We didn't expect to see kangaroos here!

Day 42 - Saint Gilles to Saint Pierre

Before leaving Saint Gilles we went for a walk, and in the daylight we discovered that on the other side of the marina was a surf beach where we could watch people catching the waves from a café on the promenade.

We drove on to Saint Pierre as the Airbnb we had booked, which we thought was self check in now required us to meet someone, and they wanted to do it at 11am. We are really over Airbnb's, sometimes it's not easy having to keep to specific times for check in and check out, especially when we are covering large distances and no common language .

When we arrived there was a lady waiting for us who by using google translate asked us to wait, after about 10 minutes we were wondering what was going on, and she just took us up, no ideas why we had to wait. The car park was a problem, we had the smallest most awkward spot which we had to park in while other cars were constantly arriving and leaving.

It was a very busy area, right on the main road running along the coast and close to some busy beaches, probably compounded by it being Saturday. Although it was hot the humidity didn't feel as bad as Mauritius.

There was a nice restaurant across the road, fortunately the waitress spoke English, and they also had kangaroo on the menu! 

So far the cyclone season had been kind to us, it was humid but we'd had very little wind or rain. We were interested in a helicopter flight over the island, but the weather forecast looked like it was going to turn, with storms expected over the next few days, and the only clear morning being the very next day. It was short notice and we contacted a few companies, luckily managing to book a flight the next morning.