#XrisLogbook 177 - Miles , Mishaps , Mauritius 🇲🇺
👍🏻 From Shanghai to Mauritius, with a stop in Saint-Émilion in between, this week felt like a reminder of why I still love the road after all these years. Travel can be tiring, occasionally boring, and airports rarely get more glamorous with age… but more often than not, it stretches your perspective in ways nothing else can. New places sharpen your thinking, unexpected conversations spark new ideas, and when you share those moments with the right people, even a busy week starts to feel less like movement… and more like momentum. 🛩️
👎🏻 A few days back in France reminded me that patience is still an underrated business skill. Sometimes the level of service can be so wonderfully rigid that it feels almost philosophical: “Sorry sir, the booking is under your name, so we cannot give the car to your wife.” “Yes, I made the booking… but she’s driving.” “Exactly. So we must cancel it, we keep your first payment, and offer you a new booking at four times the price.” In moments like that you either lose your temper… or gain perspective. Every country has its strengths, and occasionally its paperwork deserves an award for commitment. Travel keeps reminding me that flexibility is not just a mindset, it can also be your most valuable carry-on. 🤷🏻♂️
✍🏻 Moving to Mauritius is less about booking flights and more about sequencing decisions properly. The most practical order I’ve found is: residency first, banking alongside it, then schooling and healthcare, and only after that housing and logistics. One thing worth highlighting: Economic Development Board Mauritius has built a genuinely efficient online process—clear information, digital applications, quick responses. It creates a reassuring first impression. The interesting part comes next: as with many relocations, the system can be very smooth online… and then delightfully more “human” once paperwork starts moving between desks. A reminder that both things can be true at once: the process is modern and well designed, and it still benefits massively from patience, follow-ups, and local relationships. The bigger lesson: treat an international move like a project, not an escape plan. A checklist beats stress, flexibility saves headaches, and even paradise occasionally asks for one extra document you were absolutely sure you already sent. 🇲🇺
🙏🏻 Special thanks this week to Olivier , Sandra , Karl , Stephanie , Emmanuel , Melanie , Michel , Pierre , Stephanie , Julien
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