The day after Christmas was volcano day - but it turned out to not be a great one for it. It was foggy all the way up, and who knew that 14°C (57°F) could feel so cold!!
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| The sun came out just for a moment at the Plaine des Sables |
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| Looking down into the volcano - can't see much, for the fog. |
After the volcano, we wanted to see some lava flows elsewhere on the island. We stopped for a quick photo of the Sainte Anne church in St Benoit.
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| Ste Anne was built in 1857 |
Then we stopped at the pont suspendu de la Rivière de l'Est.
The bridge, completed in 1894, was closed to traffic in 1979. It has been closed to pedestrians since 2016, and was classified as a historical monument in 2018.
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| Benjamin and the suspension bridge |
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| Noah and the suspension bridge |
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| Noah, Benjamin, and bamboo |
We continued our visit with Notre Dame des Laves, the church spared by the 1977 eruption, where the lava flowed around the church instead of destroying it.
Then it was on to see the lava flows of 1977, which made their way to the coast.
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| Proof that I also came on this trip |
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