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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...
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Tags: mamoudzou,  mayotte,  girl,  tyres,  race,  big,  lorry,  minister,  paint,  2015,  dom,  manuel valls,  najat vallaud-belkacem,  prime minister,  problems,  ton petit dom
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20 avril 2015

UNICEF Heroes Day

UNICEF Heroes Day
Yesterday was UNICEF Heroes Day: a worldwide, running-applications-and-various-other-gadgets-connected run whose goal was to raise money to vaccinate children. The idea was to get everybody to run 10 kilometres and connect via various running or fitness-based...
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Tags: t-shirt,  blue,  photo,  race,  run,  children,  money,  day,  10km,  application,  charity,  competition,  connection,  donate,  donation,  hero,  shoelaces,  ten,  unicef,  vaccinate
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8 juillet 2013

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
Rules for the Tyre Race. Wear the official Tyre Race t-shirt while racing. Collect one number sign per team the week before the race. This number sign will be necessary to collect the remaining number signs for each team. Without the first number sign,...
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Tags: mayotte,  tyres,  bretons,  friend,  race,  run,  tyre racing,  soap,  30,  cavani,  edition,  practise,  stadium,  stick
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1 juillet 2013

Practising for the Grand Tyre Race

Practising for the Grand Tyre Race
About two weeks ago, the lady in charge of the Bretons of Mayotte Association sent a collective e-mail out, asking for people to become "ambassadors" for the tyre race which was to take place on the 29th of June. I responded, asking what would be involved,...
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Tags: mayotte,  tyres,  bretons,  friend,  race,  run,  tyre racing,  soap,  30,  cavani,  edition,  practise,  stadium,  stick
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3 juin 2013

Mahoraid

Mahoraid
On Pentecost week-end, like last year, all of the sailing boats in Mayotte who wished could embark on a tour of the island. My musician friend Franck, who owns and lives on a sailing boat, wished. He took a few of his friends and me on his boat with him,...
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Tags: island,  food,  fish,  boat,  sea,  tour,  race,  2013,  drink,  mahoraid,  barracuda
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2 juillet 2012

Tyred flat out.

Tyred flat out.
On Saturday, there was the Grand Tyre Race in Mamoudzou. Hundreds of people had come to race and to watch, as this is THE big event of the year in Mayotte. The idea is to race for 2.2km through the capital city, driving a used tyre in front of oneself...
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Tags: mamoudzou,  mayotte,  girl,  tyres,  boy,  grease,  race,  run,  tyre racing,  yoghurt,  face paint,  prize,  soap
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