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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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