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23 février 2015

N'Gouja, probably for the last time.

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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15 décembre 2014

The teacher is in the hammock.

The teacher is in the hammock.
A colleague used to draw these cartoons about Mahorese women, known as bouénis. This is one he drew for me, turning the bouénis into English teachers... hard at work!
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Tags: mayotte,  women,  colleague,  school,  teacher,  boueni,  work,  mahorese,  cartoon,  hammock
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24 novembre 2014

Transfer time.

Transfer time.
It's transfer time. The server opened yesterday, so I've been busy choosing where I want to go next year. Not that I actually get an awful lot of say in the matter, but I do get a chance to express my wishes, if in vain most of the time. In French education...
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Tags: france,  mayotte,  colleague,  school,  teacher,  french,  north,  section,  civil servant,  academy,  compliment,  education,  international,  lille,  normal,  paperwork,  points,  server,  transfer,  translation
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2 septembre 2013

Here we go again.

Here we go again.
School's back. Again. The yearly rush of pupils who have been hanging around the school doors for a good week now, staying outside all day and convincing their parents that classes had already started up, thereby getting out of working in the fields and...
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Tags: mayotte,  stuff,  colleague,  kawéni,  pupils,  school,  teacher,  back to school,  book,  pen,  rentrée,  room,  staff
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29 juillet 2013

Cascade

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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27 septembre 2011

Whales

Whales
I went on a “whale safari” with a few colleagues last week. There are often whales and dolphins in the lagoon, but not this day, so we went right out of the lagoon and up to the north of the island. The trip itself took about an hour and a half by reinforced...
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Tags: indian ocean,  island,  mayotte,  colleague,  jaws,  lagoon,  safari,  splash,  water,  whale
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