Where is your favourite destination and why?
Mauritius. Many people think of it as just a holiday destination, but it’s so much more than that. My parents are based there full time now and, since spending more time visiting them with my kids recently, I’ve discovered there’s a much deeper world which sets it apart from other tropical destinations like the Maldives or the Seychelles. I think it’s because humans have only been living on the island for a few hundred years and, over that short time, its geopolitical alignment has shifted quite considerably.
This has created an incredible cultural mix — Christmas rubs shoulders with Diwali and Chinese New Year on the roster of public holidays, and you’ll find a beach bar nestled between a patisserie that makes you think you’re in Paris and an Indian restaurant that knocks the socks off anything you’ll find outside of the sub-continent. English and French are both spoken alongside the local Creole and no one who lives on the island speaks only one language.
