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

27 avril 2015

Voulé à Musicale Plage

I was invited to a company voulé the other day, a barbecue on the beach with the company I work with giving English lessons to adults. The rainy season is reaching its end now, but there are still some strong bursts of rain occasionally, and I was caught...

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Tags: banana, food, chicken wings, beach, english, barbecue, kebab, voulé, meat, company, eat, full

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23 février 2015

N'Gouja, probably for the last time.

It's the holidays next week, so this weekend was really the last one before the holidays on which to go to the beach. I don't go that often - not really interested in lying around in the heat, and not bothered about salty water and small fish - but H...

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Tags: humidity, mayotte, temperature, heat, colleague, water, coral, fish, reef, beach, photo, underwater, road, camera, turtle, tropical, computer, ngouja, electronic, equipment

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3 novembre 2014

N'Gouja at sunset.

The place goes crazy about once a year, fighting over things such as salaries, football matches and the price of chicken wings, but Mayotte can also be a very beautiful place when it sets its mind to it. These photos were taken last week at the most touristic...

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Tags: mayotte, mzungu, white, beautiful, beach, photo, sun, turtle, ngouja, sunset, afternoon, wednesday, weekend

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14 juillet 2014

Hiking around Saziley

Sunday was a rather hectic day. First, it was the day two of the musicians from the Blue Mango were leaving Mayotte, one forever, the other for a holiday. The one who was leaving forever hadn't been able to come to our last going-away party and I had...

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Tags: island, mayotte, food, water, black, white, beach, sand, friend, walk, stones, hike, saziley

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12 mai 2014

There haven't been any underwater photos for a while.

On Easter Sunday, I went out on a boat trip with the Bretons of Mayotte association. Dragged a friend along, too, and there also happened to be a couple of folk dancers on the same boat. We went to the north of Mayotte to look for dolphins and possibly...

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Tags: mayotte, water, colour, white, coral, fish, reef, beach, blue, boat, sand, sea, bretons, friend, trip, choisil, potato

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29 juillet 2013

Cascade

The Soulou Waterfall, on the west coast of Mayotte, is a place which is renowned for its thefts, break-ins and various attacks of all kinds. Unfortunately, it's also recognized as one of the most beautiful sites on the island. That's why, when a friend...

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Tags: mayotte, colleague, water, beach, friend, walk, group, soulou, cascade, waterfall

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22 juillet 2013

The Blue Mango Strikes Again

On Friday, the musicians had a party at one musician's house including all musicians and dancers. I think everyone had a good time, there was certainly a lot of dancing going on. On Saturday, we planted ourselves in the middle of the monthly farmer's...

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Tags: mayotte, beach, blue, accordion, flute, guitar, music, recorder, mango, violin, sakouli, rehearsal

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24 juin 2013

Dramatic

For the last six months, three colleagues and I have been doing a drama workshop with the kids at school. I filed it as a "school project" at the end of last year, so the Vice-Rectorate (high education authority) gave the school a grant of seven hundred...

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Tags: mayotte, pupils, school, beach, english, market, french, kids, culture, drama, history, polygamy, props, stage, violence

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10 juin 2013

Manta rays and Mangroves

Last Sunday, I went on a boat trip with the Association of Bretons of Mayotte. They're the ones I play music with, they organize an activity every month so I try to go along when I can to get out of the house and to talk with people over four feet tall...

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Tags: yellow, pretty, white, beautiful, coral, fish, reef, beach, boat, sand, mangrove, tree, mac, manta, ray, zodiac

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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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