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Discovering La Cambuse

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We thought we knew every beach in Mauritius but, oh man, we were wrong.

Last week, I stumbled upon an article online claiming that La Cambuse was the best beach in Mauritius and I realised that I’ve never been there despite being 42 years old. Yesterday, Christina, the kids and I drove there and it was an amazing experience for us.

The place is pristine, the views are scenic, the sea is wonderful to swim in and, being so remote, it’s a welcome change from our usual Flic-en-Flac or the beaches in the North. I don’t know if I’ll go there every week-end (maybe not) but I have already told some members of my family that we need to organise a camping there. Interestingly, the National Coast Guard members train there so there is nothing to worry about as far as security is concerned.

I only hope that the new hotels being built in the vicinity won’t impact on our liberty to get there and enjoy life.

Our favourite TV shows (series)

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We tend to spend quite a lot of time every week watching TV shows (series), especially American series. Here are our some of our favourites new TV shows:

  • Fargo — Our rating: 10/10 — Ok then. When everything can go wrong. And goes wrong.
  • The Americans — Our rating: 9/10 — Married Soviet spies in America with a lot of problems to solve…
  • Halt and Catch Fire — Our rating: 9/10 — Young geeks and the beginning of the Silicon Valley (re: Silicon Valley).
  • Mr. Robot — Our rating: 9/10 — Still trying to make sense of it: computers + mental disorder.
  • Castle — Our rating: 8/10 — Book-writer cum private investigator married to a police detective.
  • Sherlock — Our rating: 8/10 — Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson but with a new twist.
  • Silicon Valley — Our rating: 8/10 — Young geeks and the current Silicon Valley (re: Halt and Catch Fire).
  • The Big Bang Theory — Our rating: 7/10 — The (caricatural) lives of scientists.
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Our rating: 7/10 — A hilarious police precinct.
  • Modern Family — Our rating: 7/10 — Modern families in the US.

Here are a few additional (old) ones that we keep around because, well, we love them:

  • Firefly — Our rating: 10/10 — The best sci-fi TV show ever.
  • Fawlty Towers — Our rating: 10/10 — Monty Python in a hotel.
  • Yes Minister — Our rating: 10/10 — What politicians really are.
  • 30 Rock — Our rating: 9/10 — A dysfunctional and hilarious TV network.
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Our rating: 9/10 — Souvenirs of when I was a kid.
  • Lie to Me — Our rating: 9/10 — Genius microexpression interpretation.
  • Love Thy Neighbour — Our rating: 9/10 — When racism was fashionable. Wait. This is still the case.
  • That ’70s Show — Our rating: 9/10 — Young people in the 70s. With Mila Kunis.
  • The IT Crowd — Our rating: 8/10 — Have you switched if off and on again?
  • Spy — Our rating: 8/10 — When someone becomes a MI5 spy by mistake.
  • Scully — Our rating: 7/10 — Scouser’s dream to become a Liverpool FC player.
  • Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace — Our rating: 7/10 — Absolutely nonsensical.
  • One Piece — Our rating: 7/10 — Kyan’s favourite.

What about you?

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Happy birthday to all of us

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One interesting aspect of the Noulakaz family is that our four birthdays are celebrated over a period of exactly one month: between 25 August and 25 September.

It all started on 25 August when we celebrated Christina’s 40th birthday at home. A few days later, we had a small party at Flic-en-Flac, first on the beach, then at my parents’ bungalow.

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Ten days later, on 4 September, Anya became a teenager and we had a nice party at home. Interestingly, we asked Anya what she wanted as a gift and she asked for a radio-controlled car. To tease her, we told her that we were going to get her a nice Barbie doll instead but she resolutely refused…

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Two weeks later, we celebrated Kyan’s 11th birthday at my parents’ place with all members of the Meetoo family (except Cherina and Stéphane who are in France). Kyan got a nice Darth Vador figurine and a football and he was extatic. It’s easy to please an eleven year old boy.

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Finally, on 25 September, we celebrated Avinash’s 42nd birthday at home. He now has the answer but, of course, he has not yet figured out what the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is.

Phew. Four birthdays over one month is quite hectic. But we had a lot of fun. Bring on 2016!

PS: Happy birthday to Khemil who is 24 today.