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The Curse

We trekked through the forest and came upon

the stunning Grand Etang Lake, which looked like
an enormous swimming pool, surrounded by tall

spiky weeds. I realized I was standing at the top

of a dormant volcano, and couldn’t believe it.

As we stood along the bank we could see Koi fish

swimming in the water.

It was so cold that we hurriedly got out our

jackets to put on; you could see vapour in the air

all around the lake.

We continued along the trail until we saw a clear

path that was suitable to set up our camp – by

that time it was already evening. The path was
surrounded by enormous mahogany, pine, and

baccano trees, just to name a few, which danced

in the gentle, tropical breeze.

You could hear Mona monkeys chattering in the

distance, birds chirping a lovely melody and

animals rustling in the bushes – I even saw a
manicou scurrying along a tree branch.

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