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Mauritius is heart-wrenchingly beautiful when seen from the air. Green square fields, turquoise lagoon lapping up to slim white beaches, funnily-shaped mountains.

Here's a question from a little English boy sitting behind me to his mum: "Mum, isn't this island the place where they plant marijuana and heroin? Is that what we're seeing down there?"

I set him right before we left the plane, and explained that while there must be some of that going on, those fields are mostly sugar and tea. :)