Grande Baie - Post Report Question and Answers

Again, this is an excellent place for families. Children can drain their energy running around the beach and embassy families generally have pools for the kids to play in a nice sized backyards. For young couples and singles it's different--- Young couples will do well here IF they love outdoors-y athletic activities like watersports, hiking, mountain climbing etc. If not, there are so few cultural events here and the nightlife is so repeative and dismal that its a very isolating place. Many of the upwardly mobile and English speaking young people 18-35 leave the country for college/university, graduate school, and work so the island can seem isolating for expats without young children. Locals are so used to the come-and-go brief stays of tourists, so they never go out of their way to bond with those who don't intend to be permanent residents. Plus, the island is a mainly family based culture so people generally just hang with their families and don't seek to meet new people. For older people or older childless couples that may want quiet activities and lots of time alone, this is a good place. But, by and large, the young childless couples and singles start to despise the social and cultural isolation that can come with living in Mauritus. - Aug 2008