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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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6 mai 2013

Salama Djema

Mayotte is made up of two main islands, Grande-Terre and Petite-Terre. Between the two islands, the only means of transport is the ferry, known as the barge. There's even a verb for it: barger. Barging costs 75 centimes for a pedestrian, 2€ for a 50cc...

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Tags: island, airport, lagoon, car, scooter, people, petite terre, barge, euro, ferry, grande terre, pedestrian, salama djema

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25 mars 2013

The North from East to West

When P was here, he wanted to see if his scooter still worked. As I hadn't gone anywhere near it for the past few months, it didn't start. P pulled bits of it out and put it all back together, gave it some petrol and kept trying, and it started a couple...

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Tags: island, mayotte, house, green, scooter, shop, beach, village, philip, bamboo, north, animal, building, concrete, corrugated, iron, mosque, sheep

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14 mai 2012

Voulé on Sohoa Beach

We went to a barbecue on the beach the other day. These are extremely common here, there are always groups of people cooking things on any beach you go to. Traditional barbecue food here is chicken wings and green bananas, which are either cooked in the...

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Tags: mayotte, scooter, beach, music, barbecue, mahorais, leaves, voulé, carry

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28 septembre 2011

Never ask a question if you don't want to know the answer.

Emily and the Car Saga 20th August. Search for car and scooter on used car newspapers and specialist garages. 23rd August. Find white 3-door air-conditioned 206 HDI through newspaper. Visit car two blocks away, test-drive car, the odd funny noise and...

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Tags: mayotte, 125, 206, battery, car, emily, five minutes, garage, light, newspaper, scooter, tyres

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