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Hi,

We wish you all the best. You have to take chances in life and make your destiny.

Cheers!!!
Terence

Thanks Terence,
Will let you know how i get on.

I really hope it works out

Hi,

I struggled when I arrived here - leaving my friends and family and my life behind and was told to give it a year.

Now after 11 months I absolutely love it, we have a much busier social life here than we did in the UK (and that was a active social life or so we thought)

I think you have to get yourself out, meet people, it takes time, I have found the Mauritian people to be very friendly and helpful, I do volunteer work, so that has also helped meet people.

You have young children, so you will meet other mums etc so that will help.

Hang in there, it is a great life here, the quality of life is so much better.

Good luck

Hi,
Thanks for your replies.
I do realise that having a social network helps and will try to establish one when i get there.
Am ready to take the plunge !! not only for me but for my kids.
Leyla

Tried and hated it.  Like many other British Mauritians, I'll try again and fail again.  As a friend told me, Mauritians are always in a state of returning back.

I don't think you need my advice on what the pitfalls are, as you've been there before.  For me, the problems were finding work and managing the complex relationships with Mauritians.

With respect to work, I made three wrong errors:  I chose computing as my area of expertise; I reached a level where my skillset was too extreme for the requirements of Mauritius businesses; and arguably of greatest importance, I didn't know the "right" people. Migration into finance, tourism, the food industry and all the other successful business areas is not an option for me. All of that shouldn't be an issue for you though.

Personally, it's not the same Mauritius that I remember when I was a child.  The society is more fragmented along ethnic lines and the crime rate is at levels where you can feel vulnerable.  Then of course there is managing the Mauritian relatives with their various demands and expectations of you.  Of course, that varies from family to family, but I do envy expats who can live in Mauritius without that particular hassle.

One thing I would recommend is making sure there is an exit strategy, particular for your children when they reach their late teens and perhaps need more than what the island can ever provide.

Hi,

It could be a great place to raise your kids! Your cakes sound wonderful...the community is calling you,go Leyla.
GOOD LUCK

lne1 wrote:

Hi,
I am British/Mauritian and my husband Mauritian. We are considering moving to to Mauritius and trying it again (tried a few years ago and ran after 10 months !!!) but we kinda regret that now.
Any advice on how to make it work.
Heard the first year is the hardest.
We will be looking for work me part time as 3 small kids, but would like to pursue my dream of cakes to order (from the classic carrot cakes and pineapple upside down cake to more refined eclairs and croque en bouche yum). Am a food technology teacher in the UK.
Would greatly appreciate any advice.
Leyla

Just like me, been here since December 2011 and cannot wait to escape. Please don't make the same mistake twice, Mauritius has gotten worse over the last few years. The cake business is very competitive, I too was thinking of doing this but it wasn't worth the effort. As for moving with kids its the biggest mistake, I have a young child and I feel sorry for her. Everything children related here is over priced, education is a joke and you need to earn around £3,000 a month to live comfortably, no joke.