Reunion

Oo La La! Nous sommes arrivé á Réunion! Sorry – it’s so much fun to use my college French – even if it’s not quite right! The map shows the island and the route of our amazing helicopter tour!

We flew for almost a full hour over the volcanic interior of the island

I sat up front next to Vincent, our handsome young French pilot 😊

Ed was photographing from the seats in the second row while I was lucky to be watching the beauty beneath my feet and all around!

Piton de la Fournaise (Furnace Peak!) is among the world’s most active volcanoes.

Today, it is active!

Oui – were very close!

Vincent checking on his passengers – okay?

The cirques (calderas) are the sheer walls of collapsed volcanoes.

Yes, people do live in some of them. Isolated and without roads.

Time to return to the home base

The lovely lagoon below, closing out our most excellent adventure!