If you drove from Caudan Flyover towards Port Louis during the past days, you probably noticed some changes along this specific part of the motorway. Trees were being cut down in the green space found in-between Caudan and the Motorway. As for any development purposes, the following board notice was placed to inform the general... Continue Reading →
Are road infractions increasing due to police inefficiency in enforcing law?
Today, a car took a wrong lane in front of me. Typical day you would say and thousand of drivers experience the same situation every single day. I agree. But when two police officer witness this specific road offense and one of them only waves his hand at the driver, then you start asking yourself... Continue Reading →
SBM (finally) launched its mobile banking apps!
Long due since the launch of their new banking system (including a new Internet Banking web site) back in September 2016, the mobile apps have finally been publicly announced yesterday. Designed to run on iOS and Android only, these apps can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store respectively. Unfortunately, if... Continue Reading →
What’s going on beyond the veil during the Indian wedding ceremony?
For those who have ever attended and most importantly, paid special attention to the details during the religious ceremony, you have probably noticed that at a point of time, a veil covers the nearly married couple for a few minutes. But many unmarried people of the same belief (and most probably all other non hindous)... Continue Reading →
Public holidays 2018 for Mauritius
Hi everyone! As reported in the press late this evening, the list of public holidays for year 2018 has been approved and the list goes as follows : Interesting facts : Only 2 public holidays will fall on weekends 2 consecutive public holidays for the 31st Jan and 1st Feb. 3 public holidays during the short... Continue Reading →
[Port Louis] Reserving public parking slots as your private property…
Several months back, I posted a picture of a vehicle which was very badly parked. On top of being parked on the pavement itself, the driver parked that 4x4 in such a way that it becomes very inconvenient for pedestrians to walk there. However, when I drove by the same street early today, I was... Continue Reading →
Mauritius Police motocycle rider now with helmet action cam
Another quick post : Several days ago, I posted on Facebook that I came across a woman police officer with an action camera attached to her helmet. Fortunately today, I managed to grab some seconds of video footage just at the time, she was going to (most probably) fine a driver. That's all for today.... Continue Reading →
[Guest post] Creating Mauritian games for Google Play
Hello everyone! Some days back, when Vipin got in touch with me to share links to his Android games he created himself, I had absolutely no idea that he was an architect by profession, not a programmer! I was totally amazed at his work and the effort invested in order to create these games while... Continue Reading →
New camera set-up at Camp Chapelon
Early this morning, a Facebook friend tagged me into a picture showing some equipement set-up on the overhead pedestrian flyover at Camp Chapelon. The one who uploaded the image mentioned that this set up was "Average Speed Camera System" but unfortunately, no other details or facts were available. From left to right, I can distinguish : A mirror like... Continue Reading →
Price of Petrol ( February 2017)
According to my records, the price of petrol has been increased after remaining the same for the past 12 months. Important point to note is that during this same period, the price of petrol on the world-wide market seemed quite stable without any huge fluctuations but yet, there was no change in our country as they maintained the... Continue Reading →