u/Poetsansamour

I am a retired woman on her own who has lived in France for the last 30 years. I have very recently discovered that as my mother was a Mauritian citizen by birth that I am entitled to claim residency - something that I am keen to investigate. However most of my information on Mauritius is very dated and although I have friends who have recently relocated I would like a less rose tinted view. I am totally French / English bilingual snd even understand some Creole, and I was reared on Mauritian food so those aspects are not daunting. I do not want to live an « ex Pat » life. I like people, gardening, cooking, painting, writing, reading, my animals and the sea. I am not wealthy, would have a small amount of money to bring with me and a small monthly income.
My worries :
What is the health care system like - both for me and my animals - and is it costly?

Accommodation - availability and cost. I cannot envisage living without a garden. Whilst I do not want to live in isolation I am used to living in a very tiny rural village. I would hate living in an expat community

Transport - I understand that it is necessary to own a car. Just as an example - at the moment I own a Peugeot 208 automatic which I like. How easy would it be to purchase tge equivalent in Mauritius and what would the cost be. I am not the most confident driver on the planet so really need a reliable car if public transport is difficult. What are the distances usually needed for normal daily life eg shopping, medical visits etc

Weather / climate - the temperature on my region in France last week was 44.7C. This winter there was a week when it was -10C. I don’t like either. When it’s hot I sit in the shade, when it’s cold I sit in the sun. Tell me about cyclones?

Anything else about life in Mauritius - I know Mauritians from birth having grown up in a community of Mauritians surrounding me. My experience is of a clean, extremely polite and courteous people, cultured, intelligent, educated, open and outgoing whi like to socialise, entertain and gamble and bring their children up very well.

Please give me your honest opinions, good and bad and from all walks of life. I don’t want to live in a rose tinted bubble.

I keep reading what seems like conflicting facts. Some people say that the proportion of males to females is MORE females, others more males. Men complain that they don’t receive as many likes whilst women are inundated? That the older the age group, is more disproportionate in favour of males - yet I see males complaining that they don’t receive attention, responses etc. I understand that the younger one is the more interest one will engender, also that there are more young males than females in Western countries. Also that widows outweigh widowers thus skewering that dynamic.
Obviously I understand that location affects the amount of interest one gets, as well as ones individual profile and pictures but what is the underlying trend - who has it easier?
Personally at my age 75F, the likes seem to come in clusters. Some days I will get a few, sometimes one or none. I have tightened my profile requirements - no point in having wide ranges in age or location etc if I am never going to right swipe on people outside my parameters. I also have rigid education and height restrictions which work against me in my current location. Possibly my standards are too high, but when they were set lower I spent too much time rejecting potential matches. I would rather have fewer more realistic matches than waste everyone’s time. I still haven’t worked out how to exclude the kids, the scammers and the bots 🤷‍♀️ . I don’t spend a lot of time on the apps - just whizz through mainly left swiping unless something really takes my eye now. Low effort messages get low effort responses and come to nothing. I have pretty much stopped first messaging.