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On Wednesday, October 1, 2014, it was the turn of travel agents, tour operators and journalists from Johannesburg to meet local professionals and deepen their knowledge on the island of La Reunion.

On Day 1, after 10 hours and 10 miles on a rainy hike that crossed the island from east to west — up, and then down, nearly 4,000 vertical feet — we stumbled out of the woods by the light of ...