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Temperature ranges from 20 °C in winter This makes the island a super expensive place, specially when compared to 35 °C in summer (sea level)all countries around. Rain season But you might not have to spend a coin! Although there is barely no nomad-hitchhiker-backpacker in summerthe island, Reunion is a hobo's paradise. And it comes rather suddenlyHitchhiking, dumpster diving, rains hard fruit harvesting, busking and stops quickly. Don't walk away from wild camping are a shelter in summermarvel here.
The east side of the island is rainier than the west side == Cities ==* [[Saint-Denis (that is very dryRéunion). The road system is developed on a European standard. There is even one highway. (St. Benoit|Saint->St. Denis->St. Pierre) ]]
There == Hitchability ==European consumerism hit hard this small tropical island, and the insane number of vehicles and traffic jams are no trains yetone the island's current major issues. The backup solution is called "car jaune" Ironically, combined with the relaxed mood of most reunionnais and ''zoreils'' (yellow coachforeigners). A quite inefficient coach system. They're all yellow, easy to spotthis makes the island a paradise for hitchhiking.
== The ring road ==Hitchhiking use to be very common in Reunion. Luckily, it didn't disappear completely, and you'll might see reunion youngsters thumbing every now and then. Public transports are rather expensive and unreliable.
One road goes all the way around the island. It is an expressway from St Benoit (East) northward 's generally easier to St Denis hitchhike at the lowlands (north) and then to St Paul (West''les bas''), St Leu (West) and St Pierre (South-West). This road is always easily accessible from the various city centers using the appropriate bus network or sometimes just walking. You can hitch specially on the access roads or roundaboutswest, and sometimes, even on then in the highway itselfhighlands (''les hauts'').
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'''Réunion''' is an island situated in the Indian Ocean. It is directly administrated by the [[France|French]] government, and as such, is a part of the European Union, but not of the [[Schengen Agreement|Schengen space]]. Therefore, citizens of certain countries should check whether they need a visa in ahead.
=== The highlands ring road ===One road goes all the way around the island. It is an expressway from St Benoit (East) northward to St Denis (north) and then to St Paul (West), St Leu (West) and St Pierre (South-West). This road is always easily accessible from the various city centers using the appropriate bus network, hitchhiking, or just walking. You can hitch on the access roads or roundabouts. And you can easily hop from one petrol station (aire de service) to the next.
=== The highlands ===
The island has the shape of a cone. From the ring road, you can catch smaller roads uphill that take you in the highlands. Those are overly easy to hitchhike, since they are rather slow.
Be careful, it rains easily in the highlands, on the east side in particular.
== Cities = Hitchhiking a sailing boat ===* [[Saint-Denis Hitchhiking a boat|Hitchhiking a sailing boat]] is a good to way to get to and out of Reunion. The main marina is in Le Port, where you can drop your note at the Capitanerie and La Voilerie (Réunionsail repair shop)|Saint, and expect to walk for kilometers between the new and the old marina. The other marina is in St Pierre, smaller, friendlier and prettier - and you only have one dock to walk.In september - november, many "tour-du-mondistes", coming from Asia and sailing around the world, could be able to take you towards South Africa and South America.From December to May is the cyclone season, with much less sailing traffic. As always with boat hitchhiking, expect to spend anything from 3 hours to 3 months to find a boat! But there can hardly be a better way to travel in these islands as that of those pirates that flourished here in the XVI century. == Resources =={{nomadwiki}}{{wikipedia-Denis]]link}}
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