Seychelles

Here's a direct link to a podcast from Rick in 2007; the second half is about Mauritius:

http://podcasts.ricksteves.com/feeds/pgm108_pod.mp3

This might get more responses if posted under "Beyond Europe".

Here are some of the sites I used for Mauritius. It is a great place, quite distinct from Africa and eagerly modernizing.
http://www.mauritius.net/index.php

http://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/

http://www.mauritiustourism.org/

http://www.tourisminmauritius.com/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mauritius

http://www.bruisedpassports.com/wheres/things-to-do-in-mauritius