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10 novembre 2014

Raindrops aren't falling. Period.

The only existing postcard of Mayotte during the rainy season. The rainy season has just started. Just. As in two days ago. This is worrying the meteorologists. You see, Mayotte usually gets two lots of rain. A small spell, which usually comes some time...

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Tags: water, postcard, newspaper, mango, rain, november, rainy season, dry, sky, october, hollande, january, president

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18 août 2014

Réunion mon amour, part 2 of 2.

We spent a total of four days and three nights in Mafate. There are no roads, the area is only accessible on foot or by helicopter. The name comes from a wizard who used to live in the cirque, and whose speciality was killing people, using just a piece...

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Tags: island, postcard, photo, cold, group, reunion, hike, cirque, mafate, volcano, fournaise, neiges, passport, piton, route, snow, stamp, tamarin, trek, trou de fer

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24 février 2014

Put it on your head.

A series of rather interesting postcards has been released recently. They're all drawings of scenes in Mayotte. My favourite is the one above, as it's a mixture of two scenes I come across very regularly. Scooters here aren't just a quick way of getting...

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Tags: mayotte, ladies, postcard, scooter, supermarket, shop, boueni, balance, street, head

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10 décembre 2011

Christmas Market

There was a Christmas market today in front of the M’biwi Café, just down the road from us. I thought a Christmas market by 32°C sounded interesting, so I went along after work to see what sort of things were up for sale. The first thing that struck me...

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Tags: mayotte, food, papaya, clothes, mzungu, postcard, colour, basket, christmas, jewellery, juice, market, pineapple, tortoise

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30 septembre 2011

The Dark Side of Mayotte

Most of the time, Mayotte is postcard-pretty and the people are lovely. But it isn't "home" yet. It’s not that I don’t like coconut trees and papaya fruit, having the lagoon just next door and going to school on a scooter. I do. But some things take a...

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Tags: mayotte, house, lagoon, water, dirty, electricity, postcard, pretty

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