Season switching

It’s been a while. I can’t believe it’s already February. The reason I haven’t written on the blog for so long is that I spent a lot of January travelling. Aside from the limited internet time, it was kind of hard to get inspired to write about life on a tropical island when I was huddled under a blanket on the sofa, turning on the lights at 4pm when it got dark and turning the thermostat up to a toasty 17°c; hard to imagine a time when I set the air conditioning to cool me down to 26°c!

After two months of being surrounded by family and friends, I wasn’t keen on going back to an empty house in Mauritius, so I decided to add an extra flight to my journey and come directly to see my Belle Famille in Réunion. The people at the airport did look at me a little strangely when I came out wearing jeans, jumper and trainers, with a big coat over my arm! 

I landed right in the middle of the tropical summer season so it’s warm, hot even, but with a lot of wind and even more rain. We keep having those intense downpours that only last a few minutes but leave you feeling like you just got out of the shower. And to all those people thinking “Well, at least it’s warm rain”, that’s true, but I find it much worse to have wet feet sliding around in sandals, than warm, dry feet in a nice pair of boots! 

Summer in the tropics is also cyclone season but I’m hoping they’ll keep their distance this year. There are some aspects of island life that I’m happy to remain ignorant about.