Juliette Dodu Saint-Denis
31 Rue Juliette Dodu Saint-Denis, 97400, Reunion
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A happy Reunion
... Denis, the main city on Reunion, so we flew several oblong holding patterns over the ocean until the clouds cleared, then came quickly in for a landing.
The immigration authorities ask many questions on Reunion. It is the wealthiest island in the area and lots of people want to come in and stay illegally. Even westerners have been known to want to stay on under the radar, so they asked to see ongoing air tickets, wants the address ...
The Kindness of Strangers
... to ascend completely to the summit, but were suitablly satisfied with the blasted landscape of the immense crater formed during the last eruption in 2007. Everywhere bears the scars of the earth's movements and tortured heavings. Vegetation struggles to take root and strange formations of rock thrust upwards from the ground like demented sculptures carved by insane giants. Anthills of slag and scoria rise impossibly high, dwarfing the horde ...
Bienvenue a la Civilisation
... of our already limited French. Tried to kip several times and as usual we were rewarded with stiff necks, backs and legs. Some people (6 footers) were not meant to fly for longer than an hour. (Pleasantly I - Khaz - have finally conquered my fear of flying, all I have to do is be so tired that I am brain dead and immune).
Landed in Reunion Island at past 0100 Australian Time and 1830 Reunion Time. Beautiful balmy night, with the hills ...
Did You Say "Metro" or "Martyr"?
... waited for a taxi to appear. I was passionately uttering silent prayers that a Mini Cooper or Smart Car taxi wouldn't show up. The way our luck was going, I was totally expecting some fashion of clown car to squeal up to our stand, resplendant with a driver who was devoid of any English language skills.
Well, it wasn't a clown car but we did land a driver with very limited English skills. Fortunately I was able to recall the name of ...
Paris
... it is much cheaper to drink beer at the bar then to sit down and drink.
Today is our free day in Paris. This morning I went into Notre Dame Cathedral, visited the Louvre (but didn’t go in due to the huge lines) and went on a boat cruise down the Seine River. Later this afternoon we are doing a bike tour and I’m going to see a Parisian cabaret show later ...



