Les Jardins d'Heva Salazie

... the plane, not the best seat, and they had squeezed an extra seat in each row to maximize use of space, so things were tight, but the aircraft was a 777, new and comfortable with a state-of-the-art entertainment system. There were individual seat-back screens which showed movies, documentaries, games, flight maps, and even video camera views looking forward and down from the plane. There was also an interesting lighting system of indirect purple and blue, variable-intensity ...

... 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 ...

... hold hundreds. When we finally boarded we had to move all the way to the back of the aircraft. There was one fellow in business class, and then a great empty section of seats, and then a sprinkling of us at the very back of the plane. Air Mauritius probably didn't make any money on that flight. It's around 250 km or 150 miles to Reunion; a quick 30-minutes flight. During the wait in the departure lounge blue sky appeared, the first I had seen since I ...

... 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 ...

... place of the island don't forget to see "the house of the volcano": a lot of informations about the life of the volcano and on the cost: 'notre dame de la lave'a little church spare by the lava at Piton ste Rose Le Maïdo on the rim of the Cirque de Mafate, Le Maïdo is one of the most impressive viewpoints in Réunion.

... well maintained, with mowed edges, and quite pretty from what we can see through the fog and rain. Later it becomes viciously steep, with switchbacks, and in places, like a spiral staircase. Through the fog, we can see a lot of air below us. We run into people coming the other way, and signs at the junction where the GR to Hell-Bourg splits off, and are confident we are going to the right place, if not the right way. By the time we get to the top ...