Tales of Tyre-racing, Makis and M'zungus.

29 avril 2013

Before coming to Mayotte...

Before coming to Mayotte, I didn't know that temperatures could be so constantly hot, never going lower than 27°C even at night. From the first rays of sunlight to the last, the temperature is between 28°C (dry season) and 34°C (rainy season), and it's...

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Tags: island, mayotte, temperature, colour, sun, skin, mosquito, tropical, nationality, paradise, sweat

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22 avril 2013

Musical Boats

It's name is the M'zouazia. Its construction started in 2006, and it was put into water for the first time in November 2011. Built by a man called Nicolas Hilly and his family, the construction took place in the village of M'zouazia in the south of Mayotte....

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Tags: mayotte, teacher, boat, music, concert, bao, mzouazia

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15 avril 2013

Who let the kids out?

Last Thursday, I was called in to replace a sick colleague on a school trip. The idea was to take a class of 14-year-olds to visit the remains of a sugar-cane factory, a copra dryer and a museum about ylang-ylang flowers and vanilla. Two teachers, twenty-nine...

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Tags: mayotte, girl, class, pupils, school, boy, photo, coconut, ylang, students, oil, vanilla, distillery, copra, jimaweni, mtsangamouji, museum, soulou, sugar, trip

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8 avril 2013

Makis and Turtles

While P was here, we went down to the south of the island to one of the most beautiful (and most touristic, unfortunately) beaches in Mayotte: N'Gouja. Twice. The first time was during the school holidays, the second time was on the Monday when everybody...

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Tags: indian ocean, mayotte, water, coral, beach, sand, sea, maki, swim, turtle, ngouja

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1 avril 2013

It's raining.

Tropical rain isn't anything like European rain. It's not cold, for a start, there's none of that freezing drizzle that bites into your skin and makes you huddle inside your anorak. You can go out in the rain here and actually stay under it for as long...

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Tags: mayotte, school, lesson, rain, rainy season, children, adult, dentist

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