rain - Tales of Tyre-racing, Makis and M'zungus.

15 mars 2012

Stuck in the Mud

There has been so much rain lately that it has severely damaged the road leading down from our flat. Great holes, some up to 50cm in depth, have appeared in the road... which has already blocked more than one car from going up. We had a collection day...

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Tags: flat, water, car, rain, road, season, driving, mud

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12 février 2012

Madame, la pluie, elle tombe!

Talk about keeping things for a rainy day. There are so many rainy days here – and so much rain – that I don’t know what to do with most of them. Some do, though. There’s construction work outside at the moment – just underneath our flat, actually – where...

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Tags: mayotte, flat, water, rain, philip, crepi, curtain, rainbow, table, television, wall

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11 décembre 2011

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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5 décembre 2011

Mangrove Mud

Last week, I went on a grande randonnée, a walk signalled by white and red flashes on the trees, with the association my music group belongs to, the Bretons of Mayotte. I hadn't really had the occasion to explore the island properly, mainly because of...

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Tags: mayotte, banana, food, beach, rain, chirongui, mangrove, picnic, pilao, root

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21 novembre 2011

It's raining, it's pouring...

View from the flat. The rainy season started in the middle of last week. Tropical rain is quite interesting. It goes by short blasts of heavy rain followed by great lengths of nothing. But in the wet season, it rains at least a little every day. These...

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Tags: mayotte, rain, april, change, climate, holes, mum, november, puddle, road, season, wet

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19 novembre 2011

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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13 novembre 2011

Feet, bikes, cats and cars.

This morning, the temperature was 29°C in the shade, 47°C in the sun. At 8.25 a.m. At the moment, even the cat is flat out on the cool floor tiles. This is the cool season. It doesn't actually bother me when I'm busy doing nothing, but does get in my...

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Tags: temperature, cat, degrees, mango, poquette, rain, sun, terrace, tiles

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