Les Jardins d'Heva Salazie

... on bags. A look at my ticket showed that I was to be allowed 25 kg total. I knew my suitcase weighed about 21 kg, and my computer and camera bags together would weigh another 10 at least. I saw some people having to pay supplements, and I hoped I wouldn’t also have to do the “over the limit waltz” which requires dragging one’s bags around to at least one other counter and paying a fee per extra kg one has over the weight limit, before erturning to check in ...

... actually not a commentary on those who drink too much, it's meant in an endearing way. Laval and I continued our discussion of Creole translations, local history, Coelacanths, the Bible, and church concerns among other things as we walked and sweated and sweated even more after drinking a beer! But it was a pleasant moment and worth it, even if I'd be wearing the same clothes for the next 24 hours. We started making our way ...

"La Mer" - Charles Trenet La mer Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs A des reflets d'argent La mer Des reflets changeants Sous la pluie La mer Au ciel d'ete confond Ses blancs moutons Avec les anges si purs La mer ...

... la trouv la famiy pou ramas aèl, Mon dié séniér se marmay-la nana kouraz ! Ah ! Jessica na kouraz,èl na kouraz ! Tout gro travay banna i done aou pou fé. (Poukoué i fé sa ?) Kan lé zot i préfér alé zoué ! (Anon ! Anon !) Tandik bann gran lé la, lé zis pou fé la piont. Bé Jessica la poin le droi alé pran vakans, El la minm poin lo droi fèt in lanivérsér, Son sèl dézir sé alé lékol oubien la mès, Bin oubien sinon pou f ...

"Mon île" - Jacqueline Farreyrol Mon île, Tu n'es pas comme les autres îles, Tu ne viens pas d'une famille d'îles, Aux plages de palmiers. Pas de filles aux colliers de fleurs, Pour touristes en peine de coeur, A l'ombre de tes cocotiers. Mon île, Tu n'es pas la carte postale, Pour ses vacances idéales, Près des lagons aux sables d'or. Tu as choisi comme ceinture ...

" Parler tout bas" - Alizée Les jours de pluie Mes jouets sont vivants Les grands ont des griffes Comme des bouts de ciment Comment leur dire Quand on a que seize ans Le lit qu'on défait, n'a plus Le goût du zan A quoi bon Les vies chiffons Les mots d'amour Qui sont trop courts, Moi, j'rêve ...

... The cyclone was moving on and the weather clearing. We had lovely blue sky when we took off and the whole way on the flight. Even from thousands of feet up however I could distinguish individual waves on the ocean which meant they must have been very tall indeed. Arrival in Saint Denis de la Réunion was brisk and efficient. We were in France now. This little island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a department of France, like Hawaii is a US State. A ...

... d'une famille de dauphins ressérés autour d'un petit. Frustration tout d'abord car le temps de se jeter à l'eau avec masque et tuba, les voilà qui disparaissent aussi sec (façon de parler). A peine le temps de les voir passer. Heureusement, on les retrouvera 3 kms plus loin (miracle) en début de plongée, pour 2mns de pur bonheur et une de mes premières photos sous-marine ...

... how quickly money goes! St-Gilles-les-Bains The beach scene may not be what Réunion is all about, but at times you have to wonder. During holiday periods, St-Gilles-les-Bains becomes overcrowded. Salazie a small city and around, hill-walkings to see some great waterfalls Le piton de la Fournaise the volcano :the most ...

... that hopeful. Decide to gear up in our thermals, with trousers over and 300's, raincoats on top, find it is only just enough gear for comfort. Pay our E2 parking in small coins, head up the carpark to check out the map, and head up the road hopefully towards the Col de Boeufs, but rudely informed that the Col des Boeufs is closed because of risk of rockslides, and we have to detour via the Col de Fourche, 1942 metres, which, while lower, involves a ...