Phrases such as “paradise on Earth” are often bandied about to describe tropical destinations, with even celebrated writers seemingly guilty of such hyperbole. Mark Twain is said to have claimed that ...

I stayed at the five-star luxury resort Long Beach in Mauritius for a week and it was quite simply paradise. The Long Beach resort was only around an hours drive from the airport and once I arrived at ...

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