hi everyone and welcome to Trois Mamelles
and the adventure around it let's go check it out chili's with a view
how's that mountain view how these awesome chilies they're massive so we're following this guy on the
bicycle not really but he's like no come this way which we kind of planning to do anywhere
i think maybe he can guide you to tamarind falls or something
if you want to hike the view is amazing though these are the waterfalls huh
and you probably have to get a lot closer to see them a lot better but yeah there you go
waterfalls have been seen oh i wonder what that is big silver thing i must say the views are
absolutely exquisite not from where i am but it just started bucketing with rain
look him up if you want to come to this area who knows all things about
local plants he showed us a pepper tree and this cool thing that sticks automatically on
your hand it really sticks it's a plaster yeah nature's plaster this is actually a pepper tree
you can see the peppercorns these are like can you eat them it smells lovely i will try
oh that tastes like pepper it takes a while
wow
that silver thing actually runs water down those pipes all the way down to
the bottom it actually has a hydro plant there's actually a hydro plant down there
man these mountains are something else there is a gap there and you can actually see the sea we'll
try and get a better view from somewhere else but have a look down there there's a rainbow
it must live there all the time and what you see through the gap there
is actually probably tamarind or Fllic en Flacq or something cool this is our guide Tanu
so guys there's his number i'll actually put at the bottom and you can give him a call if you
want to come get a tour and he's also licensed he is fully licensed if you want to swim shower
wow
that's so cool and this is a wild orchid and walk down that road
and then end up all the way at the end there and you can see tamarind from there
and all the hot spinach removes the heat from your body what is it called
that's a bird tree bird tree okay there's a village named that oh
you're looking for something don't touch me when you touch it oh these are like a
plant that if you touch it it closes look yeah see if you're quite serious about your hiking
you've got Green Discovery here wow so great to know before you start hiking anything
there's actually a pretty cool bathroom Riki said they're broiler farms and yes
there are broilers farms but what i misread was photovoltaic have a look at all these power plants
it is a massive solar farm massive massive this area is so cool they've got the hydropower over
there at the tamarind fall things and they've got a photovoltaic one here
oh and we're driving Susie i forgot to tell you guys we're in Susie and have a look have a look
hybrid it's gonna let it's got electric stuff
yeah this is the road we're actually driving on welcome to the farmland that's it
it's a really beautiful area
you wow this landscape it's like dramatic
oh and the road is very dramatic as well this is the tar road yeah it's where's the dirt road
there's mountains there's something else this whole area all of this used to be very very
fertile it's between two rivers still is between two rivers the rivers haven't gone anywhere
still is fertile but the sugar mills have gone there were tons of sugar mills
very little evidence remains of mill right or something Millvale this used
to be Millvale they actually used to be a sugar mill here called Millvale
but you can see things are just growing out of the ground oh and trucks are coming after us but
let's just go check out what's going on with the plants here there are loads of these shade areas
i'm not going to call them greenhouses because they are open and they're growing plants
so the fertileness continues even though it isn't sugar although there is still sugar
these little cabbages awesome and they have tons of them the guys are just packing them
up and sending them off so he puts it on and then he puts the mulch on top yeah yes
and then under the next only squishes it down so it squishes in oh look at that it's made
little holes we'll go see what happens with the holes oh have a look at these little blue things
they're the actual seeds he's actually putting them into each of the holes the other guy made
he's got tons of work to do and then when it's done he puts it over there yes he would
that's perfect hello and here's the final guy he actually puts the soil on top to
cover up the little seeds how what an industry and these are all going to be
those plants over there oh wow you're not going to believe this they do about 30 000 in one day
30 000 how many cabbages do we actually need in the world
a lot apparently let's get on thanks guys
there's the mountain but another broiler farm well it's a cemetery that up ahead is the
Corpes de Garde the rose hill genuine near stop street wow
look at that that's like Flic en Flac it was in the place just like this this place it was
actually this place right here under the shadow of these mountains that a De Chazal brought silkworms
to Mauritius actual silkworms wow it's so windy i think it was François his name's
just escaped my head François De Chazal they actually planted mulberry trees 1810
and he planted them here we know this because Macy has Macy De Chazal actually documented it but he
went to India and bought the eggs at huge expense and then he got them he got them acclimatized here
and they actually started growing them but then a cyclone came and wiped them all out
and he did it again and he did it again and just it was one disaster after another
but in the last year of his life in the last year of his life 750 pounds of silk were actually made
right here in Mauritius they produced silk and unfortunately he died and then everyone
was like no it's not worth it but they're not mulberry trees i'm looking for the mulberry trees
hey everyone we found Nallan food flavors and they've got faratha so we're gonna go
get one a veg faratha there she is actually rolling it out fresh
and onto the cooker oh it's starting to look good and it's got the classic puff of a good
faratha oh look she's putting the rougaille on what else do you got okay rougaille and the beans
yeah uh just yes please how hot is your chili oh it looks like hot chili just on
on this half yup thank you thank you and there we are faratha very nice
and wrapped up perfectly thank you so much thank you thank you faratha faratha proper faratha
oh she does she probably folds it and oils it and everything
oh squishy oh man i can't oh it is it and it's just been cooked oh
you know she loves farathas
it's soft and flaky huh that is so good that is like really good faratha Holyrood bridge 1876.
and it's quite deep we're gonna go down and have a look i'm actually standing in
the middle of a river and it's completely dry there's no water in it but this is the
Holyrood bridge it is it is quite big and it's made of stone and it's beautifully made
and the steel work is probably original from 1876 and cars are driving over it
i love how they've done the stonework here a little bit of a closer up on the bridge
they're actually pigeons up there and it is really tall and the bank on the other side is
really steep down here this really is a different part of Mauritius it's like bright and sunny and
hot and then you get a random cloud coming of one of these mountains that rains on you
this bridge here well the road is known as the tunnel because this bridge was built over the road
1922 it says yeah 1924 actually
it was built for a train to go from Vacoas to Floreal
and they say it was never used but people remember trains going on it
it is beautiful we'll go check it out a bit i mean it it is well constructed so it is a
shame that it was never used although they're claiming that it was people clearly remember
trains coming along here and they're starting to wonder if maybe they could put it back and have
the metro run along here because if you don't want to waste a beautiful stone wall like this
looks like he's struggling a bit
he must be making a new road well this bridge didn't really have anywhere else to go in the
video so he checked it out why do i run from the peace and quiet of Trois Mamelles
to the loud noise of wherever this is good everyone we'll see you again next time