Cue the Jurassic Park Music! I spent most of today feeling like I had stepped into the Lost World, and half expecting a Velocir Raptor to come out of the bushes and have me for lunch. Today's tour, (which I have been told all week was "Not possible" by the surly woman at the tour desk, I'll give you not possible, do you know who your dealing with?) all in French, started at 7am and we were going to Cirque de Salazie. We drove out past St Denis, everything was...

Early start today at 7am, I was picked up by the 4x4 company, with no English guide. This did not bother me as I never usually listen to guides and I really only wanted the transport out to the volcano, La Piton de la Fournaise, literally, the Furnace. We drove for about an hour and entered the national park, we stopped at the first viewing area which was already above the cloud bank. I looked over at huge mountains and looked around my immediate area and sa...

I do love this little island. It reminds me of being shipwrecked, or something out of the series Gilligan's Island, or better yet, Pirates of the Caribbean. If only Captain Jack would come walking along the beach…..Saavy? I went down the L'Hermitage beach early today, before it got scorching hot, to do some snorkeling. I managed to get my flippers and mask on and off I went. The reef was good, but nothing like Sharm. I did manage to see a small puffer fi...

Ok so today's challenge was to get from St Denis, where I flew in, to St Gilles les Bains, where I'm spending the majority of my time at a beach resort. After refusing to pay 80 Euros for a transfer I decided to get the bus. I got a cab down to the bus station and got on a bus for St. Gill as I asked the bus driver. The greatest peril with catching a bus in a foreign destination is of course knowing when to get off, closely followed by how to make the driver...

Wow has this been the longest New Years ever! I got to the airport the usual 3 hours early and checked into my Air Austral flight to Reunion Island. I had a nice chat the guy at check in and asked if I could have a pre flight tour of the plane as I am a travel agent. This was all said in the hopes of getting a sneaky upgrade to business class but I don't think anyone there got the hint. I hung around the airport until boarding time and went up to the gate....