"The Mauritius of today is the result of a turbulent and oftentimes dramatic development which took place over the past centuries. From an isolated volcanic rock in the middle of the Indian Ocean pristine and blissfully untouched by human beings for a long time, with lush green foliage overgrowing its rugged mountains, unique and exotic trees, ferns and flowers blossoming all over its lush valleys; waters cascading and tumbling down its mountain slopes, forming rivers and flowing into turquoise lagoons, where the waves of the Indian Oceans never cease to pound onto white sandy shores, Mauritius has come a long way.