LA City was a surprise, it has small gardens between all the shops, with great sculptures, mostly of Mapou trees. The shops look busy, with plenty of patrons browsing through. We entered the Winners hyper while the jazz band played a familiar song. It is huge.
 Most of the aisles have a familiar look to them, with the same old stuff, but more of it. It’s on the edges that the hyper comes into itself. A view into the bakery, huge selections of preprepared goods, including fresh baby octopuses. The vegetable section had more stuff than the whole Goodlands market. Come prepared, it’s a long walk from one side to the other.
Out around a few more shops and we were into the food court. To say it has everything is an understatement, ok it has everything you could want. KFC, Express Thai and Curry, US Philly Steak, Panarotis, other things, and of course Pablo’s, we don’t mess with the rooster. We ran around looking at everything but ended up getting fries and cheese sauce. Great fries, ok sauce. When they allow sit down you can get 7 curries on a banana leaf at Lemon and lime.
I declared LA City a great city and a place I could live and we left for the countryside. The Teal river or as it normally is called Seche river.Â
The Trianon sugar mill tower is being protected by a margarine factory, but we could see it. The old bridge is halfway washed away, but still looking good. The weir is the most impressive of the remaining old structures. Made from square cut stone, it is well worth the huge steps down. There is a small island in the river that has been turned into a vegetable garden. Stone-lined ponds with taro plants, yes I called them something else. They had two irrigation channels that the water could seep through.
They are currently building a spiritual park diagonally across from the Trianon Kovil. The temple has an awesome tree. Right next to it is a bit of open ground, with concrete benches that have “Police Goodwill Mission” stamped into them. It also seems to be the place that all the different security guards come to use the toilet or listen to the radio in the shade.
The laborer’s barracks is behind a locked gate, but there is a guy who will let you in and show you around, he is full of knowledge, but sometimes struggles to find the English word, give him a second and you will find him a wealth of information. Thanks again, and I wish I had asked his name. The barracks is the only remaining one in Mauritius, they were only built for a few years between 1810 and 1850. This one was used until 1960 and it housed the military and homeless victims of cyclone Carol. They built it tough.
We finished off the day by visiting the Olympic house and two sugar mill chimneys, Bagatelle and Cote D’Or. The video ends with Riki trying to replicate the talking directions to get through a roundabout. “In 600 meters take the 3rd exit and stay on the Terre Rouge Verdun Trianon bypass road,” I think she did quite well.
Trianon is a big place with a lot to discover, we will certainly be back for more.