Local traditions and culture in Reunion

One of the farms we visited the owners were distilling not alcohol or hooch for private consumption as we first guessed but eucalyptis and other tropical plants to make concentrated perfumes and fragrances. It was a pretty fascinating process. The ingredients were growing all around, free for the taking. The finished product is then sold on to manufacturers of various oils, soaps, etc. that need fragrances. A nice little family operation, although it still looked like a home still.

Alexa enjoying a well deserved cold beer after a long, hot hike at plataue de belouve which is above the town of hell-bourg some 1000 meters

Please Share Any Cultural Guidance From Which Travelers Might Benefit? VT

Hmm, early to bed, early to rise, makes a man's vacation healthy & more productive than otherwise.

near plataue de belouve above the town of hell-bourg

near plataue de belouve above the town of hell-bourg

the coco beach bar in St. Denis is a great place to have a drink in the late afternoon or watch the sunset in the west

beach bars go together with beaches like ice and cold drinks on a hot day

The main language spoken is French, but most speak and understand English.