Today we toured the entire island of Reunion starting by heading north from our beautiful accommodations. There were a troop of us on this venture. Nine in the rented mini van, five in Julia's mother's car, and then a car with her aunt and uncle and a few cousins. First stop a church. The island is predominantly Catholic with some Hinduism. This old church was definitely Catholic. Then on to a long suspended bridge that had been used for traffic for many years but now is only used for walking. We noticed right away that the island changed dramatically as we went over to the eastern side in it. It became much more lush with greenery-typical of most islands. From there we went to the Cascades. This is why people say Reunion looks like "the Garden of Eden" - beautiful waterfalls all coming off the sides of the cliffs, beautiful large trees, the ocean waves lapping up to the shore, walkways bordered by flowers! Everywhere you looked there was beauty! We only wished the sun was shining. It was cloudy that day. After eating there ( all 20 or so of us which took quite awhile) , we headed down to walk the lava bed from the active volcano on the island. Last stop was to see a point where the Indian Ocean comes slamming into the shoreline creating giant displays of water over the rocks.
The next day we elected to all head to one of the cities on the island to shop a bit. Again we were with a large crowd so nothing goes quickly. When we sat down to eat a lunch on the beachfront, again it took over an hour and a half. Rain showed its face in the afternoon , so we headed to a turtle sanctuary. An excellent visit as we learned how the people of Reunion are helping to protect several species of endangered sea turtles.
Afterwards, we all headed to back to the "Braby house" to relax before going out to dinner. The "kids" all went out as a big group. We took Joelle and Mario out to thank them for such a wonderful
time. Pictures to follow later.
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