antillaise et désirant m'installer pour quelques mois, environ 24, en NC je voudrais entrer en contact avec des antillais ayant fait cette démarche et vivant en ce moment en NC, pour des infos sur le voyage, la mutation, le déménégement, le logement, les loisirs et bien d'autres reseignements utiles ....
le monde est ouvert à tous, alors n'hésitons pas!!!!!😉
Mon reve est de partir la bas aussi....
J'habite en Martinique et je suis en contact via le net avec la NC
J'ai une cliente qui part dans une semaine vivre la bas pour bosser et famille aussi.
J'attends d'autre contact sur place de Martiniquais vivant la bas depuis plus de 30ans dont une petite fille de28 ans(quand meme) qui est enseignente comme toi.
Cela fait 2 semaines que je planche sur logement ect....
Patience est de mise j'attends....et j'espere pouvoir par la suite te mettre en contact avec eux
salut!
merci!!! j'attend avec impatience tes infos. Des amis m'ont déconseillée d'emmener quoi que ce soit car on trouve de tout en NC. Mais la vie y est très chère parait-il! Plus chère qu'à Madinina !!!!! du coup je m'interroge sur ce qu'il faut emmener.
le monde est ouvert à tous, alors n'hésitons pas!!!!!
moi je vis depuis maintenant 2 mois en Nouvelle Calédonie, et juste avant j'ai passé 1 an sur Schoelcher.
c'est trés different... et en meme tps trés ressemblant !
attention c'est vraiment personnel, bcp ne sont pas d'accord avec moi...
Nouméa est une grande ville de DOM TOM un peu comme fort de france mais avec un peu plus de sécurité (malgrés tout je me suis fais fracturé la vitre de la voiture, ils m'ont volé mon sac a 15h sur le parking du cinéma !!)
la vie est plus chere... c'est bon à savoir et surtout ce n'est pas comme en martinique où, si tu vis local tu t'en sort pour pas grand chose. ici la production locale est parfois meme aussi cher que l'importé ! les fruits vont te manquer, meme si ici il y a bcp de mangue, litchi, papaye, etc... peu de goyaves :( et peu de vrai jus de fruit tel le "mont pelé"
le carburant et comme en martinique un peu moins cher qu'en metropole. eletricité X2, produit de toilette= madinina (plus cher qu'en metropole meme si tu prend les produit carrefour ! lol)
comme les becquets en martinique, la relations avec certains caldoches est un peu particuliere mais en grand général on est trés bien acceuillit sur le caillou ! le grand brassage ethnique fait que tout le monde se cottoie sans probleme (je ne rentre pas dans les qlq ptites rivalité qu'il peu exister, comme partout...)
je site un ptit truc que j'ai vu sur un blog:
"Petite pause culturelle:
La Nouvelle-Calédonie est peuplée de différents groupes ethniques :
• les mélanésiens
• les descendants d'européens historiques souvent métissés (les Caldoches, principalement d'origine française, notamment alsaciens-lorrains ayant quitté leur région après l'annexion de l'Alsace-Lorraine par l'Allemagne après 1870).Mais on retrouve plus généralement les descendants des anciens prisonniers français lors de la fameuse période du bagne.
• les autres Polynésiens du sud (dont les Wallisiens et Futuniens),
• les Européens issus d'une immigration plus récente datant de la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle, et principalement d'origine française
• divers groupes asiatiques historiques (notamment indonésiens et vietnamiens).
• il existe également en Nouvelle-Calédonie des descendants des déportés musulmans kabyles de la révolte des Mokrani (Algérie), parfois dénommés les Kabyles du Pacifique et d'engagés indiens d'origine réunionnaise venus sous l'impulsion de Gabriel Le Coat de Kerveguen, grand propriétaire cannier réunionnais désireux de faire cultiver la canne à sucre en Nouvelle Calédonie (région de la Naïna).
Tout ça pour dire qu'il y a beaucoup d'ethnies en Calédonie, qu'au fil des générations, beaucoup de métissages se sont fait..."
voila, sinon pour moi, encore bcp de chose à découvrir !
si tu veux en savoir encore un peu plus ou meme si tu veux que je me renseigne un peu pour toi, alors n'hésites pas, je serrai heureux de te donner la main (comme bcp l'ont fait pour moi ;) )
Quoique ce soit ! tu parles de meubles?
Je vois pour la derniere fois aujourd'hui la cliente qui part dans une semaine(a 15h) que veux tu que je lui demande exactement?
De pouvoir te recevoir une fois que tu seras la bas, de te guider, de conseiller?
Laisse tes coordonnées, elle n'aura pas le net de suite je pense mais elle t'aidera j'en suis sur dans tes demarches.
Quand pars tu?
salut Antoine,
Merci pour tes infos, je pense être en NC fin 2007 début 2008, mais je me renseigne sur la région tout en sachant que la meilleure manière de connaître un pays est d'être sur place.
je garde ton contact, nous aurons encore l'occasion de nous parler;😉
Le monde est ouvert à tous, alors n'hésitons pas!!!!!
salut
Si je pars pour la NC, ce sera peut-être fin 2007, début 2008, Je garde ton contact, quand tu pourras me donner l'email de ta cliente voyageuse merci, je collecte un max d'adresses de personnes à contacter une fois là bas.
Le monde est ouvert à tous, alors n'hésitons pas!!!!!
je suis des antilles et mon rêve est de partir m'installer en nouvelle calédonie car je n'en peu plus de la france bien que j'y soit né...🙁j'aimerai m' y rendre d'ici fin 2008 mais j'aimerai faire connaissance avec des personnes vivant la bas...a++++++😉
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