Yesterday, the 2nd of November, was the 175th anniversary of the Arrival of Indentured Laborers in Mauritius. The day is a national public holiday here and shops and businesses are generally closed for the day.
It’s been raining like absolute mad this past week which is odd for this time of year, but Monday seemed to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sea’
Indentured Laborers and Golf
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Beach, Culture, Expat, Golf, Holidays, India, Juneteenth, Mauritius, Sea on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Something salty this way comes
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Container, Expat, Mauritius, Pirates, Sea, Shopping, Spices on Monday, August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shopping for groceries on this island is really an entertaining experience. In Mauritius what you buy one week, may or may not be on the store shelves the next week. It all depends on what ships make it past the pirates, the storms and the political unrest.
Our container of personal goods, for example, was delayed by almost [...]
Overboard?
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Container, Expat, Mauritius, Pirates, Sea on Monday, July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My aunt in Texas dared to tell little-miss-worry-me that the ship carrying our container of goods from America would arrive safe and sound with the tiny exception that our container would happen to fall overboard. Well, perhaps it has.
On May 15th all of our processions were packed into sealed crates and placed into a moving [...]
