Mauritius Stories


7 Colors of Earth, Giant Tortoises

So I'm once again in an internet cafe with 3 minutes to blog. Here's the run down. Class is a wild experience. The children are adorable and eager to learn. Some more than others. Ages range from 5-13 years. Some can understand when I speak English, some can't write their names. From Bruno to Bradley to Anaelle to the 2 Warrenns I love them all even if ...


Might be the last entry

Greetings faithful readers! Here's a not so big surprise... I don't have internet access! I'm at a friend's house severely imposing right now, so the updattes are going to be quite in frequent I'm afraid. I just want to say that I am living with a wonderful host family who have 3 children and what seems to be thousands of grandchildren and cousins. Smal...


Exciting holiday week with the MWF volunteers

The latest photos are from last week, when it was time to have a holiday week. During the weekends I had spent with the volunteers, their work in all the field stations had often been a topic. So I was curious to see and experience more what they did in the uplands in the Black River Gorges National Park. And then I was invited to stay at Camp and Pigeo...


Last 10 days on Round

Last Tuesday, 7th August we finally managed to negotiate a solution so that we could go back to Round Island. We, that was Zayd, Christine, her assistant Zayrabee and I. Round Island was on the brink of being unmanned for a certain time until the issue with the helicopters was solved. But thanks to several executives decisions and goodwill we were allow...