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“We have just returned from our 3rd (yes, third!) trip...”

written by toriamcneile on 31/01/2006

Good Points
EVERYTHING - Too many to mention, just read below

Bad Points
Absolutely NONE!

General Comments
We have just returned from our 3rd (yes, third!) trip to La Pirogue and it is still absolutely fantastic - stunning views, beautiful white sandy beach and tons to do and the staff are so lovely and helpful - they simply cannot do enough to help you and you're truly made to feel like VIPs. The hotel is set in stunning fragrant gardens and comprises individual thatched cottages, designed in the shape of 'La Pirogue' - a type of boat local to the island. The gardens are constantly being 'manicured' and everything is so immaculate and clean - all the staff there get on with their respective jobs and go un-noticed, apart from the fact that they are all dressed so smartly - each 'team' has a different coloured uniform so you know exactly who does what! The language is French but most of the staff speak very good English. The best time of the year to go is from December to about March as that is their summer and the weather is wonderful, though for one day we had terrential rain but that is to be expected - they certainly need it for the sugar beat crops.



If you are lucky enough to go, please ensure you introduce yourself to Prem - though he will probably come up and greet you (a lovely chap). Also, look out for Lobin in the Thatches restaurant (he looked after us impeccably) and Veejay at the Beach Bar - cheeky chap and easy to talk to you and can't do enough for you - as with all the staff.



I'd recommend going on a boat trip on a catamaran - great fun and you get to go dolphin watching too and we saw loads of them.



All the islanders that we cam across are just so lovely and friendly and very chatty which is nice - we were told the history of Mauritius and why Flic en Flac has it's name on our taxi ride back to the airport which was fascinating.



If you want to see some photos of our most recent trip (we arrived back in the UK yesterday - 31st January 2006) check out our webpage - http://homepage.mac.com/victoriamcneile/PhotoAlbum1.html

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