Day 4 brought more knowledge as the journey introduced me to CSMZAE (Continental Shelf, Maritime Zone Administration and Exploration). We attended a conference meeting with workers of the association guiding us through a small power point presentation. The presentation ranged in topics such as satellite oceanographer (used for ocean photos), laws and policies of the Mauritian water Zone.
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Being someone who is aspiring to work in the tourism industry, I was eager to learn about how the Four Seasons Resort is working in collaboration with WiseOceans. After being welcomed by the 3 of the members of the Wise Oceans team namely, Mr. Rick Bonnier who is a marine educator, Ms. Jyodee Sannassy Pilly who is also a marine educator and Mr. Bernard Toinette who is a skipper and marine educator support. We we’re shown a video which showed us how the four season hotel franchise started, in this video it showed us some practices that the four season itself started. Such as introducing shampoo in the bathroom as well as installing television sets in front of treadmills. And this is now practice by many hotels all over the world.
Another day in Mauritius and this time we take a look on how the ministry of defence and Rodrigues in the department called the Department if Continental Shelf, Maritime Zone, Administration & Exploration (CSMZAE). We head to Port Louis where the ministry is located and we where welcomed and where gathered together in the conference room to start the presentation. Dr Rezah, he explained briefly about how the CSMZAE functions and what he does in that department. The CSMZAE functions as defense of Mauritius maritime territory and exploration in their ocean for research about the different resources their maritime zone can offer them. Dr Reza is in charge of the ministry of CSMZAE and is responsible for a small team in that department. Dr Hemanaden Runghen , Dr. P. Dass Bissessur was some of the people who did the presentation and they explained mostly about how they manage their maritime zone.
Mauritius: the island known for its breath taking sceneries of mountains and valleys, rivers and reservoirs and not to forget its reputation for the famous Sega dance as well as its king of Sega Mr. Allain Ramanisum. Just like at home, this time the interns presented their talents to Ile Maurice. After a long day of meetings and tours, our evening became the most conversed topic of us the interns as it were filled with surprises. Greetings from Quatre Bornes, Mauritius! Sophie here again :) Today, the 7th January 2018 is our third day in our home away from home. We are currently residing at “Paradis des Iles”, hosted by Deegesh and so far the days have been rolling by quite smoothly.
One of the common things one would automatically think of whilst thinking of Mauritius would be the popular fair whereby mostly clothes, accessories are on sale for quite affordable prices. While the team was visiting the famous Quatre Bornes street market/bazaar, I was surprised to see all of the venders and number of colourful stalls located there. One could easily get lost in the immensity of stall’s diversity! Three days has passed since we began the second part of the internship which is an educational visit to Mauritius. It has been three pleasant days with a lot of activities planned.
On Day 2, Saturday 6th December we had a long day where we were fully occupied. We got the chance to meet SYAH-Mauritius, who were our host for the day. First, we were supposed to do a hike but the plan changed due to the bad weather so we went to the Indian Ocean Commission instead. After, we did a bus tour in the South of Mauritius, visiting the different tourist attractions there. (For more information, read Kelsy Gill’s blog). That was it for the day. Sitting at the airport with passport in hand, we were all excited about the second part of the internship: Our trip to Mauritius. On our descent to Mauritius, throughout the plane’s window we could see wonderful mountains and beaches and therefore couldn’t wait to land!
Making my way to the airport it had not hit me that I was actually going to represent my country as a proud blue economy ambassador and champion. My fellow BE interns we’re just as excited as I was to be representing our country.
On our third day of our second edition of the internship (in Mauritius) we went for a visit at Mahebourg to see a project called Barachois..we all curiously gathered around her to hear about the project which was really interesting as you can see in the video.
While Ms.Estelle was explaining she mentioned the 5 Components of the project and the 3 Phases. The 5 Components are:
We also learned about some of the endemics plants of Mauritius but what really caught my attention was the way they used waste rocks/bricks to build the road which is still in process but its still an amazing idea right?? That's about it for now see you next time. Alexandra Payet The only word used by my fellow interns to describe our road trip was simply amazing! There is no other adjective that i can think of which portrays how amazing the trip was. Thanks to our new friends from SYAH-Mauritius who acted as our guide for the day, we were fortunate enough to appreciate the magnificent scenery and landscape of our neighbouring Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Our first stop was the Alexandra Falls located on the central plateau which as a matter of fact is part of the Black River Gorges that we visited right after. The view point was breathtaking and we quickly seized the opportunity to several pictures. To add on while enjoying the paysage we unexpectedly spotted an African toad who willingly posed for pictures! The Black River Gorges National Park was our following stop. It was as if we were being compelled out of the vehicle by two monkeys entertaining the other visitors. Similarly to the previous stop the views were incredibly awesome. Moreover we also visited the Mare aux vacoas ; the largest reservoir in Mauritius. An interesting fact is that the water is still being distributed to the people through pipes established since the British colony. For this reason Mauritians are quite reluctant to drink Tap water. We viewed several other areas such as Ma condé another tourist attraction. Unfortunately it was sad to see plastic bags, plastic bottles just to name a few floating on the surface of the water. This increased my present concern regarding the issue. Other than that the tour was an enjoyable and lively one. I look forward to our next adventure! Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more soon Kelsy. |
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