Reunion Island – Sainte Denis

by svtrance

Thursday October 7, trip into the capital, Sainte Denis. In search of the Camara shop to see if they can fix my Nikon or maybe buy a replacement. Their web site indicated the camera body I was interested in was in stock, only to find out it was in stock in Paris.

Next stop the Tourist Center. We picked up a map of Saint Denis, asked what places they would recommend us visiting. The car was parked and we went for a walk.

“Reunion to its children, heroes of the great war”. World War I memorial
Saint-Denis Cathedral
Built in the early 1790s by Jean-Baptiste de Lestrac, who was the first mayor of Saint-Denis now home to the Reunion Departmental Council
Pedestrian shopping street
François Gédéon Bailly de Monthion (1776-1850) he was a Major General in the French Army. Born on Le Reunion Island.
  • Grande Mosquée de Saint-Denis
  • The door was open so we looked inside
  • Hindu Temple Kalikambal
  • The door here was also open so we looked inside
  • Chinese Temple of the Happy Crossing
  • Chinese Temple of Eternal Prosperity
  • We bought chocolate!
Random photos
  • France’s most expensive road project
Highway N1 goes from Le Port to Saint Denis. There is a new road/bridge being built over the water it will be 6 lanes. The cliffs are rock covered in chains to prevent rocks form landing on the road. The new road is farther away from harm.

Friday October 8, Falbala arrived this morning! Great to see them again!

In the afternoon we took another trip to the Carrefour grocery store and took Magaly from Falbala with us.

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