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Welcome
to the guide reunion island... More than 1000 photos of
the reunion island on this site for a life-size free virtual
journey. Guaranteed feelings ! Free guide reunion island, for
consultation only.
To miss nothing, we
present you in photos the easiest drives(rides) of the reunion island.
The virtual visits
corresponding to the paths of the reunion island are quite
marked with the sigle 
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The
reunion island in some words...
Born there is 3 million years, and situated in
Indian Ocean, the island is a part of the archipelago of
Mascareignes. Reunion is a small volcanic island of 207 km
of circumference with a mountain range peaking in the Hook
of Snows in 3069 m. Over his(its,her) 2500 km2, she(it)
counts a population about 720 000 inhabitants.
There are 2
seasons in Reunion: the winter, the fresh(cool) and dry
season, from May till October (25°sur the rib(coast) and
12°dans the heights), and the summer, the warm and wet
season, from November till April (30°sur the rib(coast)
and 19 ° in the heights).
The various
new-comers come on the reunion island brought their
French, Indian customs, Malagasy, the quibble, mahoraises,
and their folklore. The séga, the former(ancient)
quadrille of the white colonists of the 18è century, was
enriched by African slaves. The maloya was, originally ,
the dance of the slaves.
The Creole
kitchen, on base of spices, is a mixture of Indian
receipts, Malagasy and metropolitan. A typical Creole menu
has only a single service: white rice accompanied with a
curry, with grains(beads), with brèdes and with a rougail.
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An
intense island.
"
Sometimes, there is so much beauty around one whom one would
lament for it almost. " Maupin, Amistead.
In
Reunion, most of the cities carry(wear) saints' names as to show
well that it is about a paradise the paradise of the variety.
The
reunion island is collectively nicknamed " the island with
big spectacle " or " the Intense island ". The
activity of its volcano, in this particular case the Hook of the
Oven is one of the most active of the world.
"
Do not lose the occasion to see something beautiful. "
Kingsley, Charles.
New
section these week ( 21 photos):
 The
West > Saint Gilles > Pond Cormoran
Date
update in 9/9/2001
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An
island in the multiple landscapes...
Ocean,
sweet air(sight), pure water, fertile plains, immense forests,
full of fish rivers, circuses in the vertiginous walls filled(performed)
with wild flowers...
Nothing,
except maybe the occasional cyclones, comes to disturb the charms
of Reunion, where the tropical diseases do not exist.
One
understands better the increasing craze of the tourists for the
" fragrant country than the sun caresses(cherishes) " (
Baudelaire), small island of the archipelago of Mascareignes, put
in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
By hoping
that this site is a sunbeam, we wish you beforehand a magnificent
virtual journey the reunion island.
Please,
click one of the links below to begin your virtual journey in
destination of the reunion island :
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North -
West - South - East
- Plains - Circuses - Volcano
- History, geography and climate
of the reunion island
All photos is
copyright APIRI - Please do not use
 
Site opened in April, 2001
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