Around the World with Don and Ann: Reunion Island, Africa

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Reunion Island, Africa

This island is a beautiful jewel in the ocean. Tall green mountains, similar to Hawaii. Reunion Island politically is part of France, similar to Martinique and Guadalupe in the Caribbean being part of France. It is situated in the southern Indian Ocean, west of Mauritius and east of Madagascar, and is very tropical. It is a melting pot of peoples, Creoles, Africans, Malagasy, Indians, Chinese, and Europeans. The different cultures bring a wide variance in architecture, cultures and religions all living together in “social harmony”.

We are now on our way to Durban, on the east coast of South Africa.

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We are Don and Ann Barnes. We have had many travel experiences over the years, mostly for work. We are first timers going around-the-world hoping to test out Magellan’s theory. In the past several years we have had close calls with multiple cancers, car accidents, and the likes. These experiences along with Ann’s father’s mantra, “We have never regretted the things we have experienced, only those that we didn’t”, have all brought us to this point in our lives. It is a good time to just do it.