上火山le Volcan 1

又回到二年前火山島留尼旺！ Mar 19, 2006

The red cirlcle is where the volcanos is situated

Photos from Web geocities 第一次上火山去 !!Le Volcano -Piton de la Fournaise

這次是我們第一次上火山探險，在沒有週詳計劃下，泰狄熊又玩即興；那天星期日風和日麗，我們本在熱辣辣與熱鬧的海灘上曬太陽，可能見到人山人海有些壓迫感，想到另一個大自然去探討！這時南半球正好是三月份的秋天，氣溫不會熱爆是上火山探險的好時機！

一路上太陽伯伯也謹貼我們，看來第一次上火山應該不曾空手而回吧！高原上的植物由如亞爾卑斯山，有很多青蔥的松樹也有草原，一點也不像在熱帶小島！?? 聽說松樹是多年前由日本移植以防泥土風化 soil erosion，島上根本沒有松樹這科植物！ 我倆到還見到有運動健兒踏單車上千多公尺的火山，汽車上山也覺吃力，真是勇氣可加！

One sunday morning,  after spending some time on the lagoon.  Teddy said, tesoro !! let's go to the Volcano!!" It was a sunny day when we left from the west coast in mid march. It was at autumn in southern hemisphere.   The heat was not so intense and stuffy but it was still more than 30 C on the coast.  

On the way acrossing the Plain, We saw many people pedalling up the  mountain, what a great courage !! on  the way we saw many Alpine trees and pasture for raising cows and sheeps. Oh !! look at the landscape, all green green, green, like the Alps . There is an area with pine trees too, in an tropical Island . Later,  I was told  a local guide , those pine trees came from Japan . This time, we can see the paysage.

就在這時開始有一朵黑雲在頭上，未幾更下起雨來，唉天有不測之風雲！可憐健兒們也成了落湯雞，我倆愛莫能助！既然已上了山，餘下十公里不夠，沒理由空手而回，於是邊下雨邊繼續前進，未幾聽見balap ! balap! 聲由車頂上傳來，不好了是冰溥，地上還有點雪霜，可想氣溫有多冷，我們只穿了沙灘裝！

莫非上天真的要考驗我們? 要我們三顧火山！ Teddy said his "Personal cloud is always coming with him".  After a while, it started raining heavily. I was thinking about the althelets on the ride !!  

All  of a sudden, there was a mist moving very fast and soon we saw black clouds moving towards us.  Teddy said his "Personal cloud is always coming with him".  After a while, it started raining heavily. I was thinking about the athletes on the ride !!  

Since we were already there and we wouldn't like to give up and of all the way back without seeing anything, so we kept on moving.  The more we went up and the worst it was, I heard hails falling on the roof of our car. When we reached the summit, snow mixed with  rain dropping on our windshield.  It was damn cold and we only have our beach wear !! 

 
未幾終於看到斜坡下的地方的泥土有點奇怪，但看地圖及那裡的旅遊指示牌，還未到達火山啊！這裡是Pas de Bellecomb，但煙霧迷漫能見度只有伸手幾米，遠看好一個月球 feel，





 深啡色的沙石泥土間中有點紅紅的，又有點像溶岩，雖然下著雨唯有一手拿雨傘一手拍照，我們決定到下邊實地感覺一下像到了火星的感覺，真的還以為自已在星球大戰的電影內， 哈哈！以前星球大戰的電影是否在這裡景呢？

We arrived at Plaines des Sables, it is a place  like "the surface on the moon". 好月球 feel. I feel like I was in the movie of Star war. Perhaps it was shot here. . Finally, the rain stop and we arrived Pas de Bellecomb, yet it was  misty and foggy, we can’t  see too far away.

these two pics were ticken on our second visit

that's why there was a clear sky!




雖然下著雨我倆決定不後退，只差三公里便到達火山公園，公園內有指示到觀看火山的平臺，這兒仍是煙霧迷漫,伸手不見伍指，仍然看不到火山的身影，牙關打鎮冷得在發斗，於是到小屋內喝墊熱朱古力！
 

煙霧迷漫,伸手不見伍指..

As it was about 10 degrees and i was shivering!! The pic below is what we saw the first time, this house is a kiosk and we bought some hot chocolate there. !!, We tried to walk towards the entrance of the park, but I can't see anything !!  where is the Volcano !! 

上天真的要考驗我們!! We have to come back here again.

After that some friends told us that we have to go to the volcano very early otherhwise you can't see anything.