Since as early as the 17th century Mauritius’ coasts has become the burial place of many ships and boats. In fact, the entire history of civilisation in Mauritius is written …
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Reading Time: 8 minutesIn our series, Island LIFE, Janet-Lynn Vorster, takes us 2,000 kilometres (1,243 mi) east of the South African coast to the tropical Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. …
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Reading Time: 12 minutesWelcome to a guitar-shaped island that claims to be the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love! An island with an amber-coloured sweet dessert wine, commandaria, …
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Reading Time: 4 minutesMalaysia’s state of Sabah is located in the northern portion of Borneo Island, the third-largest island in the world. The island is politically divided among Malaysia and …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesCuba’s capital, Havana, is a city with 2.1 million inhabitants. Founded by the Spanish in the 16th century, the modern-day city is three cities in one: La …
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Sea Save Foundation is an ocean conservation non-profit group that strives to protect our oceans by raising awareness about the beauty of marine ecosystems and their fundamental importance to human …
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Reading Time: 4 minutesSomewhere in the middle of nowhere, about 1,643 km west of Lisbon, Portugal, some 1,500 km from the African coast and 1,925 km southeast of Canada’s Newfoundland, …
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Reading Time: 17 minutesUndiscovered and off-limits to tourists for a long time, this is what awaits you: An archipelago surrounded by brilliant azure sea waters dotted with hundreds of remote islands with pristine white-sand beaches …
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Reading Time: 6 minutesGalapagos, named after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises, is an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator, almost 1,000 kilometres west of continental Ecuador. Ecuador’s …
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Reading Time: 6 minutesAs one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, located in the Nusa Tenggara region in the eastern half of Indonesia, Flores Island, meaning “flowers” in Portuguese, was first …