Incredible Week-end; day 3

sAtUrDaY;
Flacq; 11am
as i promised Ronnie that I would be helping him to set up the Haunted House in a Charity Fair, we set pretty early to this village in the eastern part of Mauritius, despite of the sunburn that i had to face after the Ile Aux Cerfs trip.
Actually Flacq is one of those weird places in Mauritius. Yet much more busy and full of activity compared to some other towns in Mauritius (i here refer to places like Vacoas and even Beau-Bassin, my hometown)
we reached the state secondary school where we had to set the room
it was quite small though and it seems to me that the organizers lacked some coordination and experience.
at about two, i went to the supermarket to grab something to eat. It was a nice feeling to be walking in some place i don't know at all, the people looked different. it seemed like it's been only one or two generation since they came from India. There was two or three shopping malls, a lot of shops on the streets, and a striking amount of hawkers. I saw a lot of taxi working on a 'taxi-brousse' (shared-taxi) system. i guess it's also that crowded due to the Christmas shopping frenesia which seems to have reached the whole of the mauritian population, regardless of community and religion. The buses which are most of the time private operators are never in hurry to start and drive pretty slowly to try to catch each and every passengers and when the bus reaches a road where there'll be no one waiting, it seems like the driver has to catch the last train for survival, like never slowing down before humps, barely downshifting before curves. the only town linked to Flacq via bus are Rose-Hill and Curepipe i guess; the other bus lines connect to some other villages in the surroundings, so do the shared-taxis. Flacq is that place which wants to somehow give the image of a developing region; many shopping centers, brands shop, computerized lockers in supermarket, crowded streets but still conserving this rural spirit, this human closeness. Flacq is also this place where everyone looks into your bag after you've been shopping and particularly when they notice you've got some beers in your bag give you that eerie who-are-you-stare.
The day was somehow tiring for we did much for the preparation but i really enjoyed it for it got me to have a nice time with two of my best-friends from high-school. I gotta say we had much fun making fun of everyone and everything; just like we used to do in high-school where we never went to class. Memories.
We had to cab bringing us home. I had a cool nice evening; shower, then i walked into the town centre for it's somehow lively these days. even the supermarket is opened till 22:00
i had diner again at the Lebanese restaurant. then some drinks while watching still TV shows.