Our week in Mauritius finally came to an end. Before we knew it we were packing up and doing some very last minute shopping. But our last day wasn’t a relaxing day of just sitting around and getting ready to go home. On the programme it was prepared for us to go to the IOC for a presentation about the IOC, where I learnt the history of it and the countries forming part of the IOC. Following this we had a cleanup, where we had to clean the IOC car pack. The only day the sun was high and hot was on our last day, rubbish was everywhere in this area. Plastics was the most common, some was already in the ground decomposing which made me wonder how many years has it been here. Plastics bottles was pretty much all around. It was sad to see a public place near massive buildings in town not being cleaned up. In half an hour there was about 8 bin liners of rubbish we collected. Shocking right? We were also shocked but exhausted that we wanted to get out of the sun. Going back to the hotel some people jumped into the van to go for some last minutes shopping whereas some went with Mr. Deegesh to shop for food and some other essentials. Time came and we were preparing ourselves to go to the airport. We thanked Mr. Deegesh for his hospitality, his kindness during our trip and for welcoming us as his own family. This trip has taught me a lot of things and made me realise that Seychelles is still in a good position but we need to start being more serious about our resources, our environment before we start crying about it and say we use to have it. Yes, it is the end of my internship but it is the beginning of something bigger. The amount of knowledge gained is irreplaceable and should be spread, I PROMISE that I will spread the word out there and help preserve what Seychelles have. It was a pleasure meeting all the other interns and having the chance to live with different characters for a week was quite fascinating but also an adapting skill I learnt. I’m grateful for the few close friends I’ve made during my time. I’m really glad I did this internship and as I worked really had to reach where I wanted it has pay off. Thank you SYAH-Seychelles for this opportunity and good luck to the future interns. Stana.
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