Mauritius

A few more photos of our trip to Mauritius.

Near where we stayed there were two salt reclaimation areas. Sea water is pumped into walled patio like areas and left to evaporate. As the salt accumulates at the bottom of each area a woman brushes it together. Later salt is loaded into baskets. The baskets are carried on the heads of the workers to the collection points. Then it is taken to be refined.

The island has an African animal reserve. They have many types of animals including zebra, wart hog, flemingo, ostrige, guiney hen, antelope, lepord, monkey, parott, and several other African animals that I do not know the names of.

The sugar exhibit was interesting. Sugar cane takes a lot of water to develop properly. The east side of the island gets pleanty of rain, but the west side must irrigate.

Seila and Detlef