Saturday, May 26, 2007

adding mauritius to my "must visit" list

i recently learned that this tiny country off the east coast of africa is not only beautiful but an amazing melting pot.

most citizens have at least one of the following ethnic background: indian, chinese, african, french. most citizens have one of the following religious belief: catholic, hindu and muslim. the economy is strong, the percentage of people living below the poverty line (10%) is lower than in the us (12%), uk (17%) or canada (15.9%), the literacy rate is high (85.6%) and they all get along well. violent crimes are uncommon and some say, the overall crime rate is relatively low. what utopia.

perhaps we could learn from mauritians on how to embrace differences and diversity and still live well in a beautiful paradise.


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