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

20 octobre 2014

The Gesture Festival

I'm a member of a community called Couchsurfing. The idea is to put up travellers and backpackers on your couch for a night or two, show them around a bit and make their stay more interesting than if they were in a hotel room on their own. It also works...

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Tags: mayotte, boat, jewellery, chiconi, festival, craft, gesture, october, wood

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13 octobre 2014

The United Gingdom, a guided tour. From the Palace of Wismmister to Wenstre Game.

I've been working on the British monuments and flags with my kids. The test was at the end of last week, just before the holidays which have just started. The moment of truth, when I get to see what they've remembered from my naturally scintillating lesson....

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Tags: school, teacher, country, lesson, english, students, state, england, america, city, 10 downing street, badminton, buckingham palace, canada, mexico, nice, tower of london, union jack, westminster abbey

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6 octobre 2014

Salon du Tourisme

A few photos from the Salon du Tourisme which took place this weekend. Mayotte is involoved in several programs such as the Vanilla Islands Program, there's one about the Indian Ocean as well... the general idea is to try and convince tourists that Mayotte...

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Tags: department, france, indian ocean, mayotte, black, holiday, white, salon, french, mahorese, european, comoros, tourism, tourist, referendum, yes

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29 septembre 2014

Urahafu Na Unono

On Friday, following various complaints from teachers regarding the dirtiness of the school as a whole and the rooms in particular, one of my colleagues launched "Operation Urahafu Na Unono", or "Operation Cleanliness" in the school. This operation had...

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Tags: kawéni, school, teacher, white, clean, board, window, brush, floor, mop, sponge, stairs, tidy, urahafu na unono

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22 septembre 2014

Here we go again...

This time, it all started with a football match. Majicavo and Kawéni, two neighbouring villages, were playing against each other. Majicavo was winning 3 - 0 when the referee gave a player a yellow card instead of the red card he should have given him....

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Tags: water, kawéni, car, riot, barrier, boat, violin, violence, football, smash, window, block, burn, gang

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15 septembre 2014

Cats and Miss.

School's been back for three weeks now. I've met all my classes, and there's everything from sweetness and light to ear-splitting caterwauling in there. These are some photos of my school. Right at the top is the tropical almond (Terminalia Catappa, if...

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Tags: mayotte, cat, food, dress, salouva, kawéni, pupils, school, teacher, tree, students, miss, building, badamier, litter, mew, playground

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8 septembre 2014

The beginning of the end: my last back-to-school rush in Mayotte.

School started again on August 25th. In Mayotte, the teaching profession has one of the highest turnovers I've ever seen. This year, only three new colleagues joined the English-teaching ranks in my school. Two had been teaching in various lycées before...

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Tags: mayotte, black, class, pupils, school, teacher, white, table, students, computer, back to school, european, board, chair, classroom, videoprojector

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4 septembre 2014

The Malagasy Highway Code

The Malagasy Highway Code for Motorbikers When you see a lorry coming your way, take a big breath and hold it. It's going to stink. A full helmet is great for safety if you fall and hit your head, but it does mean you can't scratch your ears. Even after...

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Tags: zebu, rice, motorbike, rain, road, skin, orange, hair, highway code, pothole, police, madagascar, malagasy, paddy, emergency, horn, indicator, rickshaw, traffic, trolley

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1 septembre 2014

Alefa Madagascar! Part 2 of 2.

The starting point of anything Malagasy is Antananarivo, the capital city, generally shortened to Tana. It's bang in the centre of Madagascar, and it's where all the planes go to and come from. So, logically, this was the starting point of my adventure....

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Tags: house, food, rice, motorbike, people, town, road, village, tree, down, mountain, trip, travel, republic, madagascar, alefa, voyage, capital, city, paddy

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