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11 juillet 2015

Kwahéri Maoré

Kwahéri Maoré
When I arrived at my Mahorese school, I met several teachers who were in their last year in Mayotte. And universally, they told me that when you're in your last year, you're already at your destination in your mind. One, named Henri Denglades, was going...
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10 juillet 2015

Pamandzi

Pamandzi
On my last day in Mayotte, I returned the flat keys in the morning, then went to see the man who was buying the car from me. When he had come to my flat to test-drive the car, he had brought a young mechanic with him, and hadn't actually driven the car...
6 juillet 2015

La Mangue Bleue

La Mangue Bleue
The Blue Mango now has t-shirts.
29 juin 2015

Pneumatophores.

Pneumatophores.
I've been fascinated by the mangrove since I arrived in Mayotte. The mangrove goes pretty much all round the island. From most points on the coast, you can either see it or smell it, or both. Mangrove trees are salt tolerant, and they have an very simple...
25 juin 2015

First Moon of Ramadan

First Moon of Ramadan
Seen from Mayotte, the moon looks like a smile. This is the first moon of Ramadan this year. Ramadan, or a period of roughly one month when Muslims do not eat or drink between sunrise and sunset, but gorge themselves on fried food and sugary treats at...
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22 juin 2015

Girls, tyres and ministers, oh my!

Girls, tyres and ministers, oh my!
Last Saturday was the tyre-race. Just to be different, I'd decided that this year, I wanted to run with a big tyre, a lorry tyre, one of those huge things that come up to about chest level. I knew the time-keeper for the tyre race, so I talked him into...
15 juin 2015

Tsoundzou

Tsoundzou
These are some typical roadside scenes in Mayotte. The above photos were taken in the village of Tsoundzou. There's a bridge over a pretty river, where various outrigger canoes were parked. The bridge is actually fairly new. It was started about ten years...
8 juin 2015

Protests in the Classroom

Protests in the Classroom
Recently, just for the fun of it, I thought I'd get my kids riled up about something. So I started a nice, light and cheery series of lessons about world problems: racism, discrimination, poverty, starvation, the environment, war, deforestation, animal...
1 juin 2015

Nanny, you probably don't want to know what I did last weekend.

Nanny, you probably don't want to know what I did last weekend.
I recently had a couple of acquaintances over. The sort of people who'll give you absolutely no news for a year or so, then suddenly pop up out of the blue saying that they've bought plane tickets to Mayotte and can I put them up. They'd timed their visit...
11 mai 2015

Market Day Has Gone Forever

Market Day Has Gone Forever
There used to be two markets in Mamoudzou. The official one, and the clandestine one. The official one is under cover, in a fairly recent building where sellers rent out spaces the size of your average garage for 120€/month. Pretty expensive by Mahorese...
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