http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Reunion en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 19:31:15 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:31:15 +0000 The appealing characteristics of iPad have manufactured this product wellknown amid folks of all ages. From college college students to experts to businessman each a single is acquiring their personal iPad so that they can stay connected whilst they are on the move.In order to raise iPad39s features there are more recent and modern iPad apps that are staying produced to make the get the job http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/Saint-Gilles-Les-Bains/blog-708876.html Elements to Think about Whilst Window Cellular Application Progress Ever given that Android Blackberry and Apple let outsiders develop the applications for their App Shops a lot more and a lot more developers and designers are finding intrigued in iphone application progress which they can use as suggests to increase dollars. Successful application developers have manufactured a lucrative busi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Saint-Pierre-/Petite-Ile/blog-707910.html After a nice Xmas eve at Johan Petra's we left Mauritius on 25 December for Reunion. The flight is very short basically you take of and then land All it takes is 25 minutesReunion is French territory it is in fact France. The tiny island sends 5 MPs to ParisWe stayed in the South of the island the first 3 days in Le Tampon at a local BB called 'Fleur de Vanille' then at a hotel in the vi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-561598.html Continuing southwest from Mauritius about 120 miles we arrived at our 2nd unscheduled port Reunion this morning about 700am. Today we signed up for a 10hour tour called Volcano a trip to the La Fournaise Volcano so we had to get a quick breakfast and hop on the bus by 730 for a long ride. Reunion is a French island with about 800000 population located in the Indian Ocean east of Ma http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-494973.html On the sixth and last day I returned the bike to Herve but not before checking out some of the Creole architecture in Saint Dennis. I had a great time riding through some amazing scenery. While the roads may not have been up to the standards of the French roads on the continent the scenery more than made up for any deficiencies. The little beemer again proved to be a perfect bike for riding tig http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-386533.html Day 5 my last full day on the island. I returned to the coast from the Cilaos caldera enjoying the twisty mountain roads before turning north and heading towards Saint Dennis along the west coast. I stopped at a Creole barbeque for lunch.The food was a mixture of French Indian and Malaysian. Boy did I eat on this trip Some of the meals had 6 courses. Only the French could invent a mini dess http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-386532.html This afternoon I took the torturous road back up towards the Cirque de Cilaos. The weather was spectacular and I took full advantage of the opportunity to take more pictures. I returned to the same hotel that I stayed in a few days ago. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-386530.html I head back towards the coast exploring interesting roads as I go. Sugarcane is a major crop here and the sugarcane fields stretched as far as the eye could see. All the signs in towns were in French and few people spoke any English putting my high school French to the test. In the town of Saint Andre I came upon a Hindu temple and my brain did a backflip. It had to take a few seconds to figure http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-386525.html Day 4 the skies were clear and I took a look around the town. HellBourg has been called one of the most scenic French villages and rightly so.The Creole architecture of main street with the Piton des Neiges providing a stunning backdrop. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-386524.html Today I awoke to the sound of the pitter patter of raindrops on my window. I decided to tough it out and head for the coast hoping to find better weather. It was a 1 hour slog thru a misting rain back down to the coast but fortunately the weather began to improve.I headed south along the shore towards the islands remaining active volcano the Piton de la Fournaise. Unfortunately team orson http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-386518.html Today I set about exploring the narrow roads inside the Cilaos caldera. By noonish the clouds had descended again and I began to feel rain drops. In the interest of staying dry I cut short the explorations and made my way back to the hotel for more rhum. While reading my guide book I noticed a section that mentionedAvoid travelling to the cirques during times of typhoons as frequent land http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-386515.html Recently a coworker of mine had talked about living on Mauritius an island in the Indian Ocean. Intrigued I decided to do some research on the subject. I googled a map of Mauritius when I noticed another island nearby. I discovered that it was Reunion Island. Why hadnt I noticed it before I had read vague references to Reunion but had never paid it close attention. Why was Mauritius rela http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-386511.html A short greeting from Ile de la Reunion a small volcanic island in the Indian Ocean.Never heard of it Me neither until recently. She lies 1 day downwind from Mauritius and is a French possession. In the south there is an active volcano which occaisonally has a major eruption but sputters and tosses just a little lava every day.A long time ago there would have been total seismic chaos. Now i http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-345109.html In Search of Pirate Treasure Sorcery and Fresh Volcanic Mountain AirNov. 1 2008Ile de La Reunion Southern Indian OceanEvery morning the thick cottony clouds begin to build up outside the three bowlshaped volcanic cirques in the center of Ile de La Reunion in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Villages in the valleys and perched high up on the hillsides within the cirques are protected by the 8 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-344420.html We didn't expect to be here when we left on our big trip but here we are on a little piece of France a couple of thousand miles away from Europe in the middle of the Indian Ocean. We have been eagerly awaiting this leg of the journey for about 3 months and now we are here to all intents and purposes in France. There are SuperU's Carrefours Credit Agricoles Boulangeries the road signs are in http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Reunion/Reunion/blog-224171.html