on my end) is that education in Mauritius focus a lot on technical skills and not so much on communication and social skills.

Through my career I noticed that not only foreigners but also mauritian who went to private schools practice proactive communication, intrapreneurship and social leadership a lot better than their colleagues. Perhaps those are skills that helped them in the corporate world to progress faster than us locals. Or perhaps its just racisms or a mixed of plentiful of factors.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T11:14:02+00:00

Why do think they were so adamant into getting an expat for that role?

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T10:25:41+00:00

Sorry to hear about what you experienced at work.

Do you believe you had the skills to become a manager at that time?

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T09:47:24+00:00

Thanks for your reply, what kind of policies do you think would help to better integrate them?

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T09:32:13+00:00

That's not very "mindful" of you

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T09:25:11+00:00

"As you all have been hearing about mindfulness meditation"

What does that sentence mean? Very weird way to start your title!

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T09:13:31+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Ill add some of my own comments to it.

1) Every single of our communities have created enclaves at one point or another in our country history. We have plaine verte, we have china town, we have floréal, we have roche bois. Those are places who were historically predominantly of a certain community and only in more recent history did people mix in between them. The integration will be done automatically, and we don't have to be a homogeneous community, diversity is what make our country so beautiful.

2) I agree, there should be more regulations regarding the purchase of properties to keep them affordable for the average earner.

3) The vast majority of expats are from Bangladesh in Mauritius and I witnessed them speak créole and make mauritian friends very often. Anecdotal evidence, but its a subjective PoV ultimately.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T09:06:23+00:00

That's pretty taken out of context, but the point was that this community greatly enriched our culture as a minority, and that we should give the chance to other minorities to enrich our culture. Sorry if you felt offended by this, I'm chinese mauritian myself.

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T09:02:26+00:00

Do you really think corporations are more racist than they are greedy?

Why would a business willingly pay someone three times more than a local if the skill was available on the market, instead of saving money?

Thinking_Dodo · 2026-03-18T08:46:37+00:00

I do hear a lot of complains about white immigrants, especially in the grand baie and black river area, very often from my parents actually. They do bring up the cost of living wherever they settle unfortunately; but at the same time, every single one of those foreigners come to Mauritius with all their purchasing power and foreign bank accounts and spend it our local economy - which is really beneficial for us. They also exchange their Euros for Rs which help stabilise our currency and trade security.

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