La Réunion, pt 2

[mnfaure]

Yesterday's photo post was from the 10-12th of January. We arrived on the evening of the 9th, and it was already dark outside. The eve of our arrival, torrential rains caused  a rockfall on the oceanside highway, killing a man, so we had to take a horrid switchback mountain road full of hairpin turns and these amazingly dangerous ditches. Perhaps

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[footlingagain]

What a fantastic place! Such contrasts!

It would be wonderful if J could be assigned there. Though are you really sure you want to see the volcano erupt? ;-)

[mnfaure]

I do; I do! For years now (don't know exactly how many) the activity has been on a small scale and the lava spills toward the sea where there are no homes. Ti Claude told us stories of how when she was young, they would go have cookouts on the lava (that which had cooled enough to get within standing distance of, naturally). :P

[footlingagain]

Actually, that sounds fantastic. It's just that whenever someone says 'volcano' I immediately think of Vesuvius, or the destruction of Krakatoa.

Not that I have a tendency to over-dramatise, or anything *g*

[mnfaure]

No, I would never suspect you of such a tendency. >:}

[mindseas]

The pictures remind me somewhat of Maui--the pools, the volcano, the blue skies and mists.

[mnfaure]

Maui must be a gorgeous place, too! :D

[kmkibble75]

I love the grand bassin one :-)

[mnfaure]

Yeah, I would have liked to see it up close. Maybe next time. :D