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11 juillet 2015

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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Tags: france, mayotte, house, school, car, motorbike, flute, change, village, family, plane, lille, small, world

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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...

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Tags: island, mayotte, t-shirt, motorbike, trip, area, moto club, residential, sunday

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4 septembre 2014

The Malagasy Highway Code

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.

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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25 août 2014

Alefa Madagascar! Part 1 of 2.

Alefa Madagascar! Part 1 of 2.

I enjoyed hiking in Reunion Island and liked the country very much, it has an interesting history and it's extremely beautiful. However, I don't think I'll be back, unless I can manage to get a transfer to live and work there. Madagascar, though, was...

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Tags: holiday, emily, motorbike, road, family, driving, package, trip, musician, madagascar, 250, kawasaki, malagasy

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1 octobre 2012

The Motorbike Saga Ends Here.

The Motorbike Saga Ends Here.

Good morning. Just to say that I passed my motorbike licence last Wednesday. It's a test which is in two parts, half on a quiet track, half on the road. On the track, we had to manoeuvre the bike around cones and sticks, first very slowly around cones...

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Tags: motorbike, road, track, exam, slalom, test

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22 février 2012

The Motorbike Saga Continues

The Motorbike Saga Continues

I've had fifteen hours of motorbike lessons so far, and have reached the stage where I'm working hard at it and not feeling I'm actually getting anywhere. There's a circuit you have to do for the test at a very slow speed, as you have to drive through...

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Tags: mayotte, temperature, emily, lesson, motorbike, driving school, helmet, jacket, track

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11 décembre 2011

Christmas Market - R.I.P.

Christmas Market - R.I.P.

Two hours later, I went to the driving school for two hours of motorbike lessons. It had already started drizzling, so the monitor told two of us that we had better come back another day as the rain looked like holding. It's OK to learn to drive in the...

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Tags: mbiwi, water, mzungu, lesson, motorbike, rain, christmas, market

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19 novembre 2011

The Motorbike Saga Begins

The Motorbike Saga Begins

First motorbike lesson today, called an evaluation lesson. First, the monitor sat two of us down and talked us through why we wanted to drive a motorbike, what were the pros and cons, what protective material we needed and what the exam was like. I now...

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Tags: school, lesson, motorbike, rain, driving school, gloves, helmet, jacket, leather, trousers

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16 novembre 2011

The English girl and the Motorbike

The English girl and the Motorbike

I wonder if Papi remembers teaching me to drive... 31.10.2011 The driving-school instructor who taught me how to ride a scooter had asked me for English lessons, so I gave him his first lesson this evening. In return, instead of payment, he is going to...

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Tags: english, motorbike, lessons, code, driving school, mistakes, prefecture, rousseau, saturday, theory, time

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