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

31 mars 2014

Hellen

The weather was pretty grotty this weekend, so I haven't been out much. In fact, Mayotte was placed under "strong rain warning" on Thursday evening, because a depression was forming in the Mozambique channel, along the coast of Mozambique. On Saturday...

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Tags: dzaoudzi, water, rain, tree, kwassa, driving, weather, wind, stones, tropical, ferry, cyclone, avalanche, storm, tempest, election, hellen, mozambique, tanzania, vote

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24 mars 2014

Two Classical Concerts Went To Market...

This week-end and last week-end, there were two concerts. Not the same one repeated but two different ones. The common denominator was the music school director's sister, Odile, who plays first flute in the Avignon orchestra and who sings too. She was...

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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, flute, music, concert, sing, violin, church, classical, fatima, notre dame, cello, avignon, odile, romantic

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17 mars 2014

Hey to the Ferry.

P came over during my half-term holidays to spend a week in Mayotte with me. During that week, we played a lot of music and we ate out several times. It was on one of these times that something rather interesting happened. The restaurant we wanted to...

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Tags: dzaoudzi, mamoudzou, mayotte, holiday, emily, boat, philip, restaurant, ferry, salama djema, delay, engine

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10 mars 2014

The rain in Mamoudzou falls down, soaks the road and makes big potholes.

We're slowly getting towards the end of the rainy season. It's been raining pretty much every day, but not all day though, just an hour or two at a time. The rain has - as usual - dug gaping holes in the roads, it's a right mess. Some of the roads I take...

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Tags: mamoudzou, water, school, rain, sleep, rainy season, kids, language, chiconi, couch, excuse note, late note, umbrella, water water everywhere

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3 mars 2014

This Is The Voiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice !

There's a reality-TV show called The Voice. The idea is to try out amateur singers, train them, get them singing all sorts of different musical styles, find the best one and record their first album with them. There are several shows of this type, it...

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Tags: music, sing, singer, burglary, casting, the voice, audition, train, bruno berberes, koropa

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