messalyn - Mot-clé - volcanLe Val de Belyer2022-11-06T20:44:24+00:00urn:md5:a8bb75de6bd06e1519206c7bc4ace8a7DotclearOskúrlafaktur Part V : The Revenanturn:md5:05ab19537a81d8ff32355711f1a7438a2019-11-24T16:24:00+01:002020-01-28T19:19:33+01:00messalynUnderbara ResaargentiqueCanon AV-1cascadeDettifossEskifjörðurexpired filmExpéditionsFjällsárlónicebergIslandeJökullsárlónLightroomMöðrudalurNikon D60NámafjallvolcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 04waterfall<p>Et alors que nul ne l'attendait plus… un billet sur l'Islande ! / <span lang="en">And just when everybody had completely forgotten about it… a new installment of the Iceland serie!</span></p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_004.jpg" title="Landscape of icebergs upon a lake"><img alt="Landscape of icebergs upon a lake" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_004_l.jpg" title="Landscape of icebergs upon a lake, Jökulsárlón #004, Iceland, 1st august 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Jökulsárlón</figcaption>
</figure> <p>Après un évènement si marquant tel que celui décrit dans <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-iv-the-lakagigar-situation">le dernier récit que j'ai consacré à l'Islande</a>, il y a presque un an maintenant, j'ai longtemps caressé l'idée de boucler ce voyage en un ultime billet, mais bien sûr, avec près d'une semaine restante de photos, la réalité m'a ratrappée, d'autant plus que pour une pressante question d'espace disponible sur mon bon vieux macbook, je n'ai pas eu d'autre choix que celui de m'occuper en priorité des photos des voyages suivants car prises avec un nouvel appareil photo générant des fichiers RAW carrément plus lourds que les anciens. Récap de la saison précédente : nous faisions du camping sur un rond-point dans une zone industrielle de Reykjavik après un accident de voiture se chiffrant à environ cinq ans de mes revenus (deux états de fait lamentables se cachent dans cette seule phrase : saurez-vous les retrouver ?).</p>
<p lang="en">After such a memorable moment as was described in <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/oskurlafaktur-part-iv-the-lakagigar-situation">my latest blog post on the subject</a>, nearly a year ago, I entertained some hopes that I could get to a closure with the travel logs in one last round, however, with about a week more of adventures and tons of photographs, I've come to terms with the fact that it is preposterous at best. To further delay matters, I also figured out I'd better make the subsequent travels photos top priority as my new camera is creating RAW files twice to thrice as heavy as my former Nikon and the space on my hard-drive is becoming scarce. Last season recap: we were setting camp on a traffic roundabout in an industrial zone after a car incident worth about five years of my income (two sad points were being made in the last sentence, can you spot them?).</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_010.jpg" title="Crumpling orange ground giving way to bubbling black mud"><img alt="Crumpling orange ground giving way to bubbling black mud" title="Crumpling orange ground giving way to bubbling black mud, Námafjall #010, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Boue noire bouillonante au milieu d'un sol craquelé orange de souffre / <span lang="en">Crumbling orange ground giving way to bubbling black mud</span></figcaption>
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<p>Ce billet couvrira les 3 premiers jours du mois d'août, lorsque nous avons péniblement repris notre tour de l'île (et allez, 400 km à refaire dans l'autre sens). Et comme vous pourrez le constater, trois jours c'est déjà bien suffisant en Islande pour goûter à la fois la glace et le feu…</p>
<p lang="en">This blog will cover the last 3 days in august, getting back on our island tour after a 400km x 2 (oh yeah) setback of having to deal with the car in the capital city. However as you will discover in the rest of this entry, in this country 3 days are more than enough to taste both ice and fire…</p>
<h2>Fjällsárlón</h2>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/fjallsarlon0108_002.jpg" title="Glacier on a grey day"><img alt="Glacier on a grey day" title="Glacier on a grey day, Fjällsárlón #002, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/.fjallsarlon0108_002_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/fjallsarlon0108_003.jpg" title="Heart-shaped glacier and lake"><img alt="Heart-shaped glacier and lake" title="Heart-shaped glacier and lake, Fjällsárlón #003, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/.fjallsarlon0108_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>❤︎</figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/fjallsarlon0108_004.jpg" title="Sheep eating moss"><img alt="Sheep eating moss" title="Sheep eating moss, Fjällsárlón #004, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjallsarlon0108/.fjallsarlon0108_004_l.jpg" /></a>
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<h2>Jökullsárlón</h2>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_001.jpg" title="Seagull flying above the stream going from the glacier to the sea"><img alt="Seagull flying above the stream going from the glacier to the sea" title="Seagull flying above the stream going from the glacier to the sea, Jökulsárlón #001, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_001_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0017_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs"><img alt="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs, Jökullsárlón lake, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #017, 1 august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0017_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs, Jökullsárlón lake, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #017, 1 august 2017</figcaption>
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<p>(Sans doute l'une des dernières photos de cette pellicule que je peux décemment présenter avant de la laisser expirer, encore me direz-vous, dans un dernier soupir bleu.)</p>
<p lang="en">(Likely one of the last ever photograph from this roll before letting it subside into blue oblivion.)</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_005.jpg" title="Sunrays upon the icebergs"><img alt="Sunrays upon the icebergs" title="Sunrays upon the icebergs, Jökulsárlón #005, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_005_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_006.jpg" title="Moody photograph of a lake populated by icebergs"><img alt="Moody photograph of a lake populated by icebergs" title="Moody photograph of a lake populated by icebergs, Jökulsárlón #006, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_006_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_008.jpg" title="Tiny chunk of ice before much larger icebergs and a massive ice field"><img alt="Tiny chunk of ice before much larger icebergs and a massive ice field" title="Tiny chunk of ice before much larger icebergs and a massive ice field, Jökulsárlón #008, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_008_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_009.jpg"><img alt="Swarovski ice, Jökulsárlón #009, Iceland, 1st august 2017, juil. 2019" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Swarovski</figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/jokulsarlon0108_010.jpg" title="Clouds, sun, ice and a lake"><img alt="Clouds, sun, ice and a lake" title="Clouds, sun, ice and a lake, Jökulsárlón #010, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/jokulsarlon0108/.jokulsarlon0108_010_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0018_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs"><img alt="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs, Jökullsárlón lake, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #018, 1 august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0018_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Heavily blue-tinted photograph of icebergs, Jökullsárlón lake, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #018, 1 august 2017</figcaption>
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<p>(…À moins que ?) / <span lang="en">(…Unless?)</span></p>
<p>Aujourd'hui, je vois bien que l'aspect irréel de ces clichés n'était pas qu'un effet secondaire de notre tourmente financière (ou de cette pellicule plus vieille que moi), et s'il ne fait aucun doute que la beauté glacée de ces icebergs n'allait certes pas nous sauver du <em>chill</em> ressenti depuis notre passage en caisse pour une caisse dans le passage, j'éprouve néanmoins un certain apaisement à enfin les partager, au bout de deux ans, dans le cadre que je leur réservais, et tant pis s'il s'agit en l'ocurrence des oubliettes de la blogosphère (l'ironie n'échappe pas à qui tint autrefois un blog parallèle intime au petit surnom de donjon), et si je laisse une fois de plus passer l'occasion de sauver mes comptes sur les réseaux sociaux du Néant qui les talonne. Le festoche de l'image c'est chez moi que ça se passe, <em>þitches</em>.</p>
<p lang="en">I now see very well how the unrealness of those moments captured in film wasn't only a result of our financial torment (to say nothing about this roll older than I), and while those freezing landscapes could do nothing to relieve us from the chilling aftermath of having been stripped bare by the car rental folks, my mind feels somehow alleviated from having at long least shared the (picture) load in the setting I always intended them for, in spite of the 2 years wait and in such a remote and desolate corner of the internets (the irony isn't lost to whom once used the affectionate nickname of dungeon for this blog's personal companion). I suspect my social media accounts are beyond saving anyway, so this is where *I* am happening now, <em>þitches</em>.</p>
<h2>The lonely road to Mývatn</h2>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_003.jpg" title="Back view of Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve"><img alt="Back view of Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve" title="Back view of Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve, East fjords #003, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_007.jpg" title="Meadows and pools"><img alt="Meadows and pools" title="Meadows and pools, East fjords #007, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_007_l.jpg" /></a>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_004.jpg" title="Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve"><img alt="Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve" title="Teigarhorn farm and nature preserve, East fjords #004, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_004_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_008.jpg" title="Orange lighthouse"><img alt="Orange lighthouse" title="Orange lighthouse, East fjords #008, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_008_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/fjordsest0208_009.jpg" title="Portrait of a sheep"><img alt="Portrait of a sheep" title="Portrait of a sheep, East fjords #009, Iceland, 1st august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/fjordsest0208/.fjordsest0208_009_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/modrudalur0308_002.jpg" title="Moss soup"><img alt="Moss soup" title="Moss soup, Möðrudalur #002, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.modrudalur0308_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Soupe de mousse à Möðrudalur / <span lang="en">Moss soup in Möðrudalur</span></figcaption>
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<p>Cette soit-disant spécialité islandaise de soupe de lychen qui aurait pu tirer son épingle du jeu n'eût été la contribution de lait concentré trop sucré à la recette. Dommage, ou perfectible.</p>
<p lang="en">Not sure the sugary milk added to the recipe did much good to improve it, too sweet.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/modrudalur0308_003.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an icelandic church dated 1949"><img alt="Black and white photograph of an icelandic church dated 1949" title="Black and white photograph of an icelandic church dated 1949, Möðrudalur #003, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.modrudalur0308_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/modrudalur0308_005.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of two adjoint houses with grass roofs"><img alt="Black and white photograph of two adjoint houses with grass roofs" title="Black and white photograph of two adjoint houses with grass roofs, Möðrudalur #005, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.modrudalur0308_005_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/routemyvatn0308_002.jpg" title="Range of small red wooden cabins by the sea with mountains in the background in the town of Eskifjörður"><img alt="Range of small red wooden cabins by the sea with mountains in the background in the town of Eskifjörður" title="Range of small red wooden cabins by the sea with mountains in the background in the town of Eskifjörður, Road to Mývatn #002, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.routemyvatn0308_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Eskifjörður</figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/routemyvatn0308_004.jpg" title="Moss and angelica"><img alt="Moss and angelica" title="Moss and angelica, Road to Mývatn #004, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.routemyvatn0308_004_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/routemyvatn0308_005.jpg" title="Cars driving on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere"><img alt="Cars driving on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere" title="Cars driving on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere, Road to Mývatn #005, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/routemyvatn0308/.routemyvatn0308_005_l.jpg" /></a>
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<h2>Dettifoss</h2>
<p>Il y a tellement de cascades dans ce pays, et j'en ai déjà présenté tant dans mes précédents billets que j'ai volontairement omis l'angle classique qui la dévoile dans sa spectaculaire entièreté de ma sélection de photo.</p>
<p lang="en">There are so many waterfalls in this land, and I myself have already shared a good deal here already so I'm not interested in showing this one from the traditional point of view.</a>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/dettifoss0308_001.jpg" title="exture of a waterfall"><img alt="exture of a waterfall" title="Texture of a waterfall, Dettifoss #001, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/.dettifoss0308_001_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/dettifoss0308_003.jpg" title="A rainbow occurring above an unseen waterfall on a cloudy da"><img alt="A rainbow occurring above an unseen waterfall on a cloudy da" title="A rainbow occurring above an unseen waterfall on a cloudy day, Dettifoss #003, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/.dettifoss0308_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/dettifoss0308_005.jpg" title="Characteristically geometrical rocks of the cliffs that surround a river stream"><img alt="Characteristically geometrical rocks of the cliffs that surround a river stream" title="Characteristically geometrical rocks of the cliffs that surround a river stream, Dettifoss #005, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dettifoss0308/.dettifoss0308_005_l.jpg" /></a>
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<h2>Námafjall</h2>
<p>En terme de terrain volcanique, depuis 2013, je compare tout à Yellowstone (il faut dire que j'aime ma calamité géologique mâtinée de bisons des plaines et de pins foudroyés). Bien que ce site semble un exemplaire de démonstration à côté du fameux super-volcan, j'ai été émue de retrouver quelques textures familières, ce côté <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/yellowstone-s-den-or-life-in-the-woods-part-iv-old-faithful">croûte de pain</a> comme je l'appelais alors. Le soleil s'y fit attendre, mais à sa venue, quelle transfiguration !</p>
<p lang="en">When it comes to volcanic fields, ever since 2013 I compare everything to my beloved Yellowstone (I enjoy my geological disaster assorted with a couple prairie bisons and lightning-struck pines). Although this place seems indeed like a mock-up in size to the famous super-volcano, it was with great pleasure that I saw there some familiar textures, <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/yellowstone-s-den-or-life-in-the-woods-part-iv-old-faithful">bread crumbs</a> as I would call them back then. The sun took some time to join the party, but what a difference it made!</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_002.jpg" title="Fuming tall crater on a desert background"><img alt="Fuming tall crater on a desert background" title="Fuming tall crater on a desert background, Námafjall #002, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_002_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_003.jpg" title="Smoke and people far away walking a pathway"><img alt="Smoke and people far away walking a pathway" title="Smoke and people far away walking a pathway, Námafjall #003, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_003_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_005.jpg" title="Crusty texture in a volcanic area"><img alt="Crusty texture in a volcanic area" title="Crusty texture in a volcanic area, Námafjall #005, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_005_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Crusty!</figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_006.jpg" title="Hole in the crusty texture of the ground in a volcanic area"><img alt="Hole in the crusty texture of the ground in a volcanic area" title="Hole in the crusty texture of the ground in a volcanic area, Námafjall #006, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_006_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_007.jpg" title="Black mud and orange ground in an area of volcanic activity"><img alt="Black mud and orange ground in an area of volcanic activity" title="Black mud and orange ground in an area of volcanic activity, Námafjall #007, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_007_l.jpg" /></a>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_009.jpg" title="Holes of bubbling black mud with a slight touch of orange dust mixed in"><img alt="Holes of bubbling black mud with a slight touch of orange dust mixed in" title="Holes of bubbling black mud with a slight touch of orange dust mixed in, Námafjall #009, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_012.jpg" title="Flaked ground texture"><img alt="Flaked ground texture" title="Flaked ground texture, Námafjall #012, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_012_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_013.jpg" title="Fuming tall crater in the sunlight"><img alt="Fuming tall crater in the sunlight" title="Fuming tall crater in the sunlight, Námafjall #013, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_013_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_014.jpg" title="Smoke puffing out of rocks"><img alt="Smoke puffing out of rocks" title="Smoke puffing out of rocks, Námafjall #014, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_014_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/namafjall0308_020.jpg" title="Sheeps crossing the road"><img alt="Sheeps crossing the road" title="Sheeps crossing the road, Námafjall #020, Iceland, 3rd august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/namafjall0308/.namafjall0308_020_l.jpg" /></a>
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<p>Ce billet est incomplet sous certains aspects, mais je suis pressée car je pars mercredi soir pour quelques jours faire notamment des cuissons de porcelaines, et j'aurais bien le temps de le finaliser plus tard. C'est que j'ai un marché de Noël parisien à préparer, mais je vous donnerais toutes les infos quand j'aurais un peu plus de temps !</p>
<p lang="en">This blog post was originally published missing both a good chunk of formatting and the present english translation, but I had to hurry as I was leaving on the next Wednesday on the first stop of a long travel out of town, to fire porcelains before a Christmas market, the details of which can be found in the next post.</p>
<h5>nowreading : His Dark Materials pour la première fois dans sa langue d'origine, d'où sans doute cette envie de se replonger dans les glaces. Oh, et tant que j'y suis, tout comme le film ou la bd, la série BBC dérivée n'existe pas.</h5>Oskúrlafaktur Part IV : The Lakagígar Situationurn:md5:c25722d11f926c01b2aa0fefe5d5772d2018-12-14T04:12:00+01:002018-12-14T19:37:51+01:00messalynUnderbara Resaargentiqueblack sandCanon AV-1Dyrholaeyexpired filmExpéditionsIslandeLakagígarLightroommacareuxNikon D60puffinvolcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 04<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0014_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of flowers in the black desert, Lakagígar"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of flowers in the black desert, Lakagígar" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0014_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of flowers in the black desert, Lakagígar, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #014, 30 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Lakagígar, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #014, 30 july 2017</figcaption>
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<p>Il est très rare que je voyage sans tenir de journal de bord sur lequel je me repose ensuite pour tenir sur la durée une série de billets, et pourtant, c'est bien le cas de l'Islande, de sorte que faire ce post deux mois ou un an et demi après ne change pas grand chose à la teneur de mon récit. Mais il y a une journée, qui s'est étalée sur trois, qui fait exception, un petit carnet qui n'aura servi qu'à consigner cet unique épisode faute de temps pour continuer la suite, petite bulle temporelle qu'à l'instar de l'épisode post-Marvin du film <cite>Pulp Fiction</cite>, j'ai baptisé « The Lakagígar Situation ». Le tournant de juillet à août est depuis longtemps un pilier du calendrier, par ici. Ma foi, sur poupéegirl j'avais même une tenue pour ça. Cette année-là, le fameux 31 a commencé au milieu de la pampa islandaise, dans un bien-nommé refuge, par un coucher de soleil dont nous n'aurions jamais du être les témoins car à cette période de l'année il ne tombe qu'au milieu de la nuit.</p>
<p lang="en">Is it quite rare for me to travel abroad without keeping a diary I can rely upon later on when I'm writing a blog post serie. And yet, that did somehow happened with Iceland so it doesn't really matter whether I'm penning this two or sixteen months upon my return. However, there has been one very particular day, extending into the following two, which took me the remainder of our stay to relate in a tiny notebook leaving me no time for anything else really, a sort of a time bubble which I dubbed ‘The Lakagígar Situation’ after the <cite>Pulp Fiction</cite> movie post-Marvin sequence. The turning point between July and August has traditionally been an odd moment here, I even had a poupéegirl outfit for it, mind you. That year, the iconic 31th began in the icelandic bush, in a well-named refuge, under a setting sun we should never have witnessed as this time of the year it occurs in the middle of the night.</p> <h2>Dyrhólaey & Reynisfjar</h2>
<p>Mais revenons en arrière. Le 29 juillet, nous avions planté nos tentes dans le camping Þakgil dans la municipalité de Vík, au terme d'une haute lutte contre un petit chat bondissant et récidiviste avec ça. Le lendemain, au lieu de continuer directement vers l'Est, nous sommes revenus légèrement sur nos pas pour aller découvrir les falaises de Dyrhólaey connues pour ses nombreux oiseaux dont les emblématiques macareux, avant qu'elles ne soient envahies par d'autres sortes d'oiseaux.</p>
<p lang="en">But let's get back in time. At the end of july 29th we installed our tents in a campsite named Þakgil that can be found in the town of Vík, thus defeating a rather jumpy fool of a kitten, which tried and tried again to prevent the deed. Upon the next morning, instead of heading East, we went back on our tracks a little to do some bird-sighting, specifically puffins, at the site of Dyrhólaey before it gets crowded (by Non-Puffins).</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_001.jpg" title="Ducks on the shore and crashing waves of Reynisfjar black sand beach"><img alt="Ducks on the shore and crashing waves of Reynisfjar black sand beach" title="Ducks on the shore and crashing waves of Reynisfjar black sand beach, Dyrhólaey #001, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_001_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Canards sur le rivage de la plage de sable noir Reynisfjar / <span lang="en">Ducks on the shore and crashing waves of Reynisfjar black sand beach</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_002.jpg" title="Cliff and sea stacks"><img alt="Cliff and sea stacks" title="Cliff and sea stacks, Dyrhólaey #002, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Falaises et stacks / <span lang="en">Cliff and sea stacks</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_003.jpg" title="Puffin in heather"><img alt="Puffin in heather" title="Puffin in heather, Dyrhólaey #003, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Macareux moine dans la bruyère / <span lang="en">Puffin in heather</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_004.jpg" title="Meadow, puffins, and Mýrdalsjökull in the distance"><img alt="Meadow, puffins, and Mýrdalsjökull in the distance" title="Meadow, puffins, and Mýrdalsjökull in the distance, Dyrhólaey #004, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_004_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Prairie, macareux et Mýrdalsjökull au loin / <span lang="en">Meadow, puffins, and Mýrdalsjökull in the distance</span></figcaption>
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<figure>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_005.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a puffin deploying its wings"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a puffin deploying its wings" title="Black and white photograph of a puffin deploying its wings, Dyrhólaey #005, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_005_l.jpg" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_006.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a colony of puffins"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a colony of puffins" title="Black and white photograph of a colony of puffins, Dyrhólaey #006, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_006_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Colonie de macareux / <span lang="en">Puffins colony</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_007.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a lava arch"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a lava arch" title="Black and white photograph of a lava arch, Dyrhólaey #007, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_007_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Arche de lave / <span lang="en">Lava arch</span></figcaption>
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<figure>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0012_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of the shoreline as seen from the cliff"><img alt="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of the shoreline as seen from the cliff" title="Heavily blue-tinted photograph of the shoreline as seen from the cliff, Dyrhólaey, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #012, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0012_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_009.jpg" title="The 1910 lighthouse"><img alt="The 1910 lighthouse" title="The 1910 lighthouse, Dyrhólaey #009, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Dyrhólaey, Islande avec Canon AV-1 et film périmé Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO #012, 30 juillet 2017. Deuxième image : Le phare daté de 1910. / <span lang="en">First picture: Dyrhólaey, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #012, 30 july 2017. Second picture: The 1910 lighthouses</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_010.jpg" title="Two puffins on a cliff"><img alt="Two puffins on a cliff" title="Two puffins on a cliff, Dyrhólaey #010, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Deux macareux sur une falaise / <span lang="en">Two puffins on a cliff</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_011.jpg" title="A puffin landing in a group of its peers"><img alt="A puffin landing in a group of its peers" title="A puffin landing in a group of its peers, Dyrhólaey #011, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_011_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>A macareux atterrissant parmi un groupe de ses congénères / <span lang="en">A puffin landing in a group of its peers</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_012.jpg" title="Birds flying above the ocean"><img alt="Birds flying above the ocean" title="Birds flying above the ocean, Dyrhólaey #012, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_012_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Oiseaux survolant l'océan / <span lang="en">Birds flying above the ocean</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_013.jpg" title="Typical icelandic landscape"><img alt="Typical icelandic landscape" title="Typical icelandic landscape, Dyrhólaey #013, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_013_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Paysage typique de l'Islande (qu'on retrouve aussi beaucoup dans la série <cite>Game of Thrones</cite>) / <span lang="en">Typical icelandic landscape (similar viewpoints are often depicted in the show <cite>Game of Thrones</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_014.jpg" title="Puffin landing with a fish in its beak"><img alt="Puffin landing with a fish in its beak" title="Puffin landing with a fish in its beak, Dyrhólaey #014, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_014_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Un macareux atterrissant avec un petit poisson dans le bec / <span lang="en">Puffin landing with a fish in its beak</span></figcaption>
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<h2>Lakagígar</h2>
<p>L'après-midi fut consacré à Lakagígar, région au caractère suffisamment exceptionnel pour que nous inscrivions ce « petit » crochet à notre parcours ordinairement cantonné à la route circulaire qui fait le tour de l'île, d'autant que cela avait l'air faisable lorsque nous consultions notre guide — nous avions déjà roulé sans problème sur des routes un peu nazes pour approcher l'Hekla.</p>
<p lang="en">The afternoon was dedicated to exploring Lakagígar, an area usually described as ‘exceptional’ which got our attention and seemed feasible enough as far as my guidebook was concerned so as to induce us to make a detour from the otherwise quite predictable circular road. We knew the road wouldn't be ideal but we had a taste of it when approaching the Hekla volcano and it promised to be just as manageable.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_001.jpg" title="Moss desert"><img alt="Moss desert" title="Moss desert, Lakagígar #001, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_001_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Désert moussu / <span lang="en">Mossy desert</span></figcaption>
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<figure>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_002.jpg" title="Red stream in the meadow"><img alt="Red stream in the meadow" title="Red stream in the meadow, Lakagígar #002, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_004.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a detail of Fagrifoss waterfall"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a detail of Fagrifoss waterfall" title="Black and white photograph of a detail of Fagrifoss waterfall, Lakagígar #004, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_004_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Ruisseau rouge traversant une prairie. Deuxième image : Détail en noir et blanc de la cascade Fagrifoss / <span lang="en">First picture: Red stream in the meadow. Black and white photograph of a detail of Fagrifoss waterfall</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_005.jpg" title="Upview of Fagrifoss waterfall"><img alt="Upview of Fagrifoss waterfall" title="Upview of Fagrifoss waterfall, Lakagígar #005, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_005_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Cascade de Fagrifoss / <span lang="en">Fagrifoss waterfall</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0013_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the waterfall"><img alt="Magenta-tinted photograph of the waterfall" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the waterfall, Fagrifoss, Lakagígar, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #013, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0013_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Magenta-tinted photograph of the waterfall, Fagrifoss, Lakagígar, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #013, 30 july 2017</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_008.jpg" title="Moss desert amongst mountains"><img alt="Moss desert amongst mountains" title="Moss desert amongst mountains, Lakagígar #008, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_008_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Désert de mousses et fleurettes entre les montagnes / <span lang="en">Moss and flower desert amongst mountains</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_009.jpg" title="Large mountain in the middle of an ash desert with mossy patches"><img alt="Large mountain in the middle of an ash desert with mossy patches" title="Large mountain in the middle of an ash desert with mossy patches, Lakagígar #009, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Grosse montagne au milieu d'un désert de cendre parsemé de zones moussues / <span lang="en">Large mountain in the middle of an ash desert with mossy patches</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_010.jpg" title="Ashes and flowers"><img alt="Ashes and flowers" title="Ashes and flowers, Lakagígar #010, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Cendre et fleurs / <span lang="en">Ashes and flowers</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_011.jpg" title="Pseudokarsts in the lava"><img alt="Pseudokarsts in the lava" title="Pseudokarsts in the lava, Lakagígar #011, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_011_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Pseudokarsts dans la lave / <span lang="en">Pseudokarsts in the lava</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_012.jpg" title="Small lake"><img alt="Small lake" title="Small lake, Lakagígar #012, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_012_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Petit lac / <span lang="en">Small lake</span></figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_013.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of the ash desert"><img alt="Black and white photograph of the ash desert" title="Black and white photograph of the ash desert, Lakagígar #013, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_013_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Photographie noir et blanc du désert de lave / <span lang="en">Black and white photograph of the ash desert</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_014.jpg" title="Moss-covered hilltops"><img alt="Moss-covered hilltops" title="Moss-covered hilltops, Lakagígar #014, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_014_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Collines moussues / <span lang="en">Moss-covered hilltops</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_017.jpg" title="Former crater turned lake circled by rocks of many colors under a menacing sky"><img alt="Former crater turned lake circled by rocks of many colors under a menacing sky" title="Former crater turned lake circled by rocks of many colors under a menacing sky, Lakagígar #017, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_017_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Lac s'étant formé dans un ancien cratère, entouré de roches aux couleurs extraordinaires, sous un ciel menaçant / <span lang="en">Former crater turned lake, surrounded by rocks of many colours, under a menacing sky</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_019.jpg" title="Mix of moss and red sand and rocks on the lake shore"><img alt="Mix of moss and red sand and rocks on the lake shore" title="Mix of moss and red sand and rocks on the lake shore, Lakagígar #019, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_019_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Zone au bord du lac, entre sable rouge et mousses / <span lang="en">Mix of moss and red sand and rocks on the lake shore</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_020.jpg" title="Red and black ash repartition on a hill"><img alt="Red and black ash repartition on a hill" title="Red and black ash repartition on a hill, Lakagígar #020, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_020_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Sur un sommet s'entremêlent des cendres rouges et noires / <span lang="en">Red and black ash repartition on a hill</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_022.jpg" title="Mushrooms in the moss"><img alt="Mushrooms in the moss" title="Mushrooms in the moss, Lakagígar #022, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_022_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Même ici, on trouve des champignons ! / <span lang="en">Unexpected mushrooms growing in the moss</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_023.jpg" title="Large mossy rock in the ash desert"><img alt="Large mossy rock in the ash desert" title="Large mossy rock in the ash desert, Lakagígar #023, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_023_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Un grand rocher à la frontière entre cendres et mousses / <span lang="en">A large rock standing at the border between ashes and mosses</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_024.jpg" title="Moss and ash hills intertwinned"><img alt="Moss and ash hills intertwinned" title="Moss and ash hills intertwinned, Lakagígar #024, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_024_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Dunes de mousse et dunes de cendres s'alternant / <span lang="en">Moss and ash hills intertwinned</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/lakagigar3007_025.jpg" title="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of the volcanic landscape"><img alt="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of the volcanic landscape" title="Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of the volcanic landscape, Lakagígar #025, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.lakagigar3007_025_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo légèrement tintée de magenta du paysage volcanique / <span lang="en">Slightly magenta-tinted photograph of the volcanic landscape</span></figcaption>
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<p>Voilà, voilà. L'Islande à son sommet. Quelle expérience hors de ce monde. Quelle séquence tout droit tirée d'un rêve *une bande originale d'un film bien dérangeant de Lynch commence à jouer dans le fond*. Euh… attends, attends, attends. Bien. Avant de continuer dans mon récit, j'aimerais prendre un moment pour revoir une dernière fois les macareux de cette matinée. Les rigolos, mignons petits macareux. Joie simple.</p>
<p lang="en">And there you have it. Peak Iceland. What an otherwordly experience. What a dream sequence *the soundtrack of a very disturbing Lynch movie quietly starts playing in the background*. No, no, wait. Now, before we move forward, let's take another minute to appreciate one last time the puffins we saw earlier on the morning. Funny little guys they are, the puffins. Simple joy.</p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/dyrholaey3007_015.jpg" title="Puffin with a fish in its beak"><img alt="Puffin with a fish in its beak" title="Puffin with a fish in its beak, Dyrhólaey #015, Iceland, 30 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/dyrholaey3007/.dyrholaey3007_015_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Il attendait qu'on parte parce qu'il ne voulait pas qu'on sache où il habitait / <span lang="en">He was waiting for us to leave because he didn't want us to know his whereabouts</span></figcaption>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/thecrossing.jpg" title="The crossing"><img alt="The crossing" title="The crossing" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.thecrossing_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/autorentalcar3107-0108_035.jpg" title="Camping on a roundabout"><img alt="Camping on a roundabout" title="Camping on a roundabout, Autorentalcar #035, 1 august 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.autorentalcar3107-0108_035_l.jpg" /></a>
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<p>Alors… que s'est-t'il passé entre ces deux images ? Une incroyable vidéo de 10 minutes enregistrée par accident, une rivière glacée et une voiture immobilisée en plein milieu (nous avions pourtant franchi plein de gués ce jour-là), des touristes qui filment, des français qui se mouillent littéralement la chemise pour nous aider et d'autres qui ont joué de leur jeep et de leurs sangles pour nous sortir de là.</p>
<p lang="en">So… what happened between these two pictures? An incredible 10-minutes-long video unintentionally recorded, an icy river and a car stuck right in the middle (please note that this was by no means our first crossing of the day), unhelpful tourists capturing the scene on their fucking phones, helpful fellow french such as that one who was unafraid to wet the shirt — literally — trying to push the car with us, or that group that managed to dislodge it from the river thanks to their massive jeep and the strong webbings they were carrying around.</p>
<p>Des bagages évacués, une voiture qui ne redémarre pas, ce qui s'expliquera plus tard par la foireuse combinaison d'un système électronique installé dans le plancher (les SUV, tout est dit) et d'un <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.autorentalcar3107-0108_021_l.jpg" title="Autorentalcar #021, 1 august 2017">trou béant</a> dans le chassis que nous avons immédiatement pu relier à un sale bruit de caillou entendu sur la route lors d'une accélération inattendue et pas franchement de bon aloi causée par le comportement du mode sport de cette bagnole.</p>
<p lang="en">Luggages removed, a car that won't start over as would be explained later by the terrible combination of an electronic system located in the floor (that's textbook unhelpful SUV for you) and a <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.autorentalcar3107-0108_021_l.jpg" title="Autorentalcar #021, 1 august 2017">massive hole</a> in the undercarriage which we instantly correlated with a very disturbing sound heard while driving as the sport mode of the car suddenly produced an ill-timed acceleration on a very rocky road.</p>
<p>Des rangers qui attendent avec nous, qui nous amènent à un refuge pour attendre le dépanneur, une équipe de scientifiques qui débarque dans le refuge, un dépanneur très gentil, aux cils trop longs et auquel la malbouffe fera sans doute du tort plus tard qui arrive à minuit passé, une galère pas possible pour <em>retrouver</em> la voiture dans ce qui s'apparente à un labyrinthe niveau expert, un chemin <em>hostile</em> qui vient même à bout de sa remorque, la voiture à nouveau abandonnée au milieu de nulle part, un camping investi à 4h30 du matin.</p>
<p lang="en">Rangers waiting with us, driving us to a refuge 15 min from there, a scientific group arriving in the refuge, a sweet repairman with long eyelashes and a probably misplaced trust in junk food arriving past midnight, the path to the car wiped off our memories now the sun has set and what with the place bring an expert-level maze, a hostile road that's a little bit too much for the repairman equipment who will end up abandoning the car behind in the middle of nowhere, a campsite entered at 4:30am.</p>
<p>L'attente de la voiture, un retour forcé à Reykvavik pour un coût qui fait froid dans le dos avec le frère du premier dépanneur qui a encore moins dormi que son frère — une heure —, une arrivée le soir dans une agence aux pratiques douteuses qui exigent avant minuit une compensation financière provisionnelle correspondant au maximum potentiellement applicable à ce modèle de voiture (ce soit-disant système islandais est une arnaque), qui hélas ne correspondait pas à celui que nous avions réservé beaucoup plus modeste <cite>(« Another one drives the Duster »)</cite>, des économies envolées à grand peine après le bloquage des cartes bancaires engendré par le dépannage seul, des cartes bancaires essayées les une après les autres avec des montants toujours plus petits, le dernier versement à 11h59, l'impossibilité de relouer une bagnole après s'être fait dépouiller faute de pouvoir payer une caution, et voici comment l'on finit à faire du camping sauvage sur un rond-point.</p>
<p lang="en">The wait for the retrieval of the car, a forced return to Reykvavik at a most prohibitive cost with the former repairman's brother who had an even shorter sleep than his brother — one hour —, a late night arrival in a shady car agency insisting that a provision corresponding to the maximum amount for eventual damages be paid before midnight (that so-called icelandic way is likely a scam, fiy), a car model that ends up being far more expensive than the one we rented, an unrequited ‘upgrade‘ of tragic consequences, savings gone, credit cards tried one after another with increasingly smaller amounts to no avail as the cost of the towing alone had probably triggered an alert with the bank, a last paiement successfully proceeded at 11:59pm, no way to rent another car because we cannot provide a caution after having been completely ripped off, and that's how you end up camping on the next available roundabout.</p>
<p>Épilogue : des mois plus tard, une fraction infime de la provision que nous avions fournie remboursée par la compagnie qui a donc gardé l'essentiel de la somme pour refaire la voiture à neuf au passage, avec facture détaillée sur laquelle apparaissent des pièces pourtant complètement épargnées par l'accident, comme tous les sièges par exemple. <strong>Comme c'est pratique.</strong></p>
<p lang="en">Epilogue: months later, receiving a refund for a fraction of the provision we had supplied, with a detailed bill that show clearly how they replaced everything they could on this car, notably unharmed pieces like the seats. <strong>How convenient.</strong></p>
<figure><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/iceland-sunset-river.jpg" title="Iceland sunset on a river"><img alt="Iceland sunset on a river" title="Iceland sunset on a river" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/lakagigar3007/.iceland-sunset-river_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Même rivière, heure différente / <span lang="en">Same river, different time of the day</span></figcaption>
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<p>Nous avons vraiment, <em>vraiment</em> dû nous poser la question de poursuivre ou non ce séjour après avoir lâché une somme aussi indécente. Considéré l'aspect exceptionnel de ces congés qui pour certains d'entre nous sont rarissimes. Relativisé sur des finances dont il est si raisonnablement disposé au quotidien que sans doute pouvons nous admettre qu'une partie de ces économies puisse être sacrifiée en cas de catastrophe. Pensé à l'argent supplémentaire qui serait perdu en lâchant des réservations, en reprenant des billets d'avion. Et nous avons donc pris le parti de continuer. Ayant… évacué ce post… compliqué, je compte bien revenir un de ces quatre avec de quoi vous en remettre plein les mirettes ! Mais pour finir sur une note plus sympa, quelques liens compilés ces derniers mois que je ne savais pas comment placer car ils ne sont pas nombreux :</p>
<p lang="en">At that point we had to consider whether to keep the trip going on or not after such an indecent sum was thrown away by the window. Arguments in favour were the considerable lack of available holidays for some of our party meaning time is of even more value than the money here, and a rather thrifty lifestyle with some financial margins for emergency crisis. And ultimately, giving up on already paid reservations, having to purchase another plane tickets maybe? Wasn't worth it, so we did indeed stay until the end. Pffeeew. Not that this rather… emotional post is… evacuated, I vow to come back with more amazeball photos on the rest of our trip! Might be easier now. But to end on a less bitter note, I have compiled a few links lately but not enough for a full post so I'm just dropping them here:</p>
<h2>Les bons liens de Lucien</h2>
<p lang="en">The instagram account of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/edelweiss_dearest/" title="edelweiss_dearest Instagram account">@edelweiss_dearest</a>, for those of you that are quite appealed at the current trend of overindulging a makeup addiction (usually small purchases, but which pile up) and would rather not think about the massive amount of packaging involved. What she does with a makeup palette for children is so… pure (yes, I know that sounds silly) · <a href="http://www.frockflicks.com/snark-week-shitty-historical-movie-portraits/" title="SNARK WEEK: Shitty Historical Movie Portraits">SNARK WEEK: Shitty Historical Movie Portraits</a>: Hilarious article on a theme that speaks to me, having once wrote a piece on the fictional artists as seen in the telly for my graduation magazine assignement (I was supposed to design the magazine though, not write in it) · I'm so slow to write these pieces that <a href="https://nokturnalclash.livejournal.com/115326.html" title="Une escapade islandaise: une saga grandeur nature! ">Nokturnal had the time to visit and blog about Iceland too</a>, and I warn you, with an acute eye for landscape photography through years of documenting runs and cycling escapades in our very own french mountains · It's not a coincidence that at the time around my birthday when I had an extra supply of cash, Folio Society brought back <a href="https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/his-dark-materials.html" title="His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman published by Folio Society">my favourite book serie ever in a stunning edition</a> which had tragically disappeared long ago and left me in despair as I witnessed the reselling price go higher and higher on sites like Abebooks. Expensive as it was, it was a second chance I had to seize. Forgotten, the inner debates about the covers which I loved but weren't the oil paintings I practically worshipped so long ago. However, Peter Bailey who has illustrated these volumes has also collaborated to my knowledge on <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/tout-ce-qui-brille">at least one other title</a>, which further legitimatize the takeover. Long story short: now I'm happily broke again · Last month was marked by receiving packages from <a href="https://www.vonmonsta.com/" title="Von Monsta.com, Artist, Illustrator and Invoker of the Unseen">Naomi Von Monsta</a> but also after a long wait my pledge reward for the crowdfunded <a href="https://fr.ulule.com/bd-nimbostratus/" title="Nimbostratus">Nimbostratus</a> project. I love the feeling of buying art but admit only doing so once or two a year, usually around my birthday. Framing art, on the other hand, is exactly the type of expense I keep pushing for later… Damn!</p>Oskúrlafaktur Part II : Heklaurn:md5:558f3ec29d0ca3942d6806cb4c91b8d52018-04-12T02:14:00+02:002018-04-12T01:40:46+02:00messalynUnderbara ResaargentiqueCanon AV-1expired filmExpéditionsHeklaIslandeLightroomNikon D60volcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 05<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0004_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the summit of the volcano with patches of snow, Hekla volcano"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of the summit of the volcano with patches of snow, Hekla volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0004_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the summit of the volcano with patches of snow, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #004, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Ca va trop loin ces filtres Instagram / <span lang="en">Those Instagram filters have to stop, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #004, 28 july 2017</span></figcaption>
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<p>J'adore ce (court) passage dans mon film argentique lorsque les tonalités s'affirment et me livrent des paysages dignes des meilleurs sets de films fantastiques du début des années 80, avant de basculer dans le monochrome bleu Klein un peu trop prononcé à mon goût. Je reprends donc le fil de mes billets photos car tout de même il est totalement indécent de retenir en otage des photos de l'Islande lorsque l'on en a. Comme souvent, l'histoire s'arrête sur un volcan, l'un des plus connus du pays (ce qui n'avait pas l'air de déplacer les foules puisque nous avons dû croiser 2 ou 3 groupes à tout casser). Si nous avions « enchaîné » les sites (et sources d'eau chaude ;)) dans le Cercle d'Or au sein d'une même journée, pour Hekla nous prîmes notre temps, à l'instar des paysages qui s'étendaient inlassablement en déserts de sable noir. Hekla nous fit en outre la grâce de ne pas érupter sur notre passage, ce qui est toujours agréable de la part d'un volcan semi-prévisible qui a largement dépassé de plusieurs années la date estimée de son prochain chaos. Autre geste prévoyant et non des moindres, ces petites névés gardées bien au chaud jusqu'en juillet au cas où j'aurais voulu photographier en noir & blanc (tels les moutons islandais).</p> <figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0003_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the ash and lava desert in front of the volcano"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of the ash and lava desert in front of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0003_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of the ash and lava desert in front of the volcano, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film 003, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo violette du volcan vu en fond d'un désert de cendres et de lave / <span lang="en">Purple-tinted photograph of the ash and lava desert in front of the volcano, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film 003, 28 july 2017</span> (<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_004.jpg" title="Lava desert with Hekla in the background, Hekla volcano #004, Iceland, 28 july 2017">version Nikon D60</a>)</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_015.jpg" title="Red ash desert"><img alt="Red ash desert" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_015_l.jpg" title="Red ash desert, Hekla volcano #015, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_020.jpg" title="Sheep baa-ing in a tall grass meadow"><img alt="Sheep baa-ing in a tall grass meadow" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_020_l.jpg" title="Sheep baa-ing in a tall grass meadow, Hekla volcano #020, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_026.jpg" title="A black sheep eating grass next to a stream"><img alt="A black sheep eating grass next to a stream" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_026_l.jpg" title="A black sheep eating grass next to a stream, Hekla volcano #026, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_002.jpg"><img alt="Yellow and purple flowers in a lava desert, Hekla volcano #002, Iceland, 28 july 2017" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_002_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_032.jpg" title="Lava rocks standing out in front of a stream crossing a valley"><img alt="Lava rocks standing out in front of a stream crossing a valley" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_032_l.jpg" title="Lava rocks standing out in front of a stream crossing a valley, Hekla volcano #032, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0005_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the surroundings of the volcano with lava rocks and snowy-capped mountains"><img alt="Magenta-tinted photograph of the surroundings of the volcano with lava rocks and snowy-capped mountains" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0005_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Magenta-tinted photograph of the surroundings of the volcano with lava rocks and snowy-capped mountains, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #005, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo à la tonalité magenta du sol jonché de pierres de lave et des sommets enneigés environnant le volcan / <span lang="en">Magenta-tinted photograph of the surroundings of the volcano with lava rocks and snowy-capped mountains, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #005, 28 july 2017</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_036.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano"><img alt="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_036_l.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #036, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_052.jpg" title="Sunny snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano"><img alt="Sunny snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_052_l.jpg" title="Sunny snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #052, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0007_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph from the summit of the volcano of the area with patches of snow in the background"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph from the summit of the volcano of the area with patches of snow in the background" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0007_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph from the summit of the volcano of the area with patches of snow in the background, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #007, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Rare cliché de l'Astre Pourpre / <span lang="en">Rare image of The Purple Moon, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #007, 28 july 2017 (and coincidentally my favourite from the whole film roll)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_059.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano"><img alt="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_059_l.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #059, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_060.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano"><img alt="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_060_l.jpg" title="Snow and ashes on the slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #060, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_064.jpg" title="Young man standing up in the lava"><img alt="Young man standing up in the lava" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_064_l.jpg" title="Young man standing up in the lava, Hekla volcano #064, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_066.jpg" title="Rocks and moss in a sunny light"><img alt="Rocks and moss in a sunny light" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_066_l.jpg" title="Rocks and moss in a sunny light, Hekla volcano #066, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/0006_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of a snow patch in a crater"><img alt="Purple-tinted photograph of a snow patch in a crater" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/canon-av1/.0006_islande-expired-kodakgoldultra400_l.jpg" title="Purple-tinted photograph of a snow patch in a crater, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #006, 28 july 2017" /></a>
<figcaption>Photo violette de neige dans un cratère / <span lang="en">Purple-tinted photograph of a snow patch in a crater, Hekla volcano, Iceland with Canon AV-1 and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO expired film #006, 28 july 2017</span> (<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_074.jpg" title="Snow in the crater of the volcano, Hekla volcano #074, Iceland, 28 july 2017">version Nikon D60</a>)</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_075.jpg" title="Ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky"><img alt="Ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_075_l.jpg" title="Ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky, Hekla volcano #075, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_084.jpg" title="Massive solidified lava rock"><img alt="Massive solidified lava rock" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_084_l.jpg" title="Massive solidified lava rock, Hekla volcano #084, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_081.jpg" title="Black and red ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky and sun-bathed mountains"><img alt="Black and red ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky and sun-bathed mountains" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_081_l.jpg" title="Black and red ashes and lava rocks standing out in front of a very blue sky and sun-bathed mountains, Hekla volcano #081, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_085.jpg" title="Lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day"><img alt="Lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_085_l.jpg" title="Lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day, Hekla volcano #085, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_086.jpg" title="Snow, lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day"><img alt="Snow, lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_086_l.jpg" title="Snow, lava field and snow-capped moutains on a sunny day, Hekla volcano #086, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_098.jpg" title="Snow patch at the black and red summit of the volcano on a sunny day"><img alt="Snow patch at the black and red summit of the volcano on a sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_098_l.jpg" title="Snow patch at the black and red summit of the volcano on a sunny day, Hekla volcano #098, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_099.jpg" title="Snowy summit of the volcano"><img alt="Snowy summit of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_099_l.jpg" title="Snowy summit of the volcano, Hekla volcano #099, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_141.jpg" title="Big lava rock standing out in a ash desert on a sunny but cloudy day"><img alt="Big lava rock standing out in a ash desert on a sunny but cloudy day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_141_l.jpg" title="Big lava rock standing out in a ash desert on a sunny but cloudy day, Hekla volcano #141, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_113.jpg" title="Sphynx-like red rock on the ashy slope of the volcano"><img alt="Sphynx-like red rock on the ashy slope of the volcano" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_113_l.jpg" title="Sphynx-like red rock on the ashy slope of the volcano, Hekla volcano #113, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_146.jpg" title="Red and white house at the center of a large meadow with Hekla in the background"><img alt="Red and white house at the center of a large meadow with Hekla in the background" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_146_l.jpg" title="Red and white house at the center of a large meadow with Hekla in the background, Hekla volcano #146, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/hekla2807_145.jpg" title="Horses eating grass at the closure of a sunny day with mountains in the background"><img alt="Horses eating grass at the closure of a sunny day with mountains in the background" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/islande2017/hekla2807/.hekla2807_145_l.jpg" title="Horses eating grass at the closure of a sunny day with mountains in the background, Hekla volcano #145, Iceland, 28 july 2017" /></a></figure>
<h2>À part ça…</h2>
<p>Je pars me ressourcer en Bretagne ! Morbihan plus exactement. Incroyable de penser que l'occasion ne s'est pas présentée depuis… 2010 ? 2008 ? Si l'on excepte un court week-end à Saint-Malo pour un festival BD. J'ai hâte de feuilleter à nouveau le vieux livre folklorique d'Anatole Le Braz, ainsi que de <strong>refaire mon stock de grains de café !</strong> (et de thé breton, si j'en trouve XD). J'emmène des choses à faire, cela va sans dire (mais je suis moins téméraire qu'à l'époque donc ni toile ni huile). À voir selon ce que je trouve le temps de faire, mais je prends toute occasion de travailler dans un cadre où des fenêtres multiples et un jardin constituent mon environnement proche. L'autre jour j'ai essayé le plus grand parc de la ville, je vous raconte pas la déception… Ce n'est pas pour rien que je saisis toutes les chances d'aller voir du pays, ne pouvant admettre cette absence de sauvagerie. Aucun rapport du coup, mais les parisiennes, j'espère vous croiser à la soirée Voriagh lors de mon escale dans la capitale !</p>
<p>PS : J'aurais tout à fait pu poster ma dernière illustration plutôt qu'un post photo mais je ne sais plus trop quoi faire de mes nouvelles productions. C'est vrai que j'aurais pu aussi me lancer dans mes commentaires en retard sur les blogs que j'aime au lieu d'écrire ici, ne me jugez pas.</p>Printemps Indien Part IV : Retour et détoursurn:md5:0d379a9d2ab32035e569b0d1b0cf447a2018-01-24T22:14:00+01:002018-01-25T02:18:25+01:00messalynUnderbara ResabotaniqueCanon AV-1CilaoscimetièreExpéditionsLa RéunionLightroomNikon D60Piton de la FournaiseSaint PierreteathévolcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 04VSCO FILM® 05<p>Étant éparpillée comme jamais en ce moment (j'ai même repris le site web, c'est dire), je n'ai toujours pas de nouveaux dessins à vous montrer, heureusement j'ai dans ma manche une dernière salve de clichés tropicaux, c'est cadeau !</p>
<p lang="en">My creative flow is utterly divised at the time being between too many projects, luckily I still have something up my sleeve for you, the last of my tropical photos from <strike>last year</strike> october 2016, enjoy!</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_011.JPG"><img alt="canon-av1-reunion2016_011.JPG" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_011_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Vagues s'écrasant sur le basalte / <span lang="en">Waves crashing on dark rocks, Saint Pierre, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 15 october 2016</span></figcaption>
</figure> <h2>Tour de l'île à l'argentique</h2>
<p>Ce quatrième post de ma série réunionnaise sera un peu décousu car j'aimerais conclure avec toutes mes photos prises à l'argentique (un Canon AV-1 tombé entre mes mains fort à propos quelques mois avant ce voyage), tout en glissant au passage une dernière série de photos dans un lieu étonnant que je mourrais d'envie de partager depuis mon premier post. Plutôt que de l'entrecouper de paragraphes de commentaires car la période couverte est trop longue (et que j'ai oublié mon carnet de voyage à l'atelier) j'ai préféré légender mes photos.</p>
<p lang="en">This fourth post in my Reunion serie is a bit pulled together at the last minute as I've a whole film roll to show you, following my acquisition of a Canon AV-1 a couple months before this trip, and a last photo serie in a fascinating place I was dying to show you from the day I started these posts! Instead of writing inbetween pictures because the period covered is too long (and also because I forgot my travel notebook at my atelier apparently), I captioned all the photos.</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_002.JPG" title="Waterfall"><img alt="Waterfall" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_002_l.jpg" title="Waterfall, Trois Bassins, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #002, 9 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Cascade / <span lang="en">Waterfall, Trois Bassins, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 9 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_003.JPG" title="Protruding tree branch over an otherwise very yellow vegetation"><img alt="Protruding tree branch over an otherwise very yellow vegetation" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_003_l.jpg" title="Protruding tree branch over an otherwise very yellow vegetation, Trois Bassins, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #003, 9 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Branche protubérant au dessus du vide, verte parmi une végétation très désséchée / <span lang="en">Protruding tree branch over an otherwise very yellow vegetation, Trois Bassins, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 9 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_004.JPG" title="Reunion traditional red shrine for Saint-Expedit"><img alt="Reunion traditional red shrine for Saint-Expedit" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_004_l.jpg" title="Reunion traditional red shrine for Saint-Expedit, Trois Bassins, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #004, 9 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Traditionel autel rouge à St-Expédit, il y en a partout à la Réunion et comme son nom l'indique c'est pour prier viteuf' / <span lang="en">Reunion traditional red shrine for Saint-Expedit, a Saint that is not recognized by the church but has the undeniable advantage of demanding not much of your time, Trois Bassins, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 9 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_006.JPG" title="Beach boardwalk"><img alt="Beach boardwalk" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_006_l.jpg" title="Beach boardwalk, Saint Gilles, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #006, 9 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Bord de mer / <span lang="en">Beach boardwalk, Saint Gilles, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 9 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_008.JPG"><img alt="Crater, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #008, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_008_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Cratère / <span lang="en">Crater, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 12 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_009.JPG"><img alt="Market with poultry stalls, Saint Pierre, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #009, 15 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Stands de volaille sur un marché / <span lang="en">Market with poultry stalls, Saint Pierre, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 15 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_010.JPG"><img alt="Waves crashing on dark rocks, Saint Pierre, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #010, 15 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Vagues s'écrasant sur le basalte / <span lang="en">Waves crashing on dark rocks, Saint Pierre, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 15 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_012.JPG" title="Tree with purple flowers and tree ferns"><img alt="Tree with purple flowers and tree ferns" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_012_l.jpg" title="Tree with purple flowers and tree ferns, Road to Cilaos, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #012, 15 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Arbre aux fleurs violettes et fougères arborescentes / <span lang="en">Tree with purple flowers and tree ferns, Road to Cilaos, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 15 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_014.JPG" title="Mountains and forest"><img alt="Mountains and forest" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_014_l.jpg" title="Mountains and forest, Road to Cilaos, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #014, 15 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Montagnes et forêts / <span lang="en">Mountains and forest, Road to Cilaos, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 15 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_013.JPG" title="Tiny house for sale"><img alt="Tiny house for sale" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_013_l.jpg" title="Tiny house for sale, Cilaos, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #013, 15 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_017.JPG" title="Bended palm tree"><img alt="Bended palm tree" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_017_l.jpg" title="Bended palm tree, Grotte des Premiers Français, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #017, 17 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Toute petite maison à vendre. Deuxième image : Palmier voûté / <span lang="en">First picture: Tiny house for sale, Cilaos, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 15 october 2016. Second picture: Bended palm tree, Grotte des Premiers Français, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 17 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_016.JPG" title="Trees growing on a fallen tree"><img alt="Trees growing on a fallen tree" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_016_l.jpg" title="Trees growing on a fallen tree, Grotte des Premiers Français, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #016, 17 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Arbres poussant sur un autre arbre tombé au sol / <span lang="en">Trees growing on a fallen tree, Grotte des Premiers Français, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 17 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_018.JPG" title="Frangipani flower in the marine cemetary"><img alt="Frangipani flower in the marine cemetary" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_018_l.jpg" title="Frangipani flower in the marine cemetary, Cimetière marin, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #018, 17 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Fleur de frangipanier dans le cimetière marin / <span lang="en">Frangipani flower in the marine cemetary, Cimetière marin, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 17 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_019.JPG" title="Eons-old tombs in the marine cemetary"><img alt="Eons-old tombs in the marine cemetary" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_019_l.jpg" title="Eons-old tombs in the marine cemetary, Cimetière marin, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #019, 17 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Tombes anciennes dans le cimetière marin / <span lang="en">Eons-old tombs in the marine cemetary, Cimetière marin, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 17 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_020.JPG"><img alt="Eons-old tombs in the marine cemetary, Cimetière marin, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #020, 17 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_020_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Tombes anciennes dans le cimetière marin / <span lang="en">Eons-old tombs in the marine cemetary, Cimetière marin, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 17 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_021.JPG" title="Reflection of palm trees"><img alt="Reflection of palm trees" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_021_l.jpg" title="Reflection of palm trees, Tour des Roches, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #021, 17 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Reflet de palmiers / <span lang="en">Reflection of palm trees, Tour des Roches, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 17 october 2016</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_022.JPG" title="Sunset on the bay"><img alt="Sunset on the bay" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_022_l.jpg" title="Sunset on the bay, Tour des Roches, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #022, 17 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Coucher de soleil sur la baie / <span lang="en">Sunset on the bay, Tour des Roches, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 17 october 2016</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_023.JPG" title="View on Mafate"><img alt="View on Mafate" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_023_l.jpg" title="View on Mafate, Meïdo summit, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #023, 20 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Vue sur le cirque de Mafate / <span lang="en">View on Mafate, Meïdo summit, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 20 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_025.JPG" title="Rock beach"><img alt="Rock beach" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_025_l.jpg" title="Rock beach, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #025, 20 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Plage de galets / <span lang="en">Rock beach, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 20 october 2016</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_026.JPG" title="Enormous tree bur"><img alt="Enormous tree bur" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_026_l.jpg" title="Enormous tree bur, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #026, 20 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Broussin monstrueux / <span lang="en">Enormous tree bur, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #026, 20 october 2016</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_027.JPG" title="Dog on a rooftop like it’s no big deal"><img alt="Dog on a rooftop like it’s no big deal" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_027_l.jpg" title="Dog on a rooftop like it’s no big deal, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #027, 20 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Remake furry du hussard / <span lang="en">Dog on a rooftop like it’s no big deal, Saint-Paul, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 20 october 2016</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_028.JPG" title="Blowhole by the name of Le Souffleur at sunset"><img alt="Blowhole by the name of Le Souffleur at sunset" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_028_l.jpg" title="Blowhole by the name of Le Souffleur at sunset, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #028, 20 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_030.JPG" title="Waterfall and jungle"><img alt="Waterfall and jungle" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_030_l.jpg" title="Waterfall and jungle, Road to Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #030, 23 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Le Souffleur près de Saint-Leu au coucher de soleil. Deuxième image : Jungle et cascade / <span lang="en">First picture: Blowhole by the name of Le Souffleur at sunset, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 , 20 october 2016. Second picture: Waterfall and jungle, Road to Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 23 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_031.JPG" title="Waterfall and heavy vegetation where a ceremony was performed hidden from sight"><img alt="Waterfall and heavy vegetation where a ceremony was performed hidden from sight" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_031_l.jpg" title="Waterfall and heavy vegetation where a ceremony was performed hidden from sight, Road to Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #031, 23 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Cascade et végétation épaisse dissimulant une cérémonie inconnue / <span lang="en">Waterfall and heavy vegetation where a ceremony was performed hidden from sight, Road to Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 23 october 2016</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_035.JPG" title="Mountains covered by the jungle and their shadows"><img alt="Mountains covered by the jungle and their shadows" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_035_l.jpg" title="Mountains covered by the jungle and their shadows, Road to Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #035, 23 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_032.JPG" title="Posing in Lena Hoschek ‘Provence’ skirt and Seamstress of Bloomsbury blouse at Folio House"><img alt="Posing in Lena Hoschek ‘Provence’ skirt and Seamstress of Bloomsbury blouse at Folio House" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_032_l.jpg" title="Posing in Lena Hoschek ‘Provence’ skirt and Seamstress of Bloomsbury blouse at Folio House, Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #032, 23 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Jeux d'ombre sur les montagnes recouvertes par la jungle. Deuxième image : Pose devant la maison Folio, avec une jupe « Provence » de chez Lena Hoschek et une blouse Seamstress of Bloomsbury / <span lang="en">First picture: Mountains covered by the jungle and their shadows, Road to Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 23 october 2016. Second picture: Posing in Lena Hoschek ‘Provence’ skirt and Seamstress of Bloomsbury blouse at Folio House</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_033.JPG" title="Village-weaver bird nests on a tree"><img alt="Village-weaver bird nests on a tree" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_033_l.jpg" title="Village-weaver bird nests on a tree, Road to Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #033, 23 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Nids de béliers sur un arbre dépouillé / <span lang="en">Village-weaver bird nests on a tree, Road to Salazie, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 23 october 2016</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/canon-av1-reunion2016_037.JPG" title="Wedding in a Tamoul temple"><img alt="Wedding in a Tamoul temple" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/canon-av1/.canon-av1-reunion2016_037_l.jpg" title="Wedding in a Tamoul temple, Saint-Pierre, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1 #037, 27 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Mariage dans un temple Tamoul / <span lang="en">Wedding in a Tamoul temple, Saint-Pierre, Reunion Island with Canon AV-1, 27 october 2016</span></figcaption>
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<h2>26 octobre, Le Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé</h2>
<p>Très rapidement en arrivant sur cette île, j'ai pu me procurer du thé produit localement pour mon petit-déjeuner en profitant de la boutique de souvenirs de l'un des endroits que nous avons visité. Une plantation de thé française ? Voilà qui n'est pas banal. C'est le genre d'endroit que j'ai toujours voulu visiter, notamment lors de mes voyages au Japon, mais un périple en rase campagne japonaise pose un problème de logistique plutôt dissuadant pour le néophyte. Pas question de laisser passer ma chance cette fois-ci d'autant plus que le Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé est très atypique dans le genre : relancé sur les ruines d'une plantation abandonnée quelques décennies plus tôt car en compétition avec d'autres pays aux salaires ridiculement bas, et ce malgré sa qualité à la fois reconnue et… méconnue. C'est ainsi que plusieurs générations d'arbres y cohabitent ; les plus jeunes y sont plantés de sorte à former un labyrinthe, comme le nom l'indique. Quant aux plus anciens, ils fournissent un rare exemple de cette espèce généralement taillée pour rester accessible à la cueillette : ici nous les croisons hauts de plusieurs mètres, comme la Nature les a fait.</p>
<p lang="en">Quickly upon arriving in the island, I found some locally produced tea for breakfast in the shop of some place we visited. Locally-produced tea: french tea? Now that's unheard of. I have always wanted to visit a tea plantation, especially when visiting Japan, but an expedition in some remote japanese countryside always felt too hardcore for me. Thus I had to take advantage of this unique occasion, even more so indeed as Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé has its very own ways to do business: for starters, it's built on the remains of a previous plantation that had to stop production a few decades ago, due to the competition of countries with ridiculously low wages, and because its quality couldn't overcome its confidentiality. All of this resulting into various generations of trees, the latest having been sowed as a maze, as the name induces. As for the eldest, they have reached their full adult size which is a bit of a rareity as usually they are kept small so workers can pick up the leaves.</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_001.jpg" title="Vegetable garden in a heavy mist"><img alt="Vegetable garden in a heavy mist" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_001_l.jpg" title="Vegetable garden in a heavy mist, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #001, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_002.jpg" title="Flower garden in a heavy mist"><img alt="Flower garden in a heavy mist" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_002_l.jpg" title="Flower garden in a heavy mist, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #002, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Jardins potager et floral sous un épais brouillard / <span lang="en">Vegetable and flower gardens in a heavy mist</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_003.jpg" title="Entrance of the maze in a heavy mist"><img alt="Entrance of the maze in a heavy mist" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_003_l.jpg" title="Entrance of the maze in a heavy mist, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #003, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Entrée du labyrinthe / <span lang="en">Entrance of the maze</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_005.jpg" title="Panoramic photograph of tightly planted tea trees grown to their full size"><img alt="Panoramic photograph of tightly planted tea trees grown to their full size" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_005_l.jpg" title="Panoramic photograph of tightly planted tea trees grown to their full size, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #005, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Rangées serrées de théiers (latin : <cite>camelia sinensis</cite>) à leur taille naturelle / <span lang="en">tightly planted tea trees (latin: <cite>camelia sinensis</cite>) grown to their full size</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_006.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of one of the paths from the tea tree maze"><img alt="Black and white photograph of one of the paths from the tea tree maze" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_006_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of one of the paths from the tea tree maze, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #006, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_011.jpg" title="One of the paths from the tea tree maze"><img alt="One of the paths from the tea tree maze" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_011_l.jpg" title="One of the paths from the tea tree maze, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #011, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Allées / <span lang="en">Paths</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_007.jpg" title="Top of human-sized tea trees with a good view on the leaves"><img alt="Top of human-sized tea trees with a good view on the leaves" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_007_l.jpg" title="Top of human-sized tea trees with a good view on the leaves, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #007, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Détail des haies de thé / <span lang="en">Detail of the tea hedges</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_010.jpg" title="Bamboos meeting tea trees"><img alt="Bamboos meeting tea trees" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_010_l.jpg" title="Bamboos meeting tea trees, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #010, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>De nombreuses bambouseraies jalonnent le labyrinthe / <span lang="en">Many bamboo groves are disseminated throughout the maze</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_012.jpg" title="Tea tree seeds on the ground"><img alt="Tea tree seeds on the ground" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_012_l.jpg" title="Tea tree seeds on the ground, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #012, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>À quoi ressemblent des graines de théier / <span lang="en">If you ever wondered what do tea seeds look like</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_015.jpg" title="Various heights of tea trees in the maze with a fern tree trapped amongst them"><img alt="Various heights of tea trees in the maze with a fern tree trapped amongst them" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_015_l.jpg" title="Various heights of tea trees in the maze with a fern tree trapped amongst them, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #015, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Sur cette photo on voit bien les différence de tailles entre les différentes générations d'arbres / <span lang="en">In this photograph you can see clearly the difference of heights between the various tree generations</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_017.jpg" title="Maze corridors made from tea trees with an heavy mist seen in the background"><img alt="Maze corridors made from tea trees with an heavy mist seen in the background" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_017_l.jpg" title="Maze corridors made from tea trees with an heavy mist seen in the background, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #017, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Bord du labyrinthe / <span lang="en">Hedges edges</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_018.jpg" title="Tea tree with open seed pods on its branches"><img alt="Tea tree with open seed pods on its branches" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_018_l.jpg" title="Tea tree with open seed pods on its branches, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #018, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Théier et ses branches parsemées de coques de graines ouvertes (car elles sont déjà tombées au sol pour la plupart) / <span lang="en">Tea tree with open seed pods on its branches (with most seeds already fallen)</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_019.jpg" title="Detail of open tea tree seed pods on a branch"><img alt="Detail of open tea tree seed pods on a branch" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_019_l.jpg" title="Detail of open tea tree seed pods on a branch, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #019, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Détail de coques de graines restées sur l'arbre / <span lang="en">Detail of open tea tree seed pods on a branch</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_020.jpg" title="Detail of the topmost tea leaves that are used to produce tea"><img alt="Detail of the topmost tea leaves that are used to produce tea" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_020_l.jpg" title="Detail of the topmost tea leaves that are used to produce tea, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #020, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Le thé n'est produit qu'avec les feuilles supérieures, parfois une seule dans les thés premium / <span lang="en">Tea is produced using only the topmost tea leaves, the higher the tea grade is, the fewer leaves are collected by tree, sometimes it's only the one at the top</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_021.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of tea leaves on the trees"><img alt="Black and white photograph of tea leaves on the trees" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_021_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of tea leaves on the trees, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #021, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Motif de feuilles / <span lang="en">Leaf pattern</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_024.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a young tea tree in front of a bamboo grove"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a young tea tree in front of a bamboo grove" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_024_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a young tea tree in front of a bamboo grove, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #024, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Une jeune pousse de théier devant des bambous / <span lang="en">Young tea tree in front of a bamboo grove</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/labyrinthe2610_026.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of conjoined tea trees"><img alt="Black and white photograph of conjoined tea trees" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintjoseph2610/.labyrinthe2610_026_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of conjoined tea trees, Labyrinthe En-Champ-Thé #026, Grand Coude, Saint-Joseph, Reunion Island, 26 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Jointure entre deux arbres / <span lang="en">Conjoined tea trees</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Je sais bien que ces billets ne sont pas très attendus, mais croyez-moi de mon côté j'attends avec impatience d'y retourner ! Cela devrait être pour cette année, ce qui ne va pas renflouer mes finances, mais on va dire que cela fait partie du devoir familial. (C'est à moitié une blague en fait.)</p>
<p lang="en">I know fully well nobody really care for these particular blog posts — or maybe it's the whole blog — but Reunion is still well into my mind, no less because I plan to go back this year despite my terrible finances. Family duty! (That's only half a joke though.)</p>
<h5>nowwatching : Purple Butterfly</h5>Printemps Indien Part III : Flore sauvage et entretenueurn:md5:0b90e6a7a813f16386722ef5c7d466f92017-10-20T02:14:00+02:002017-12-17T17:19:24+01:00messalynUnderbara ResabotaniqueConservatoire National Botanique de MascarinExpéditionsforestforêtForêt de Notre-Dame de la Paixjardin créoleLa RéunionLightroomNikon D60Piton de la FournaiseSaint DenisvolcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 00VSCO FILM® 04VSCO FILM® 05Yellowstone<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_008.jpg" title="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp)"><img alt="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp)" title="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #008, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_008_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Bassin au Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin / <span lang="en">Basin at the Mascarin National Botanic Conservatory</span></figcaption>
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<p>Je ne sais pas trop ce qui s'est passé cette année mais je ne pensais pas dépasser le délai d'une année pour relater ce voyage…! Ca m'était arrivé pour <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/tag/Yellowstone">Yellowstone</a>, mais pas au bout du 3e billet, et puis mes méthodes de retouche photo étaient bien plus fastidieuses à l'époque. D'ailleurs, je me suis attaquée récemment à mes anciens billets de voyage pour les rendre plus jolis, si le cœur vous en dit. (En réalité, c'est mon blog tout entier qui subit actuellement un ravalement interne).</p>
<p lang="en">I'm not sure what happened this year because I certainly didn't expected to take a full year to write my reports about Reunion Island…! I experienced this for <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/tag/Yellowstone">Yellowstone</a>, but certainly not before the 3rd post and I seem to recall my photo-retouching methods were far more tedious back then. By the way, I recently rearranged my old travel posts to make them prettier, just in case. (Actually the whole blog is concerned by a cosmetic rearrangement).</p> <h2>Le Volcan</h2>
<p>Si la brume épaisse de mon passage précédent avait fait mon bonheur d'esthète, il est vrai que les reliefs du volcan n'en méritaient pas moins un deuxième point de vue, en espérant que la chappe de coton qui y a ses quartiers à l'année fusse disposée à me laisser faire. Si j'obtins de la complaisance auprès de l'azur, le volcan m'opposa sa propre résistance, avec une éruption en cours en condamnant l'entrée. Ce qui est moins excitant que cela n'en a l'air…</p>
<p lang="en">If the heavy mist from my last visit had from an esthete's point of view been most satisfactory, as a point of view on its own it has undeniably failed miserably, so I hoped to try my luck once more. I didn't met resistance on the weather's part, but the volcano itself was another matter. Let's say I could observe from afar, but the volcano trails were closed as an eruption was ongoing, which is muss less exciting than it sounds as it didn't result in any phenomenon, lava, nothing of the sort really…</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_005.jpg" title="Yellow flower bush with volcano crater in the background"><img alt="Yellow flower bush with volcano crater in the background" title="Yellow flower bush with volcano crater in the background, Volcan #005, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_005_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_014.jpg" title="Volcano crater"><img alt="Volcano crater" title="Volcano crater, Volcan #014, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_014_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_026.jpg" title="Lava field in the volcano extended crater"><img alt="Lava field in the volcano extended crater" title="Lava field in the volcano extended crater, Volcan #026, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_026_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_034.jpg" title="Volcanic sediments and yellow bushes"><img alt="Volcanic sediments and yellow bushes" title="Volcanic sediments and yellow bushes, Volcan #034, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_034_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_038.jpg" title="View on the volcano crater, red hearth and bright blue sky"><img alt="View on the volcano crater, red hearth and bright blue sky" title="View on the volcano crater, red hearth and bright blue sky, Volcan #038, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_038_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<p>La suite de la journée nous a mené ensuite à la <strong>Maison du Volcan</strong>, un petit musée plutôt sympa, entre ses collections minéralogiques, son simulateur d'éruption, ce moment un peu… déconcertant avec la projection d'un film en 4D scénarisé pour plaire aux enfants auquel nous avons assisté parmi un public adulte voire carrément 3e âge… Par contre ce musée m'a un peu épuisée ce qui fait que j'ai à peine prêté attention dans la voiture au chemin qui nous a amené à la forêt de Notre-Dame de la Paix. À l'origine garés pour que je puisse me débarrasser de ma fatigue en faisant une courte sieste, j'ai fini par sortir aussi de la voiture puis m'engouffrer dans le chemin qui débutait là :</p>
<p lang="en">The remainer of the day saw us visit the <strong>Volcano Museum</strong>, not the largest but a pleasant one, with a collection of minerals, a funny eruption simulator, an awkward moment with a 4D movie probably more aimed at kids than the adult to elederly people audience that watched it with us… However the museum tired me a bit so I have no memory whatsoever of the road to Notre-Dame de la Paix forest, where we pulled over so I could nap a bit but ended up going out of the car and engaging on a trail:</p>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_003.jpg" title="Path through a tropical forest on a misty day"><img alt="Path through a tropical forest on a misty day"title="Path through a tropical forest on a misty day, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #003, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_006.jpg" title="Tree chunk"><img alt="Tree chunk" title="Black and white photograph of a tree chunk, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #006, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_006_l.jpg" /></a>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_012.jpg" title="Weird tree shapes on a misty day"><img alt="Weird tree shapes on a misty day" title="Weird tree shapes on a misty day, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #012, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_012_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Un petit côté <cite>Sleepy Hollow</cite> en moins hémisphère nord / <span lang="en">Reminds me a bit of <cite>Sleepy Hollow</cite> minus the northern hemisphere</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_013.jpg" title="Heavy fog"><img alt="Heavy fog" title="Heavy fog, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #013, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_013_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_017.jpg" title="Fern detail"><img alt="Fern detail" title="Black and white photograph of a fern detail, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #017, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_017_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_018.jpg" title="Gnarly tree bunk in a tropical forest"><img alt="Gnarly tree bunk in a tropical forest" title="Gnarly tree bunk in a tropical forest, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #018, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_018_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Quand je vous disais qu'il y avait forcément un passage vers l'Enfer dans le coin / <span lang="en">Just as I was telling you, there it is, the passageway to Hell</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_019.jpg" title="Gnarly tree bunk in the fog of a tropical forest"><img alt="Gnarly tree bunk in the fog of a tropical forest" title="Gnarly tree bunk in the fog of a tropical forest, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #019, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_019_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_022.jpg" title="‘Braided’ tree bunk detail"><img alt="‘Braided’ tree bunk detail" title="‘Braided’ tree bunk detail, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #022, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_022_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_027.jpg" title="Contorted tree bunk amongst the vegetation"><img alt="Contorted tree bunk amongst the vegetation" title="Contorted tree bunk amongst the vegetation, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #027, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_027_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_028.jpg" title="Detail of a hole in a tree bunk in a heavy fog"><img alt="Detail of a hole in a tree bunk in a heavy fog" title="Detail of a hole in a tree bunk in a heavy fog, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #028, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_028_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<p>Comme souvent nous avons fini notre soirée avec un apéro chez le samoussassier de la plage à Saint Pierre avant de remonter au Tampon. / <span lang="en">As was often the case we finished the day with some appetizers procured at the samossa stall by the beach in Saint Pierre before going back to the Tampon.</span></p>
<h2>Saint Denis</h2>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_003.jpg" title="Luxury houses"><img alt="Luxury houses" title="Luxury houses, Saint-Denis #003, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Maison coloniale</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_004.jpg" title="Luxury houses"><img alt="Luxury houses" title="Luxury houses, Saint-Denis #004, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_004_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Autre case créole de toute beauté</figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_005.jpg" title="Old creole house falling apart"><img alt="Old creole house falling apart" title="Old creole house falling apart, Saint-Denis #005, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_005_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Maison à l'abandon, souvent symptôme d'un propriétaire cupide qui ne pouvant officiellement détruire son bien ni le brûler parce qu'on connaît la combine, laisse simplement le temps faire son effet. Cf feu la case de la famille avec laquelle j'ai voyagé / <span lang="en">Abandoned house, often the result of a cupid owner who, not allowed to destroy it, and weary of being caught at burning it as many have done before, simply let it fall apart over time. See also the former creole hut of the family I was travelling with</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_009.jpg" title="Juliette Dodu street"><img alt="Juliette Dodu street" title="Juliette Dodu street, Saint-Denis #009, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption lang="en">Juliette Dodu street</figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_010.jpg" title="Lizard"><img alt="Lizard" title="Lizard, Saint-Denis #010, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>C'est beau comme un tableau surréaliste</figcaption>
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<h2>Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin</h2>
<p>Nous avions trouvé porte close à ce jardin quelques jours plus tôt, mais le 16 octobre, on s'était mieux préparés et nous étions présents dès l'ouverture. J'ai acheté au passage dans la boutique plein de thés aux couleurs locales (genre orchidée, géranium, galabert…) et un livre sur les poissons pour aider un peu ma mémoire quant à mes « plongées » en lagon, qui furent d'ailleurs autant de jours sans photos parce que je préférais mon appareil le plus loin possible de toute étendue sableuse… Pour revenir au jardin, celui-ci était plus carré, plus… étiquetté que le <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/printemps-indien-part-ii-retour-caz-depart">Jardin des Parfums et des Épices</a>, mais c'est un lieu d'études en même temps.</p>
<p lang="en">We had previously driven to this garden only to find it closed, so on the 16th we made sure the date was right and we could enter at the opening. I liked it there and got myself a nice supply of locally-coloured teas from the shop (think orchid, geranium, lantana…), as well as a book on fishes to help keep a mental record on the fishes I saw on beach days, such as I couldn't relate on this diary as the camera was safe home on these occasions. These gardens were more structured than the <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/printemps-indien-part-ii-retour-caz-depart">Garden of Perfumes and Spices</a> (the name is a dead giveaway), which is to be expected from a research center, I guess.</p>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_002.jpg" title="Bégonia (Creole : Cœur de Jésus, latin : Begonia cucullata Willd.)"><img alt="Bégonia (Creole : Cœur de Jésus, latin : Begonia cucullata Willd.)" title="Bégonia (Creole : Cœur de Jésus, latin : Begonia cucullata Willd.), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #002, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Bégonia (latin : <cite>begonia cucullata willd.</cite>) / <span lang="en">Clubed begonia (latin: <cite>begonia cucullata willd.</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_007.jpg" title="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp)"><img alt="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp)" title="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #007, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_007_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_010.jpg" title="Unknown plant"><img alt="Unknown plant" title="Unknown plant, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #010, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>J'ai été très déçue de ne pas trouver le nom de cette plante, j'étais persuadée que je trouverais en moins de deux un beau nom créole alla « couilles-la-vierge », mais nenni</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_013.jpg" title="Paraglider above the gardens"><img alt="Paraglider above the gardens" title="Paraglider above the gardens, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #013, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_013_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_014.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a rift in a tree"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a rift in a tree" title="Black and white photograph of a rift in a tree, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #014, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_014_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption lang="en">The return of the crack in the wall</figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_021.jpg" title="Géranium rosat (latin : Pelargonium x asperum)"><img alt="Géranium rosat (latin : Pelargonium x asperum)" title="Géranium rosat (latin : Pelargonium x asperum), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #021, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_021_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_026.jpg" title="Lantana (creole : Galabert, latin : Lantana camara)"><img alt="Lantana (creole : Galabert, latin : Lantana camara)" title="Lantana (creole : Galabert, latin : Lantana camara), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #026, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_026_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Géranium rosat (latin : <cite>pelargonium x asperum</cite>). Deuxième image : « Galabert » (latin : <cite>lantana camara</cite>). Ces deux plantes ont toutes deux trouvé leur place dans mon placard à thé et même dans mes derniers cakes pour le géranium ! / First picture: Geranium rosat (latin: <cite>pelargonium x asperum</cite>). Second picture: Lantana (latin: <cite>lantana camara</cite>). Both plants have found their way into my tea cupboard, and in the case of geranium its essential oil recently went into the composition of my latest cakes</figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_028.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a the thorns on a Kapok trunk (creole : Fromager, Bois coton, latin : Ceiba pentandra)"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a the thorns on a Kapok trunk (creole : Fromager, Bois coton, latin : Ceiba pentandra)" title="Black and white photograph of a the thorns on a Kapok trunk (creole : Fromager, Bois coton, latin : Ceiba pentandra), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #028, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_028_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Kapokier (latin : <cite>ceiba pentandra</cite>) / <span lang="en">Kapok (latin: <cite>ceiba pentandra</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_030.jpg" title="Aloe Vera"><img alt="Aloe Vera" title="Aloe Vera, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #030, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_030_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption><cite>Aloe Vera</cite></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_032.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a branch covered in some sort of seeds"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a branch covered in some sort of seeds" title="Black and white photograph of a branch covered in some sort of seeds, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #032, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_032_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_035.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a cactus"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a cactus" title="Black and white photograph of a cactus, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #035, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_035_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_036.jpg" title="Jatropha (creole : Arbre corail, latin : Jatropha podagrica)"><img alt="Jatropha (creole : Arbre corail, latin : Jatropha podagrica)" title="Jatropha (creole : Arbre corail, latin : Jatropha podagrica), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #036, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_036_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>« Arbre corail » (latin : <cite>jatropha podagrica</cite>) / <span lang="en">Jatropha (latin: <cite>jatropha podagrica</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_044.jpg" title="Bougainvillea with village-weaver nests"><img alt="Bougainvillea with village-weaver nests" title="Bougainvillea with village-weaver nests, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #044, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_044_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Tisserins nichant dans un bougainvillier / <span lang="en">Village-weavers nesting in a bougainvillea</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_046.jpg" title="Iris marcheur ou Plante des Apôtres (latin : Neomarica gracilis)"><img alt="Iris marcheur ou Plante des Apôtres (latin : Neomarica gracilis)" title="Iris marcheur ou Plante des Apôtres (latin : Neomarica gracilis), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #046, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_046_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Iris marcheur (latin : <cite>neomarica gracilis</cite>) / <span lang="en">Walking iris (latin: <cite>neomarica gracilis</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_049.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an odd trunk on a palm tree"><img alt="Black and white photograph of an odd trunk on a palm tree" title="Black and white photograph of an odd trunk on a palm tree, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #049, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_049_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_050.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an Elephant's foot (latin : Beaucarnea recurvata)" ><img alt="Black and white photograph of an Elephant's foot (latin : Beaucarnea recurvata)" title="Black and white photograph of an Elephant's foot (latin : Beaucarnea recurvata), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #050, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_050_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Pied d'éléphant (latin : <cite>beaucarnea recurvata</cite>) / <span lang="en">Elephant's foot (latin: <cite>beaucarnea recurvata</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_054.jpg" title="Spanish moss (latin : Tillandsia usneoides)"><img alt="Spanish moss (latin : Tillandsia usneoides)" title="Spanish moss (latin : Tillandsia usneoides), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #054, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_054_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Mousse espagnole (latin : <cite>tillandsia usneoides</cite>) / <span lang="en">Spanish moss (latin: <cite>tillandsia usneoides</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_057.jpg" title="The garden of our villa at sundown"><img alt="The garden of our villa at sundown" title="The garden of our villa at sundown, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #057, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_057_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Et ça, c'était notre maison louée au mois. Soyez rassurés : nous n'étions pas malheureux / <span lang="en">Oh that? That was our house for the month. Rest at ease: it wasn't so bad</span></figcaption>
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<h5>nowgoing : to Paris</h5>Printemps Indien Part I : Brume arrangéeurn:md5:560a378a4fad2d22b8e1405f262c615e2017-04-21T14:14:00+02:002017-10-19T10:45:06+02:00messalynUnderbara Resablack sandBébourCap-MéchantExpéditionsfleursflowersforêtLa RéunionlavalaveLightroommarchémarketNikon D60Piton de la Fournaiseplante fânéesable noirseavolcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 04VSCO FILM® 05<p>Relater mes voyages par ici fait partie de la tradition, mais il est vrai que d'habitude, je suis dans mon rôle d'archiviste familiale, que cela soit par l'image ou par la tenue de journaux de bord, alors ce voyage à la Réunion que je vais commencer à raconter ici est un peu spécial. Si je suis partie en famille, ce n'était pas la mienne, si certains frais m'ont été épargnés, je suis encore en train de rembourser le billet d'avion à quand même 1100€ ; et enfin pour la première fois cette décennie, je suis partie un mois complet. Ceci étant dit, certains jours ayant été plus richement illustrés que d'autres, vous devriez pouvoir échapper à un découpage interminable de ma part. Mais pas aux nom latins des plantes que j'essaie d'identifier dans mon livre <cite>La Réunion Faune et Flore</cite>.</p>
<p lang="en">Relating my travel adventures here has been a sort of tradition, but admittedly I usually do it as the family's archivist, either in term of photos or diary logs, so that trip to the Reunion Island I want to tell you about is going to be a little bit special indeed. While it was a family trip all right, it wasn't my own, and while I was saved some expenses, my repaying the 1100€ (!) plane ticket is still underway ; and finally for the first time in a decade I was gone for a full month. That being said, as some days were more picturesque than others, you might be safe from neverending instalments of my report. Not so much from latin plant names as I'm perusing my naturalist book about Reunion.</p>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/random/DE_01.jpg" title="Idyllic beach in the game Dead Island" title="Idyllic beach in the game Dead Island" title="Idyllic beach in the game Dead Island"><img alt="Idyllic beach in the game Dead Island" title="Idyllic beach in the game Dead Island" title="Idyllic beach in the game Dead Island" title="Idyllic beach in the game Dead Island" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/random/.DE_01_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>I still remember dearly my last stay on a tropical island… awww those were the days.</figcaption>
</figure> <p>En dépit du tarif pour le moins… prohibitif de mon vol, celui-ci n'a pas échappé à la longue lignée de vols pourris qui a commencé avec l'avion manqué pour la Grèce en 2015. Ici, un changement d'horaire de la part de la compagnie combiné avec un retard prévisible à l'aéroport de Marseille, a bien failli nous coûter notre correspondance parisienne, et cela s'est joué à tellement un cheveu, que la moitié des passagers de notre premier avion s'est vue reprogrammée sur le vol suivant, tandis que l'autre moitié dont je faisais partie a pu tout de même embarquer sur l'avion « qui ne devait souffrir aucun retard », au hasard de l'alphabet et des choix divergeants du personnel naviguant en charge de la situation. C'est ainsi que notre groupe a justement été coupé en deux.</p>
<p lang="en">Despite the ludicrous price of my flight, it still was as much of a crappy experience as all those before since the missed one from Greece 2015. The company made a change to the schedule which didn't agree much with Marseille airport notorious delays. It was so close to a complete disaster that half of the passengers that were to take the same connecting flight didn't make it. It appears that the crew took opposite decisions after they alphabetically split us up. One half, of which I was, could board the plane that we had been told “couldn't suffer any delay”, while the other were booked on the next plane. Our own party was separated actually.</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/portable/2016-10-02_09.45.09.jpg" title="Old rusty key on the floor"><img alt="Old rusty key on the floor" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/portable/.2016-10-02_09.45.09_m.jpg" title="Old rusty key on the floor, phone camera batch, Reunion Island, 2 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/portable/2016-10-02_09.38.50.jpg" title="Retired shed after a fire"><img alt="Retired shed after a fire" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/portable/.2016-10-02_09.38.50_m.jpg" title="Retired shed after a fire, phone camera batch, Reunion Island, 2 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/portable/2016-10-02_09.46.27.jpg" title="Breynia disticha"><img alt="Breynia disticha" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/portable/.2016-10-02_09.46.27_m.jpg" title="Breynia disticha, phone camera batch, Reunion Island, 2 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Case créole abandonnée dont je parle un peu plus bas, et oui au milieu c'était la chambre de quelqu'un et ça a complètement cramé / <span lang="en">Abandoned creole hut I mention below, and yes in the middle it used to be someone's room, now burned to the ground</span></figcaption>
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<p>Arrivés avec le lever du jour, une fois tous réunis et ayant enfin retrouvé la trace de tous nos bagages, nous avons pris la voiture pour rejoindre la commune du Tampon (ça te fait rire, hein) à l'autre bout de l'île. Si j'ai pris quelques photos de nos premiers jours, premières plages, premier bord de mer, un mois m'aura laissé largement le temps de faire des clichés plus beaux encor, de sorte que je vais sauter directement au 4 octobre, non sans le regret de n'avoir pas eu un appareil photo chargé lorsque les ex-réunionnais avec lesquels je voyageais ont eu la fantaisie de vouloir retrouver leur maison de l'époque… abandonnée depuis leur départ. Très urbex.</p>
<p lang="en">We arrived with the rising sun and waited until we were finally all reunited, luggages included, to get in the cars and drive to the Tampon, a town the other side of the island. While I did snap pictures on the first days, first beaches, first pier, a month stay means I can be picky as to which pictures I should display here so let's fast-forward to october 4th, although not without a pang of regret as to having a discharged Nikon the day before when visiting the former house of my party, which had been abandoned after they left. Very urbex.</p>
<h2>Cap Ut</h2>
<p>Le 4 octobre, manque de bol, j'étais malade. Je m'étais levée la veille avec une voix rauque de bonhomme (appelez-moi Gérard), mais ce jour, et ce fut le seul, de la fièvre et de la fatigue tentèrent de m'empêcher de profiter de mon canard à la vanille et de crapahuter dans la lave avec tout mon attirail photographique. C'est mal me connaître.</p>
<p lang="en">On the 4th of october, too bad, I was ill. I woke up the day before with the harsh voice of a dude (call me Gérard, bro), but the new dawn apparently brought up fever and fatigue. Would it deter me from enjoying my vanilla duck and scouring the lava field with all my photographic gear? Uh, NO.</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/langevin0410_017.jpg" title="Waterfalls and mossy wet rocks"><img alt="Waterfalls and mossy wet rocks" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/.langevin0410_017_l.jpg" title="Waterfalls and mossy wet rocks, Langevin #017, Reunion Island, 4 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Première étape de la journée, la rivière Langevin et sa cascade aux abords de Saint-Joseph, l'ancienne villégiature de mes co-voyageurs / <span lang="en">First step of the day, the Langevin river and its waterfall near Saint-Joseph, former residency of my co-travellers</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/capmechant0410_002.jpg" title="Crashing waves of the Indian Ocean at the bottom of the cliff"><img alt="Crashing waves of the Indian Ocean at the bottom of the cliff" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/.capmechant0410_002_l.jpg" title="Crashing waves of the Indian Ocean at the bottom of the cliff, Cap-Méchant #002, Reunion Island, 4 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Je n'ai pas pu m'empêcher d'immortaliser le moment après avoir précipité dans le vide la prêcheuse zélote folle qui était venue me faire chier alors que je contemplais les contours ciselés du Cap-Méchant / <span lang="en">Well I couldn't help myself so I snapped the moment just after I pushed the crazy zealot lady that tried to convert me in the midst of my contemplating the chiselled cliffs of Cap-Méchant</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/capmechant0410_010.jpg" title="Crashing waves of the Indian Ocean at the bottom of the cliff"><img alt="Crashing waves of the Indian Ocean at the bottom of the cliff" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/.capmechant0410_010_l.jpg" title="Crashing waves of the Indian Ocean at the bottom of the cliff, Cap-Méchant #010, Reunion Island, 4 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/routelaves0410_003.jpg" title="Last sunrays on an old lava field"><img alt="Last sunrays on an old lava field" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/.routelaves0410_003_l.jpg" title="Last sunrays on an old lava field, Route des Laves #003, Reunion Island, 4 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Route des Laves sur la côte est, celle qui est plus sauvage et où il n'y a pas de plages / <span lang="en">Lava Road on the east coast, the beachless one and also the wildest</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/routelaves0410_009.jpg" title="Young ferns growing up on an old lava field under the bright sun"><img alt="Young ferns growing up on an old lava field under the bright sun" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/.routelaves0410_009_l.jpg" title="Young ferns growing up on an old lava field under the bright sun, Route des Laves #009, Reunion Island, 4 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/routelaves0410_016.jpg" title="Young ferns growing up on an old mossy lava field under the bright sun"><img alt="Young ferns growing up on an old mossy lava field under the bright sun" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/.routelaves0410_016_l.jpg" title="Young ferns growing up on an old mossy lava field under the bright sun, Route des Laves #016, Reunion Island, 4 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/routelaves0410_017.jpg" title="Old and mossy lava field under the bright sun"><img alt="Old and mossy lava field under the bright sun" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0410/.routelaves0410_017_l.jpg" title="Old and mossy lava field under the bright sun, Route des Laves #017, Reunion Island, 4 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<h2>Première tentative d'excursion au volcan</h2>
<p>Le 6 octobre, première approche. Mais de ce côté de l'hémisphère, nous étions alors en plein printemps : nous n'avons donc pas échappé longtemps aux giboulées de mars d'octobre. / <span lang="en">On the 6th of october, we made our first approach to the volcano. But on this side of the planet, it was full spring: there was no escaping october march rain showers much longer.</span></p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/volcan0610_001.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a patch of Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica)"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a patch of Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica)" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.volcan0610_001_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a patch of Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica), Volcan #001, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Arums (latin : <cite>zantedeschia aethiopica</cite>) sur la route du volcan / <span lang="en">Arums (latin: <cite>zantedeschia aethiopica</cite>) along the volcano road</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/volcan0610_006.jpg" title="Trees and patches of Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica) in a field on a bright and sunny day"><img alt="Trees and patches of Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica) in a field on a bright and sunny day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.volcan0610_006_l.jpg" title="Trees and patches of Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica) in a field on a bright and sunny day, Volcan #006, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Heureusement qu'il reste quelques espèces exotiques dans ces champs semblant par ailleurs très métropolitains dans l'aspect, fermes et vaches comprises. J'en blâme le micro-climat / <span lang="en">If it wasn't for a few exotic species these fields look a lot like metropolitain countryside, farm and cows included. I blame the micro-climate</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/volcan0610_010.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an excessively gnarled tree in a field"><img alt="Black and white photograph of an excessively gnarled tree in a field" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.volcan0610_010_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an excessively gnarled tree in a field, Volcan #010, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/volcan0610_016.jpg" title="Foggy lava field at the Piton de la Fournaise"><img alt="Foggy lava field at the Piton de la Fournaise" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.volcan0610_016_l.jpg" title="Foggy lava field at the Piton de la Fournaise, Volcan #016, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Un cratère… lunaire ? / <span lang="en">Moon crater maybe…?</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/volcan0610_026.jpg" title="Dog sitting on a road in a great fog at the Piton de la Fournaise"><img alt="Dog sitting on a road in a great fog at the Piton de la Fournaise" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.volcan0610_026_l.jpg" title="Dog sitting on a road in a great fog at the Piton de la Fournaise, Volcan #026, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/bebour0610_004.jpg" title="Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica) flowers in the undergrowth of a tropical forest"><img alt="Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica) flowers in the undergrowth of a tropical forest" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.bebour0610_004_l.jpg" title="Arums (Zantedeschia aethiopica) flowers in the undergrowth of a tropical forest, Bébour #004, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Sous-bois de la forêt de Bébour (on dirait du verlan), de l'autre côté du volcan / <span lang="en">Undergrowth of the Bebour forest, on the other side of the volcano</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/bebour0610_008.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a tree fern (Cyathea borbonica or Cyathea glauca) near a dead tree in the fog of the Bébour forest"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a tree fern (Cyathea borbonica or Cyathea glauca) near a dead tree in the fog of the Bébour forest" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.bebour0610_008_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a tree fern (Cyathea borbonica or Cyathea glauca) near a dead tree in the fog of the Bébour forest, Bébour #008, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Fougère arborescente (latin&bsp;: <cite>cyathea borbonica</cite> ou <cite>cyathea glauca</cite>)</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/bebour0610_009.jpg" title="Tree fern (Cyathea borbonica or Cyathea glauca) and various other bushes in the fog of the Bébour forest"><img alt="Tree fern (Cyathea borbonica or Cyathea glauca) and various other bushes in the fog of the Bébour forest" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.bebour0610_009_l.jpg" title="Tree fern (Cyathea borbonica or Cyathea glauca) and various other bushes in the fog of the Bébour forest, Bébour #009, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/bebour0610_012.jpg" title="Tractor parked in a moody road crossing in the fog of the Bébour forest"><img alt="Tractor parked in a moody road crossing in the fog of the Bébour forest" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.bebour0610_012_l.jpg" title="Tractor parked in a moody road crossing in the fog of the Bébour forest, Bébour #012, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/bebour0610_015.jpg" title="Black and white blacklit photograph of the shadow of three fern trees in the Bébour forest"><img alt="Black and white blacklit photograph of the shadow of three fern trees in the Bébour forest" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.bebour0610_015_l.jpg" title="Black and white blacklit photograph of the shadow of three fern trees in the Bébour forest, Bébour #015, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/bebour0610_018.jpg" title="Arum (Zantedeschia aethipica) flowers in a dry river bed in the heavy fog of the Bébour forest"><img alt="Arum (Zantedeschia aethipica) flowers in a dry river bed in the heavy fog of the Bébour forest" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.bebour0610_018_l.jpg" title="Arum (Zantedeschia aethipica) flowers in a dry river bed in the heavy fog of the Bébour forest, Bébour #018, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Un lit de rivière asséché envahi par les arums / <span lang="en">Arums colonizating a dry river bed</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/3cascades0610_001.jpg" title="Virgin Mary shrine in the wilderness decorated with planted flowers"><img alt="Virgin Mary shrine in the wilderness decorated with planted flowers" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.3cascades0610_001_l.jpg" title="Virgin Mary shrine in the wilderness decorated with planted flowers, Trois cascades #001, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/3cascades0610_003.jpg" title="A waterfall and a purple flower bed on a rainy day"><img alt="A waterfall and a purple flower bed on a rainy day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.3cascades0610_003_l.jpg" title="A waterfall and a purple flower bed on a rainy day, Trois cascades #003, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Première photo : Oratoire à la Vierge Marie. Seconde photo : Trois cascades / <span lang="en">First picture: Virgin Mary shrine. Second picture: Trois Cascades </span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/cannesucre0610_001.jpg" title="A field of sugar canes at the golden hour"><img alt="A field of sugar canes at the golden hour" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion0610/.cannesucre0610_001_l.jpg" title="A field of sugar canes at the golden hour, Cannes à sucre #001, Reunion Island, 6 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>La météo déjà prête à passer à autre chose / <span lang="en">Seems like the weather forecast was getting bored with itself</span></figcaption>
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<h2>Saint Paul</h2>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_001.jpg" title="A pink, orange and green tricolor market stall featuring granadilla (grenadelle) and bitter melon from India (margoze indienne)"><img alt="A pink, orange and green tricolor market stall featuring granadilla (grenadelle) and bitter melon from India (margoze indienne)" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_001_l.jpg" title="A pink, orange and green tricolor market stall featuring granadilla (grenadelle) and bitter melon from India (margoze indienne), Saint Paul #001, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a> <a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_005.jpg" title="Tourists and locals passing by the coconut stall at a food market"><img alt="Tourists and locals passing by the coconut stall at a food market" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_005_l.jpg" title="Tourists and locals passing by the coconut stall at a food market, Saint Paul #005, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Le dimanche c'est jour de marché à Saint Paul / <span lang="en">Sunday is market day at Saint Paul</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_006.jpg" title="Yellow flowers of a hibiscus tiliaceus locally known as Mahot bord de mer"><img alt="Yellow flowers of a hibiscus tiliaceus locally known as Mahot bord de mer" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_006_l.jpg" title="Yellow flowers of a hibiscus tiliaceus locally known as Mahot bord de mer, Saint Paul #006, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Les fleurs jaunes d'un « mahot bord de mer » (latin : <cite>hibiscus tiliaceus</cite>) / <span lang="en">The yellow flowers of a sea hibiscus (latin: <cite>hibiscus tiliaceus</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_007.jpg" title="Single yellow flower of a hibiscus tiliaceus locally known as Mahot bord de mer"><img alt="Single yellow flower of a hibiscus tiliaceus locally known as Mahot bord de mer" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_007_l.jpg" title="Single yellow flower of a hibiscus tiliaceus locally known as Mahot bord de mer, Saint Paul #007, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_008.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of the vine ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as Goat Foot or locally as Patate à Durand, growing on the black sandy shores of a volcanic beach"><img alt="Black and white photograph of the vine ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as Goat Foot or locally as Patate à Durand, growing on the black sandy shores of a volcanic beach" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_008_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of the vine ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as Goat Foot or locally as Patate à Durand, growing on the black sandy shores of a volcanic beach, Saint Paul #008, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Ma première plage de sable noir ! À en juger par l'illustration qui orne le fond de ce blog vous pouviez vous douter que j'attendais cela avec impatience / <span lang="en">My first black sand beach! Judging by the one that's adorning my blog background right now, you must have guessed I was eager to see one</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_012.jpg" title="Eichhornia crassipes floating on the crashing sea waves of a volcanic beach shores after a storm tore them off a peaceful pond nearby"><img alt="Eichhornia crassipes floating on the crashing sea waves of a volcanic beach shores after a storm tore them off a peaceful pond nearby" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_012_l.jpg" title="Eichhornia crassipes floating on the crashing sea waves of a volcanic beach shores after a storm tore them off a peaceful pond nearby, Saint Paul #012, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Des jacinthes d'eau (latin : <cite>eichhornia crassipes</cite>) arrachées par quelque orage à leur marais natal et désormais à la merci des courants marins / <span lang="en">Water hiacinths (latin: <cite>eichhornia crassipes</cite>) floating on the crashing sea waves of a volcanic beach shores after a storm tore them off a peaceful pond nearby</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_021.jpg" title="Black sand beach of Saint Paul with a pier lingering in the background by a stormy weather day"><img alt="Black sand beach of Saint Paul with a pier lingering in the background by a stormy weather day" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_021_l.jpg" title="Black sand beach of Saint Paul with a pier lingering in the background by a stormy weather day, Saint Paul #021, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_031.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of foam by a black sand sea shore"><img alt="Black and white photograph of foam by a black sand sea shore" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_031_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of foam by a black sand sea shore, Saint Paul #031, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Écume noire / <span lang="en">Black foam</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_032.jpg" title="Lone eichhornia crassipes commonly known as a water hiacinth stranded on a black sand sea shore"><img alt="Lone eichhornia crassipes commonly known as a water hiacinth stranded on a black sand sea shore" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_032_l.jpg" title="Lone eichhornia crassipes commonly known as a water hiacinth stranded on a black sand sea shore, Saint Paul #032, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>Bouquet de sirène / <span lang="en">A mermaid's bouquet</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_034.jpg" title="Huge rainpour and bougainvillea in a artisanal market"><img alt="Huge rainpour and bougainvillea in a artisanal market" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_034_l.jpg" title="Huge rainpour and bougainvillea in a artisanal market, Saint Paul #034, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a>
<figcaption>De retour au marché après quelques douceurs consommées sur la plage d'en face, c'est l'averse tropicale qui nous attendait / <span lang="en">Back to the market after snacking a bit by the beach, a huge downpour of tropical rain hit us</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/saintpaul0710_035.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a pack of dog napping on a black sand beach"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a pack of dog napping on a black sand beach" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintpaul0710/.saintpaul0710_035_l.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a pack of dog napping on a black sand beach, Saint Paul #035, Reunion Island, 7 october 2016" /></a></figure>
<h5>nowplaying : Stranger Things OST (I don't usually listen to OST but then again, 80s synths you know)</h5>