How is it possible? Turkey to Reunion island, 500 miles east of Madagascar in the Indian ocean in a month? Well, simply by cheating: a flight from Paris. This is the plan and it sounds good: First a 150km train north to Utrecht, then the midnight Flixbus to Paris airport then the 11 hour flight to Saint Denis de la Reunion.
I am too early so I see the 21.00 leave for Paris. Just to be sure I ask the bus driver wether this already the midnight bus? No he says, just wait until midnight. Good! So here we are, all waiting at the busstop. I meet 4 other people who also want to go with the midnight Flixbus to Charles de Gaulle airport….02.00 mmm, the bus is late…04.00 mmmm the bus will not come….What now? There is really no time to loose now so first to Rotterdam for the TGV to Paris Nord then the RER line back to CDG airport a few kilometers north of Paris.
Pffff... success,still on time
Arrived in Reunion
A lot of people here but still they respect the distance
Welcome back to the tropics
So we just landed on a big vulcano
Arrived in the marina, thank you so much my friend that I can stay on your boat and your house
plage de Boucan Canot
biking the coastal road
papaya simply from the garden
lichee also from the garden
and pineapple, yes from the garden
cacao beans in the garden
and avocado from the garden
coconut from the palm trees at the shore
even vanilla growing under the cacao tree, of cause...in the garden
tropical treasures
such abundance
local rum with lichee and bilimbi from the garden
the port of St Rose
the wet east coast near St Rose
etang de St paul on the dry west coast
lagune de la Saine the Bains on the west coast
this supply ship is the regular French connection to Antartica
a day sail to cap de la Housseille
near Bras Panon
salt pans
saint Pierre in the South
lava flowed into the sea not long ago at le Grand Brulle
we are in the EU so safety first
even if it is only lava that is crossing the road here
a day out taking water samples at the surface and 50m depth in front of a garbage dump
memorial for a surfer killed here by a shark
a casualty of the Jules vernes race
something broke
this was for some time the largest supension bridge in the world
lichee trees in abundance
a sewing job using a real Sailrite machine
my first time, no bad
nature provides
this is the biggest -not the highest- tree species in the world
back in Bucan Canot for a morning swim
the eruption of 1977 near Saint Rose
the church was spared with very little margin
too many mangos so they just fall on the road from the trees like the litchee
beautifull boat and food, life is good
cheers
repair of bilge pump between 2 Volvo Penta beasts
walk from Dos de Agne passing Cap Noir to the parc naturelle de Ecrite
cirque de Mafate was created when the shield vulcano Piton des Neiges erupted and exploded
its wet here on top of the mountain
clouds cover Mafate (see first picture) every afternoon
another night at anchor near Cap de la Housseile
bye for now Indian ocean, see you next time
