Myself and my Brother Luke opened the Barber Shop in July 2014, he was here for 6 months but then returned to Ireland due to visa complications, so I moved full time to the shop to concentrate on management and development of the business. Now I'm living here happily with my beautiful Mauritian girlfriend Beatrice who I've been with for about 2 years, focusing my attention on making the barber shop more and more popular and expanding my contacts in the local music scene. I now play my set of eclectic music regularly at various venues also and I play my Traditional Irish Music set at 'The Irish'. In the last few months I've been playing various shows and venues ranging from The Tamarin Eco-Arts Festival, The Santosha Refuge music community, Big Willy's, Le Bonne Chute, Seama Beach Club, Tamarin Bay Hotel and various others and I'm always keep to play at a jam on the beach beside a fire :)
And to give some sort of answer to your question, my view on the development of Mauritius in the 4 years I've been here, is that it has been incredible. The change of government has hugely influenced the country and with regards to the physical development, Black River, where I live, has seen big changes, especially with regards to new developments and changes to the physical landscape also. Many new projects have started and finished since I've been here. The beaches are visibly changing because of global tidal changes. As a scuba diver I also see the changes below the water. To offer an opinion, Mauritian's need to start making some changes to retain the beautiful landscape of the island. There needs to be some serious education put in place with regards to environmental issues as the pollution and littering problems here because in my opinion the attitudes and education on these matters are in a bad state. Recycling on the island is almost non-existent and the powers that be don't seem to realise that if they do not address these issues instead of concentrating on tourism and commerce as the primary concern, in 20 years time there will be no industry for their children and grand children to work in. instead of concentrating on tourism and commerce as the primary concern, in 20 years time there will be no industry for their children and grand children to work in.
You found that there'd be Hindi music of which may keep you awake, now you've experienced it, what have you learnt and how would you describe the music side of the island?
Personally I don't really get much exposure to the Hindi music on this side of the island. It's mainly Reggae, Seggae and Sega. I like the reggae and Seggae music and I really like the Creole ballads but in all honesty, the Hindi music is a
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