A gloomy late afternoon - but as I was driving past an area called Bain Boeuf, I really liked the light in the sky behind this catamaran.
The cat is on a cyclone mooring (she has several thick ropes from the bow leading down to a substantially robust anchorage on the seabed) and looks like she needs a fair amount of cleaning and attention. Her owner is probably not in Mauritius for the summer.
@jamibann
You know, when I first came here, some of these names truly perplexed me, and this one was one of them. How can such a pretty place be called by the ignominious name of beef bath?! 😳
Over time, I found out a few reasons behind these bizarre-sounding names. When the island was still very simple and basic, a century or so ago, maybe - a lot of these coastal areas were rural in nature. People lived off the land and sea, and their cows and chickens and pigs lived close by. The theory goes that the people who lived and worked the land here would take their cows to the sea to have a swim.
And so the name Bain Boeuf was born - and it still exists, much to now-unfathomable nature of the name.
April 6th, 2024
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Thank you so much for your comments, Beverley- very much appreciated 😊💛
You know, when I first came here, some of these names truly perplexed me, and this one was one of them. How can such a pretty place be called by the ignominious name of beef bath?! 😳
Over time, I found out a few reasons behind these bizarre-sounding names. When the island was still very simple and basic, a century or so ago, maybe - a lot of these coastal areas were rural in nature. People lived off the land and sea, and their cows and chickens and pigs lived close by. The theory goes that the people who lived and worked the land here would take their cows to the sea to have a swim.
And so the name Bain Boeuf was born - and it still exists, much to now-unfathomable nature of the name.