Ile des Pins - photos
JJMoon Diary
Barry and Margaret Wilmshurst
Sat 11 Oct 2008 22:27
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On our trip down to the Ile
des Pins we sailed through a "storm of birds". There were thousands and we
could find no real answer to where they were going or why.
 A storm of
birds?
The Isle of Pines is
certainly very beautiful and when the sun shines the colours in the water
are spectacular.
  Trees forming
an arcade heading past the beach were rather unusual.
 The church at
Vao
Vao was the main
village on the island. There was
not really much there; two small shops, a school, the mairie, a small
market twice a week and this rather spectacular church surrounded by
the soaring pines.
 What remains
of the jail from the 1800s.
The island was
used until 1920 as a penal colany. The jail looks a miserable
place to be incarcerated particularly when you know the beauty of the
island you are on. Now the grounds simply had one or two cows
tethered.
 A
pirogue (large outrigger canoe)
 An island scene  A pirogue
being "serviced" with the colours of the island
behind.
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