La Réunion, pt 2

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 there's a term for them, but having grown up in a desert, I don't know it. Basically, you have two lanes, and then the road drops off on each side at a 90° angle into a 3ft-deep, 2ft wide ditch, usually made of concrete.  Most of the time there is no barrier of any kind and no shoulder whatsoever. Thankfully, Hervé was at the wheel and he is used to the conditions. Still, the drive that should have taken ten-fifteen minutes took an hour and a half.

The photos I'll post now correspond to the 13-16th. We left on the morning of the 17th, so it was pretty much straight to the airport.

( Volcanos, Mars, and guns, oh my )

Joyeux Anniversaire

Go say "Happy Birthday" to

frigg. Even the evil pea deserves to have her birth celebrated. :D