URGENT big decision in 2 days !!!

by the way i would move to grand baye and im looking at finding a flat/house not farer then la croisette...

Moving to Grand Baie soon as well bud.. I'm from South Africa..I'm sure we can debate sports between our two countries.. don't stress man..

I've been here for 2 weeks in QB and have a good mix of Mauritian and expat friends. As far as I'm aware there are more expats in GB so if that's what your looking for then you should be fine. If you speak French then you're flying!

Best of luck

thanks guys for your comments and reassurement... very helpfull for me.

Arnie

It's not really anything to do with the expats. Most Mauritians dont really integrate with other ethnic groups in my experience. For example white Franco Mauritians don't interact with anyone else and vice versa. Culturally they seem to be miles apart and there is no real sense of a single national identity. But they still manage to get along all the same.

Hi,

Sorry for replying pretty late to your post.

If you are moving to Grand Baie, you really have no worries. There is a large expat community here, its VERY friendly and you will find there are actually an awful lot of Brits here.

To be honest, I would say there is far more chance of social isolation in the UK. Here is very much more social.

Feel free to drop me a line if you want to catch up some time.

Kind Regards,

Paul

Took me a few months to settle down originally, but now we love it here - we thought we had a good social life in the UK but we have a far busier one here.

We also have a mix of friends - locals and expats - just be yourself and most of all be friendly

Good luck

Hi Arnie,

If you are a social person you will easily make friends, so don't worry.

Please contact me if you are still looking for an accommodation.

I am a Mauritian living in London. Perhaps we could meet so we share some tips before you leave the UK.

Jesse

So Arnie - unless I've missed something, what was your decision?

am Nigerian and as far i can tell, i got some good Mauritian friends, as long as you are a good and nice person, making friends is never hard. you just have to approach and strike a conversation, sometimes the conversation could be on common interest like Football,songs,IT or games. take care

hi,
  I just seen your post.Maybe your problem is that the place you are staying is not good as Grand-Baie is the place where there are most foreigners and mauritians as well. People living in Grand-Baie are very friendly but it depends where you are living in Grand-Baie and your neighbourhoods you see. Maybe i can help you to find an appartment to stay in the center of Grand-Baie where you can get all facilities and meet a lot of people. facilities such as hypermarkets are very near,transport facilities, 30 secs from the beach etc and there are some club very near where you can meet people.

Regards,
Farhaan