summer break

i have not been posting for pretty long

tomorrow my summer break (in mauritius summer break is from november or december to january) will come to an end

when i look back on these days i see a lot of memories, some good and some not as good as i wish they would be

i have been going to ile-aux-cerfs, volonteering for a charity fair, hiking to mount le Pouce, going out with my germans friends, felt lonely and helpless but also worked in a diving centre.

all in all i think that i was able to learn to love this island much more

i have been wandering a lot around the island and was able to admire the beauty that it can give to everyone who can see the bright sight of Mauritius

on new years-eve i still did´t know what to do. and i felt like not doing anything. then Phil and the others invited me to the north. we both also discussed about him needing someone to help him in the diving centre that he was actually managing in the north. i did accept for several reasons

-help a good friend of mine

-have something to do so as to escape suicide

-remind myself how i hate working and that i should get back to studying seriously again

-get a few more bucks in my pocket

Perhaps the job started that same evening when he received a call and had to get the centreäs boat on the jetty to save it from fireworks. i went to help him. funny thing we had to swim to the boat which was some metres from the jettz, and as the sun was already down, i can say i had a night swim! after much trouble we got the boat safely back.

I then celebrated new year with Philipp, Nina, Laryssa and Andreas

had pizza for diner, took our stuff to the beach, drank (a lot) and watched people starting fireworks five minutes before midnight and at midnight we had our fireworks too. then Andy and I stayed on the beach for a some conversation while drinking

the next morning went back home.

i started working the diving centre right the day after. basically there was only Philipp, Bernard the boat captain who i like to call TiBen and me. the diving centre is affiliated to one found in Belle-Mare and sometimes some other instructors and divers came from there.

the spot is definitely awesome. some who have been working in hotels around the island mention that it is the most beautiful scenery you can have from hotel. i agree quite much as it was such a beautifull lagoon where you could islands such as Coin de Mire, Round island, Flat island, Ilot Gabriel, Ile-aux-Serpents.

it took me some days to get used to the very hot climate and the burning sun which definitely got me have much more color now! and also the people who were for most of them crazy. i here refer to the guys from the boat team who was just next to the diving centre. all were very special but yet so nice and funny!

most of the evenings Phil and I used to call the day by having a nice Cuba Libre! just to chill out as it was really necessary after such hectic days at the diving centre. the job was really cool but so hectic from time.

at first my plan was to find a place in the north to stay during the period i intented to work there. but i was unable to find a room for me for everywhere was booked. so i had to do the travel from Beau-bassin to Anse-la-raie almost everyday and evening. i had to take at least 3 bus and a car lift for each way! but this allowed me to discover the north which is really beautfull. i found it pretty strucking the outraged number of palm and coconut trees that you can find on this island! but i never would be able to do all this 6 hours round trip without my buddy-ipod!

sometimes when i had free time i would do watersports which was really cool. i did tubing, and waterskiing which was hard for me for i couldnt keep my arms stretched for long, accident issue. i didnt dare trying wakeboarding, discboarding, barefoot and so on.

i was also able to try fishing, to pilot a boat, make some knots, and get to know and endless amount of things about diving.

on the 8th of January we celebrated Phils 25th Birthday at Trou-aux-Biches with Nina and Jörg and Tanja who prepared such a wonderfull diner!

although that some days were pretty hard for me i really enjoyed my summer holidays and i´m pleased to share some pictures.

my computer was dead because of some viruses which blocked the processor completely. thanks to Jörg who spent the whole of yesterday´s evening fixing it i am now slowly able to use the computer again.

i guess this is the reason why i am still awake and blogging at 2,30 am.

i just hope that i will be able to be back on track soon. i have been working on it though, been making my papers, starting some savings, i also took the books for uni that i have to read.. but didn´t start yet...

Incredible Week-end; day 1

ThUrSdAy;
the week-end started well
See this mountain? we nailed it!!!
with Andreas we started to Le Pouce; this mountain which is not that far from the university
we had the intention to have a hiking trip but it was always postponned for unlike me Andreas steady in his studies. we met in Quatre-Bornes and after a stop-over at university for breakfast and some administrative stuff





we then set of to the mountain after all in all 3 buses. we reached a marvellous rural place which was kinda funny because the dispositions of the houses were not only weird but you could also see an old corrugated iron sheet next to a new large house (N.B. large doesn't mean beautiful though). If i'm not mistaken this place is called Petit Verger. Beautiful rustic place were there was a lot of old indian women cultivating the land and carrying bags of their harvest on the head


Climbing was not that hard... it seemed like a long ascending walk for there was a pathway that hikers usually take(on this picture; Andreas on the way to conquer Le Pouce). i gotta say that it a a famous hike track. we met some people up there; two french women, a mauritian guy, his french woman and their two kids...
these latter mentionned that they come from Port-Louis
the scenery was nothing but awesome and the fauna & flora was stuning..weird plants and animals and sometimes plants like animals. Although the weather was not that great i have to mention that it was a nice trip because there was a tropical depression nearing the island. the summit was all so cloudy and it was raining most of the time! but i gotta admit that from time to time mother nature was kind enough to allow us to see the beautilful landscape

we also saw some pretty funny things like a small altar to hail Virgin Mary on the middle on the mountain and nearly at the top was an indian flag with this 3-looking symbol. we made our way to the summit where it was really cold and slippery... on this part the climbing was really hard but we didn't see anything because we were all up in the clouds ... we barely saw 5 metres ahead of us...we didn't stay long high there.
we made the way down through Port-Louis... it was much more of a pain in the ass... the land was much more slippery and we nearly fell down various times... and it was so long and boring... just the same view... it seemed like we were not progressing... i even broke my shoes and had to throw them away... fortunately Andreas has slippers
finally there was a different pathway that we say... it was all dry...
we had several stop there.. and finally hit the city near the Champs de Mars horse track
i felt like walking in port-louis was kinda different this day...
there was somekind of magic in the air i guess... i saw all the beauty of it... maybe it was because i've seen it from high up and then soaking into it was a nice feeling... we started with the suburb where you could feel this warm human feeling of kids playing on streets, old shops (see picture)
Then getting into city centre...
Company gardens... sitting of the bench which was the crossroad of my life (where Chinyere and Christin met)
great moments...
back in Quatre-Bornes to pick up some stuff
i went to Flic en Flac
soaked in the sea... prepared and ate dinner
hit some beers with my dear friend... we also had nice chat
Es war eine phantastische Tour und noch einmal vielen Dank an meinen Freund Andreas, der mir ein unvergessliches Erlebnis ermöglicht hat!