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reunion100soucis

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French expat in Reunion Island

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French

Lives in Cilaos, Réunion

Registration: 13 September 2016

My expat journey

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Cilaos, Réunion, Reunion Island

Cilaos, Réunion, Reunion Island

1 restore a primary forest. 2 alert the population to the values ​​of the places, so that we move here towards a future focused more on ecotourism.
diagnosed with autism: my activity is to restore a forest.
The absence of road violence: (traffic is easy by bike), the quality of life allowed by access to bus services, everything is nearby, it is not a ruin to be transported, no need for a car, at least in Cilaos. Ideal weather climate, barometry in line with my oversized respiratory capacity: the rarefied air at altitude suits me better.
the degradation of the place by tourism now requires living part of the time in a soundproof bunker (30 helicopter and plane flights each morning): Due to sensory hypersensitivity due to autism, the difficulty is great and merits questioning about a possible move, "but to go where"? In what is gradually becoming a "tourist shopping center", people are more relaxed, noisy, making noise above the noise: socially it is harder to live.

Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France

1998 - 2012

Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France

Overcome a social handicap (autism) through the practice of a competitive sport (rowing)
nothing
Calm, nature, the natural part of a river. Deeper social relationships: friendship can be built, we can experience something other than easy but superficial relationships.
enough difficult points to finally leave! social isolation: Everything is far away, there are no accessible means of transport, I would have to take on a car which I am not capable of:. any process, purchase, process, being an expedition. road violence: it is very difficult to travel by bike, stressed motorists are "bad", and even rare, still very dangerous, especially on small roads! This does not exist at Cilaos (I specify because it is not “the meeting”!) climatic constraints, difficulty with seasonal time changes, in summer we look for noon to 2 p.m. the clocks are not on time, and the afternoons are endless. The very irregular climate, sometimes cold, sometimes hot, clothing for the climate. often health problems due to pollution peaks due to local temperature inversion (chronic sore throat several months a year, which does not exist in Reunion)