\u2018n Inwoner van Melkbosstrand \u2013\u2002ook \u2019n vrywilliger by die plaaslike ambulansdiens Community Medics en die Nasionale Seereddingsinstituut (NSRI), wat langs die Atlantiese kus diens verrig, vertel dat hoewel sy lief vir Suid-Afrika is, haar hart by haar tweede tuiste in Mauritius is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marnette Meyer, wat \u2019n filmproduksiemaatskappy in die Kaap bedryf het, s\u00ea sy het verlief geraak op di\u00e9 eiland in die middel van die Indiese Oseaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy en haar man pendel in di\u00e9 stadium heen en weer tussen Suid-Afrika en Mauritius, vertel sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns gaan drie keer per jaar Mauritius toe, maar ons spandeer dan tussen twee en drie maande op \u2019n slag daar. Die lekker is dat dit vyf ure se vlieg is direk Kaap toe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is ook hoekom ons op Mauritius besluit het, en nie \u2019n ander land nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMauritius is naby genoeg om nou terug te vlieg Suid-Afrika toe as daar \u2019n probleem is by ons werk hier,\u201d vertel sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoewel hulle nou deel is van Mauritius en sy mense, pendel die egpaar op en af omdat hulle hul besigheid hier het, en nog twee eiendomme, s\u00ea Meyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meyer het vertel dat hulle tydens een van hul reise op di\u00e9 eiland afgekom het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het verlief geraak op die eiland toe ons een jaar van Duitsland af terug Suid-Afrika toe \u2019n \u2018pit stop\u2019 gemaak het in Mauritius en toe twee weke daar spandeer het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDis omtrent al agt jaar gelede en nou spandeer ons soveel tyd moontlik op die eiland. Mauritius het vir ons nou \u2019n tweede huis geword. Ons het meer vriende op die eiland as hier in Suid Afrika,\u201d skerts sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die eiland is ook die plek waar Meyer en haar man hul afgetrede lewe wil deurbring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het \u2019n plek gesoek om af te tree as die tyd nader kom. Mauritius het vir ons die voordele gebied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het dadelik werk daarvan gemaak deur middel van \u2019n vriend in Mauritius en sy vrou, wie se werk dit is om \u2018expats\u2019 te help om \u2019n Mauritius-burger te word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TygerBurger<\/em> wou ook weet hoe die eiland van Suid-Afrika verskil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie eiland is klein en jy ry hom in \u2019n dag se tyd deur, maar die veiligheid is vir ons almal belangrik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWaar los jy jou restaurant met groot platskerm-TV-stelle oop deur die nag en gaan huis toe en verwag m\u00f4reoggend sal alles nog daar wees? In Suid-Afrika sou hulle dit al gesteel het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn Mauritius kan ek my geloof beoefen sonder dat iemand my oordeel. Moslems en Hindoes se kerke is reg langs mekaar en hulle respekteer mekaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBelastingsgewys spaar ons baie en jy weet waar die geld heen gaan. Kospryse is laer en dan kom dit nog boonop van Suid-Afrika af. Ons kan \u2019n drie-slaapkamerhuis met \u2019n swembad, ten volle gemeubileerd, by die see teen R24\u2009000 per maand huur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWat mediese sorg betref, het ons eerstehands beleef dat medikasie goedkoper daar is; die hospitaal is vyfster met die beste dokters. Jou apteker is sommer jou dokter ook,\u201d s\u00ea Meyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die egpaar het eers langs die strand gewoon, maar het onlangs verhuis na Cape Bay, waar hulle omtrent omring is deur ander Suid-Afrikaners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meyer meen die eiland bied hulle soveel meer geleenthede as Suid-Afrika. Misdaad is nie \u2019n kwessie nie; die weer is heeljaar tropies en die water se temperatuur daal nou en dan met \u2019n paar grade, maar jy kan steeds watersport geniet, s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie eiland het wonderlike watervalle wat uit die berg uitkom, waar jy kan gaan swem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDaar is bote waarmee jy kan uitgaan vir \u2018sundowners\u2019 of snorkel, of om vis te gaan vang,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sy het ook raad vir diegene wat dalk di\u00e9 verandering wil oorweeg. \u201cMy voorstel as jy na Mauritius wil verhuis, is om in te skakel by die Mauritius-kultuur.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meyer is steeds betrokke by die ambulansdienste, beide hier in Suid-Afrika, sowel as in Mauritius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk is ook besig saam met my mede-Suid-Afrikaanse vriende, wat meer permanent op die eiland bly, by die sterilisasie van diere op Mauritius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHonde en katte is \u2019n groot probleem. Daar is vreeslik baie, en al manier om beheer daaroor te neem is om hulle almal te steriliseer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ‘n Inwoner van Melkbosstrand \u2013 ook \u2019n vrywilliger by die plaaslike ambulansdiens Community Medics en die Nasionale Seereddingsinstituut (NSRI), wat langs die Atlantiese kus diens verrig, vertel dat hoewel sy lief vir Suid-Afrika is, haar hart by haar tweede tuiste in Mauritius 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