Mumbai, Veermata Jijabai Bhonsle Udyan Botanical Garden (Mumbai Zoo)
Scene 10: Hektor Maille finds Cinnamon
Cinnamomum zeylanikum is one of the 20 ingredients of Maille-Masala, the hot spice blend of «Mission Kaki». Each ingredient that Hektor Maille finds during his research in India is reminiscent of a particular scene from the 20 different episodes of the travel adventure «Mission Kaki». Cinnamon refers to: Scene 14 in Episode 13 («Double Game in Tierra del Fuego»).
One Day in the Life of Odette Sissay
18.50: Port-Louis, Quartiers des Rochers, Rue de Tokyo
«And just because one man – a comical figure such as this secret agent – caused your father to get sick, you want to punish a whole island.» «I don't want to punish it. I want to move it.»
«It adds up to the same thing.»
«The people should know how it feels when everything changes all of a sudden – even if everything looks the same as before.»
«And where, pray, should the ‹journey› head?»
«You'll find out soon enough.»
«Why don't you tell me? I can install certain parameters more precisely if I know where you want to send us.»
«Fine, why not: The island should shift to exactly 33 degrees West and 44 degrees north.» «Isn't that where England lies?»
«No, it's about exactly mid-way between Europe and America. Approximately the altitude of Bordeaux.»
«That doesn't sound very cozy. I mean compared to the Caribbean…»
«It won't be so bad: the Gulf Stream flows through there, actually.»
«‹Britain gets cooler!› What a headline!»
«Meaning?»
«I only meant that when we are in the middle of the Gulf Stream, then England will get less of it.»
«That can be of no importance to you.»
