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

10 juillet 2015

Pamandzi

On my last day in Mayotte, I returned the flat keys in the morning, then went to see the man who was buying the car from me. When he had come to my flat to test-drive the car, he had brought a young mechanic with him, and hadn't actually driven the car...

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Tags: island, mayotte, cat, water, petite terre, gite, last day, corrugated, iron, ramadan, graffiti, small, pamandzi, chez faida

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29 juin 2015

Pneumatophores.

I've been fascinated by the mangrove since I arrived in Mayotte. The mangrove goes pretty much all round the island. From most points on the coast, you can either see it or smell it, or both. Mangrove trees are salt tolerant, and they have an very simple...

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Tags: mayotte, water, mangrove, root, tree, threat, breathe, filter, filtration, guyana, guyane, human, influence, new caledonia, nouvelle calédonie, pneumatophore, scientists, threatened, crab

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9 mars 2015

The Nutrition Transition

A rather interesting article turned up in the newspaper this week. Mayotte has been in the middle of a nutritional transition (poetically put) for quite a few years now. From not having enough to eat and suffering from various lacks and deficiencies,...

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Tags: mayotte, cassava, food, water, chicken wings, rice, supermarket, coconut, oil, beef, diabetes, fat, sugar, nutrition, cholesterol, malnourished, obesity, overweight, pregnancy, underweight

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23 février 2015

N'Gouja, probably for the last time.

It's the holidays next week, so this weekend was really the last one before the holidays on which to go to the beach. I don't go that often - not really interested in lying around in the heat, and not bothered about salty water and small fish - but H...

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Tags: humidity, mayotte, temperature, heat, colleague, water, coral, fish, reef, beach, photo, underwater, road, camera, turtle, tropical, computer, ngouja, electronic, equipment

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8 décembre 2014

Rain at School

It's been raining quite a bit recently. This is the effect of all this rain on my school: quite impressive, actually. Everything and everyone gets soaked five minutes in, the kids go swimming in the puddles, bags and books included, and you can't hear...

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Tags: water, pupils, school, teacher, bottle, bag, rain, room, swimming, pool, umbrella, football, everywhere, plastic

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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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22 septembre 2014

Here we go again...

This time, it all started with a football match. Majicavo and Kawéni, two neighbouring villages, were playing against each other. Majicavo was winning 3 - 0 when the referee gave a player a yellow card instead of the red card he should have given him....

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Tags: water, kawéni, car, riot, barrier, boat, violin, violence, football, smash, window, block, burn, gang

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14 juillet 2014

Hiking around Saziley

Sunday was a rather hectic day. First, it was the day two of the musicians from the Blue Mango were leaving Mayotte, one forever, the other for a holiday. The one who was leaving forever hadn't been able to come to our last going-away party and I had...

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Tags: island, mayotte, food, water, black, white, beach, sand, friend, walk, stones, hike, saziley

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12 mai 2014

There haven't been any underwater photos for a while.

On Easter Sunday, I went out on a boat trip with the Bretons of Mayotte association. Dragged a friend along, too, and there also happened to be a couple of folk dancers on the same boat. We went to the north of Mayotte to look for dolphins and possibly...

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Tags: mayotte, water, colour, white, coral, fish, reef, beach, blue, boat, sand, sea, bretons, friend, trip, choisil, potato

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31 mars 2014

Hellen

The weather was pretty grotty this weekend, so I haven't been out much. In fact, Mayotte was placed under "strong rain warning" on Thursday evening, because a depression was forming in the Mozambique channel, along the coast of Mozambique. On Saturday...

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Tags: dzaoudzi, water, rain, tree, kwassa, driving, weather, wind, stones, tropical, ferry, cyclone, avalanche, storm, tempest, election, hellen, mozambique, tanzania, vote

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