Golf Glove Fantasies

Boy, did we try.
Saturday and Sunday saw us participate in what has become one of our weekend rituals – playing the sport of golf.  Playing may or may not be the most accurate verb to describe what we do/did, but we did find ourselves on the golf course with clubs in hand.
Things always start out [...]

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Pick a Language

Last week it seemed as if I almost killed a guy in my, what is now, weekly yoga class.  It was hardly my fault due to the fact that I think the major problem was the fact that he couldn’t understand me.
There seem to be many people here on the island that can’t speak English [...]

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Moneytrees and the art of development

How does a developing country get a leg up and what’s been big news on my tiny home away from home?
At the very end of January and very beginning of February 2009, the Chinese sent a delegation over to the island of Mauritius to see if there were any potential investment/development opportunities here. 
I remember this [...]

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The Chinese Bus

The other day my housekeeper and I went to the local fishmongers to purchase some fresh fish and other assorted seafood.  I was excited because having spent many moons in the land-o-lakes, I wasn’t really in the habit of eating much fresh food that comes from the ocean.  If I did happen to eat seafood, it [...]

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