Trianon Mauritius from LA City to the Teal river and labour barracks
hi everyone welcome to Trianon start the montage LA City that's where we are come to LA maybe it's la probably means la city let's go check it out the parrot says put waste in the right place what does the parrot talk put waste in the right place put waste in the I'll stop now well it looks like LA City does actually have a Mcdonald's and and i'll show you in a second a winner's hyper it has everything so there's actually parking outside for a thousand cars you've got some great mountain views good morning that is a winner's harper and if you're wondering what the music is there's a band in there so we'll have a look at it but they actually have a winner's hyper what on earth is that i think it's jazz it's jazz yes it's jazz Bryan's not a big fan of jazz okay now you can even even better see the mountain 361 behind me but they have these gardens in between so you have some shops and then you have some gardens that's pretty cool uh loads of shops loads and loads of shops sitting out here amongst the the more conventional shops so i suppose street food it's a snack hut on a street and this is technically a street and it's pretty cool it is it's kind of like a it's like a whole town have a look at this this is like a a thing you've got to come across stuff and walk across bridges and an obstacle course it looks awesome i really like it spiderweb i want to film someone actually doing this me too oh it's only for five to ten year olds don't worry they have all the fun and all the cool clothes tacos fried chicken kebab this is the urban food they do tacos have a look in here it actually looks really it's pretty cool i think we actually saw one of these at uh Curepipe but it didn't look as good as this one this is artisanal coffee but i'm just going to take you inside i mean look at how awesome they've made this place but look at this they got okay you can't actually see all you can see is me this is what i was trying to show you earlier oh that is so cute that is so cute and the cameras and things on that looks like an old coffee something i don't know yeah maybe oh here we go there we go that looks perfect wow wherever you look they've got these shops and it's like there's Art World Out of Africa Bata one eye but there are tons of these little shops all in this and they're all looking like they're doing really well the business is booming let's just say let me show you some of the the stuff that they've got here that looks like trumpets oh sorry and this is all the band okay you actually might actually be playing something in a second oh that's cool this is the Winner's hyper and they're actually just playing outside it but i wonder what a hyper is have a look at the size of this building yeah i don't know it's about two kilometers down that way i'm gonna get a golf cart to see if i can actually go shopping yeah that's how big it is it is huge yeah it is really big the bakery section but look you can actually see through the window at all the stuff that they're cooking look at the size of the bread loaf that's how they make those other breads i'll show you these crustless ones yeah yeah that's where they do all the mixing wow a lot more choice on the marinated chicken things and on the crumb chickens and of course a massive fresh fish section oh and they got unicorn fish yeah don't often see this actual fresh octopus normally it's frozen baby octopus for salad okay octopus salad you need to boil it okay wow so it really is a hyper Winners even more marinated things wow you just bring the fire just bring that look look i i you're looking of course you are but wow you know they actually do have fresh cows for 31 rupees half liter that is a good veg section oh yeah have a look down there there's tons of stuff and that's why it's a hyper because it has loads of stuff loads and loads of checkouts this is the Winners hyper behind me i showed you inside there but it actually used to be the Shoprite and unfortunately it burnt down in the person who was negligent in that was actually killed which is a bit of a shame the Shoprite actually had the biggest single day turnover in the history of Mauritius the moment they got a bit of a drive for swimming school so if you want to do a swimming school come down here okay i suppose it's a bit late now another mapou tree welcome to food city oh man if you're hungry don't come in here this place has everything US Philly Steak KFC Panarotis Les Petit Fresh Subway there are so many we've got we'll go and see we'll go and explore all of them what beautiful birthday cakes but there's more we're at O Gu and look at all these pastries but wait ogu has more cool look at these cute little creme brulees and little mini cakes adorable and little opera cakes yum yum yum US Philly Steak and look at them they look pretty awesome and you get custom fries wow what is that Express Thai Express Thai you got a massive wok oh Chatime US Philly Cheesesteak and Riki said no way actually you can't actually see how small they are maybe you're gonna have to get one of the little samosas oh definitely it's so cute so this is a samosas so if you're on diet you can just eat one of those wait it's so small it's so cute but little things just make you so happy okay finish your samosa no don't finish it wait so there's a kfc but it's not like it's bigger than any of the other shops we haven't even been to the other side where they have Curry Express no we haven't been to the other side unboxing our cheesy fries the biggest ever box and look at that they are heavy look at those hot and they're really hot they're really really hot oh there's a lot of cheese on there good wow those fries were surprisingly good fries cheese sauce is nice as well but the fries are really good US Philly Cheese Steak get them here crispy hot lick your bowl okay they've got everything in this place Panarotis the kfc was there dim sun and sushi but wow say that three times fast Curry Express aren't Pablo's we don't mess with the rooster have a look at all of these hi i'm just getting some video of it wow they look so great eh this is the sushi this is actually Curry Express and look they've got all the curries out here and the sides wow this is so pretty you can buy rooster or they don't mess with their rooster so therefore they're cooking the chicken maybe it's actually Doner Kebab and i suppose you can get all the look at that look at the size of those kebabs i suppose okay good look at this lemon taste Mauritian and Indian cuisine and they actually serve things normally when you can sit down like a thali or seven curries and you can get it on a banana leaf and everything amazing so before i forget the guy from the lemon and lime place said when things open and you're allowed to sit down obviously only on Fridays they do their traditional seven curries i think he said it was 250 rupees or 220 rupees or something like that whole full banana leaf experience got to do that Fridays it is a little tricky to see because of the sun being bad on it but this is crushed metal it's kind of trendy area at normal times there will be great chairs and things here it's a pity it's a pity oh they actually we went across the yellow tape this looks like they set up for the boulette true words to taste something new sidewalks check so far i've been well impressed by LA City i mean look great sidewalks i mean it's really easy to walk around so far no buses have tried to run me over uh they've got great street food there and here and uh well the only the only thing is you know the the jazz not a big jazz fan unfortunately but other than that this has been a great village LA City it's a city it's actually a city it's been quite a nice city i'll probably not get another chance have a look at this chain it's there it's attached to the ground there now you can see there quite a few along here of these chains and what they do is they hold the roof down so it doesn't float away i don't know even pedestrian crossings Winners hyper walking away from it for the montage but check it out LA City i could live here yeah i think i could live here me too great city great city this is what LA City needs more hi really stylized people supermodels stop it this says goodwill mission it's concrete so this is the Trianon Koval which not exactly sure when it was built but the sugar estate if you could just see the chimney behind it's from 1803 so it must be pretty old getting b-roll of Riki getting a-roll in the building pretty great i just love that tree that is such a fantastic tree across the way there there used to be a bridge it used to be a pedestrian bridge and a tram bridge i'll see if i can't get a better view from from the other angle but over here is the actual weir but you can actually go down these stones a little bit they're quite big they're actually quite big we can see they're quite big so that can show you the stone structure over here rivers do tend to just keep going in fact i think this one goes all the way past Camp de Masque across the way here is the sugar there's a margarine uh factory and they're actually looking after the Trianon chimney so if i'd done what i was supposed to do and get permission to go and have a look we'd have been allowed in but right now we're not because i forgot so it looks like there's going to be a spiritual park down here they're just busy building it at the moment that's something to look forward to on the beautiful Teal river okay this is the Trianon tower i'm going to zoom you guys in four times and there we are it's a pity about the nice sun on it and it's a little yakka plantation you can see there quite a few of them actually yeah oh man i'm gonna go back maybe you can mention why the river's so important so the the main barracks and where everyone would have stayed is just behind me and then there's the Koval and then there's the sugar mill so everyone would have had to cross this river to get to work every day wow it's not all the time you can get flowers and a sugar chimney it's gonna have to remove that thing Trianon this is a fantastic little area as you can see they're growing i think they're called yakas i can't actually remember but they're growing those plants and they made these beautiful little ponds for it and they actually have a piece of irrigation running through it they also have their pumpkins but i'm just gonna carefully walk through because you don't damage their their stuff but we are right at the weir as you can see oh look at how beautiful the wearer is i didn't even see it before huh hopefully we can get it a little bit lighter in there wow that is a beautifully built weir okay back to me they've got these channels and they're actually growing plants here and it's helping to irrigate these ones as well what a fantastic little piece of let's just say homemade engineering that's great that's really great this is quite pretty actually at the right angle with the sky it does look teal did you see me from down there another view of the stone work here wow what a great weir look up there it's Riki through the greenery let's see if we can get the yellow flower like she always goes to to us we got some yellow flowers we got a Riki let's see if we can't get a yellow flower Riki moment a little bit yeah that's it that's it a little bit closer to the flowers who do i focus on let me focus on Riki there we go how beautiful is that this is actually a new piece of wall actually being made out of the stone and it's right next to where the old bridge used to be that's the skilled artisan getting the rocks in exactly the right place so they fit perfectly so this is the Trianon labourers barracks actually a national heritage site you can't see it great from this view but unfortunately the gate is locked it is a pity that we actually can't get in because this is actually quite a fascinating structure it uh oh there's a guy so as you enter there's a really informative sign that tells you everything you could possibly want to know about the labourers quarters and it's even got an old map of how the whole sugar mill area used to be what a stroke of luck the guys just let us in so we can actually come and see have a look at this look at this you can actually see inside oh i don't know this was probably a window and the door is probably on maybe it's got two doors through flow i'll show you in better detail i'm just so excited wow wow this is the original labourers quarters quarters and a lot of the laborers didn't actually like the stone ones just look how many they are there are loads of them and it has been very beautifully restored and it is protected by law it's a national monument as you can see so they do have the national monument plaque there so it is protected by law now on the other side i believe they made a kitchen a modern kitchen but this was still in use in 1960 they were still using this but wow how lucky did we get that he actually let us in okay now i'm going to show you inside we're going inside look at this look it's actually a lot cooler in here i can see why people would worry about the damp because it is a lot cooler that is really nice actually wow and the domed roof okay they they've replaced it because it was dangerous so now it has been replasted there's a little puppy outside there barking but we'll come around from the other side and how awesome they actually just see people they actually lived in here there would have been a separate area where there was cooking done and they ate so this is mostly for sleeping outside the back i'll show you that side in a minute wow how awesome is this is this for one person is it for family were there lots of people in here for a family the whole family could live in here is this for cooking for cooking okay there you go so this was like the kitchen the back the back compartments had kitchens i assumed the guys in the front shared but these are all the kitchens you can see this is where he would come out and this is his kitchen wow wow that's a really impressive building behind wow and these places were very very damp particularly in winter and cold because look at the thickness of the wall that wall is it's really thick so you can imagine it got quite cold see the guy who's here just pointed out that these things actually have natural air conditioners in them because of the top the air can flow out and then the stone is nice and cool wow so it would have kept cold in winter so cold in winter but but in summer at least you kept cool so they've put the numbers on so that they can put them back in the same place that's great so they were lived people lived here and all over this area because like nearly 1500 people lived here not just here so you can see inside this one that and there was probably a divide here they probably had some sort of divider what do you think yes yes look they actually get a divider and of course our good friend the yellow wasp let's stay clear of him did they have a divider here maybe it looks like maybe something between so that's one and this is another one maybe like if there were bachelors bed and living room and it's actually quite pretty How awesome is that there we go look at that out that window that is picture perfect now see if we can't get to okay you're gonna have to come out because i can't actually see you because there's no light on you but there look at how short it is Riki can't even stand fully up in it i just can't so she can just stand in the doorway so these were designed for Riki welcome to your home this is the only one actually surviving that they were built in 1810 they started building these and they actually stopped building them in 1850 because they were unhygienic but this one it was actually used till 1960 1960. wow and it is it is quite amazing and everyone who actually stayed in here actually preferred the thatch houses the thatch wood and mud houses but the sugarcane owners kept building these until about 1850 and this one remains so this looks more like the orig let me get you in there this looks more like the original floor it's been dug up a bit but you can actually see here where it would have been stone it wouldn't have been that nice concrete that we saw in the other ones but you can see the stones they are not they're not very even and they're not well cut so you've had to have a nice straw bed or maybe they put straw and maybe that is the the threshold where they stop the thresh from going up wow and that's a much narrower window so some news just in thank you this the army came in and maybe that's why those windows were increased because while soldiers like a bit more air than what uh sugarcane farmers thought they needed so the army came in and they fixed it up a bit made the windows slightly better and those rooms are they actually feel a lot better than these rooms here 1960 people had to come back and stay here because of cyclone carol this was used as temporary housing They put the artillery so they put their guns and things like a store it was called a magazine okay so it was actually a magazine where they would have kept their their bombs and guns and things yeah but yeah there's the barracks and the Koval yes because there were 1500 workers here yeah so there were lots of these i think there was one there and one there or one somewhere and even more people who just lived in the thatch yeah this is like this stuff all this whole system so this whole field would have been full of barracks what's really really good news is that they're preserving it and that's fantastic and it's going to last here forever but as i was walking i just noticed this is actually a stone road that people would have walked to work so they would have walked along this this road from from their their uh their house and gone out there to the sugarcane or or gone to pray at the Koval wow walking away from it for the montage walking away from the awesome labourers camp for the montage Riki walking to work at the margarine factory i mean i mean the sugar mill wow how lucky did we get with those barracks awesome anyway Trianon wow he knew such history such interesting things and all that food wow and if well we're going from here back to the food court go get something more to eat so anyway everyone thanks for watching see you next time wow look at this awesome building with its dog and then across there it's the Olympic park it's got to be the Olympic park with noisy dogs maybe we're getting the Olympics maybe we're getting the Olympics say it again you were blurry maybe we're getting the Olympics looks like it what else could it be must be this sugar tower sugar mill tower is actually Bagatelle the actual Bagatelle sugar mill we know we're near Bagatelle we're actually at the Bagatelle dam so this is the real Bagatelle tower don't let the guys at Bagatelle mall tell you different this guy was built in 1840 seven 1847 1847 and it actually there was a fire here in 1940 and it was never annexed so unannexed sugar mill how awesome is that and according to my google translate Bagatelle means trifle trifle so i don't know if that's the pudding or it's a truifle it's a triffle or a pudding you know no not a it's a it's a triffle small it's a you know all right there we are it looks like it was quite a nice sugar estate it does look quite nice i mean look at the sugar cane next to it if that's any indicator and great stone walls and well a nice enough chimney yeah i'm like cautiously approaching because there's a little security office and i don't want someone to come now you can't take back this but there's not actually anyone here it's completely abandoned yeah short little detour now we see if we can go find Cote d'Or gold coast just down the road yeah like dung from a goat or something oh okay like goat pellets yeah but it's fruit Cote d'Or gold golden coast gold coast yeah treasure buried somewhere that's Cote d'Or wow we know we're near a coast no we really aren't we we're literally almost in the middle of the island but 1850 that guy was built i actually wish i could get closer because it is a round one it does look like the stone has been cut round it does look in quick pretty good condition as well looks in really good condition i'm gonna walk down a little bit see if there isn't another way through anyway it was annexed but we don't know when because Riki didn't bother to go look it up no because it's a bonus in 600 meters at the roundabout take the third exit and stay on Terre Rouge Verdun Trianon link road Terre Rouge Verdun Trianon link road in 600 meters at the roundabout take the Terre Rouge Verdun Trianon link road exit the roundabout and continue on Terre Rouge Verdun Trianon link road she does it better than I do
2021-07-05 16:00
