Sunday, March 22, 2009

New Caledonia

New Caledonia's all out of order. Really it's before Australia.




Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Reunion

Reunion (another place we'd never even heard of before we began this trip) has quaint villages, lots of waterfalls, cows that still wear cow bells, good wine, a volcano and incredible, intense hiking. If only we spoke more French.



Reunion pretty much goes straight up. You can drive from sea level to 7,000 ft. in under 2 hours. Hike for another 3 hours and you're at 9,500ft! Still with a view of the ocean!

Relaxing at the top of the second highest peak.





Zach examines a Sun Fish that the local fishermen caught.


Mauritus

Zach racing into the harbor

Mauritius is a tiny island with more than 1 million people and is trying to become a new IT center as well as the flight hub for the Indian Ocean. Who knew?