Mountaintop mailbox: Réunion mail carriers | DW Documentary
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Cyril Maillot is a mail carrier in Réunion - in the most literal sense. On the tropical island in the Indian Ocean, some villages can’t be reached by road. So Maillot hikes to remote areas with a backpack full of mail.
He travels by foot to places not accessible by car, deep into the mountainous region of Mafate. A hike of several days over narrow paths and steep ascents - and in all kinds of weather. When it rains, the streams sometimes swell into a raging river. But Cyril Maillot loves his job. It's his personal yoga: "You switch off completely and leave city life behind." And for many of the local people in the mountains, the weekly visit by Cyril the mail carrier is their only regular contact with the outside world. A report by Lisa Louis.
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Thanks, makes me proud as an old mailman to see these guys
This island holds the world's 24hour rainfall record. 71inches Jan 1966.
Beautiful island. Interesting mail route. 🌧 📬📭
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Wow. Very interesting. I grew up in the Caribbean and we didn’t have street names or numbers so there was no mail delivery. We had a small post office in the center of town and we would go there to retrieve it. Guess this is another way of doing it.
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Cyril is a good man, doing a good job, I hope everyone appreciates him very much.
I truly enjoyed watching this video. Thanks DW. 😘🌟😘
these documentaries are so informative
Beautiful place. I would love to go there…. Away from city life…
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Once again, DW thank you so much for sharing my beautiful island and some of our unique way of life!
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You guys find the best stories, thanks for sharing
They need donkeys there. Great transport for those paths, and you can see in the people that they would look after them very well.
Thanks for great documentary again, DW.
Donkey's are not waterproof, their fur doesn't shed the water. They'd get skin problems and other illnesses from the constant damp. Ditto for goats, both are more a desert animal.
We do not need donkeys thanks for your concern 👍🏻🇷🇪🍀
I wonder if I might apply for the job. My French is not good but I could learn. I'm pretty fit and love to hike. Where do I send my resume?
A great mental escape episode
In fact, 40% of the surface of Reunion Island is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site!
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Can you imagine our tubby UK posties doing this? They'd get altitude sickness. 😎
More documentaries like this please…
I also agree. Thanks for these documentaries! 😌
Always documentary (DW) channel sharing excellent informative videos it's a wonderful Tableau of imagened paradise also its wonderful journal coverage...thanks for sharing
people should LEARN ,,,, there is so much to learn ,,,, city people have no idea what LIFE and NATURE is ALL about it ,,,,,
Again , a very wonderful documentry 🙏
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Make a video on India please. Your research and videos are amazing 😍😍
There is one called “Megacity Mumbai”.
@@raempftl yes but there are other regions in India. It's a huge diverse country 😌.
@CRAM MARC The beautiful Himalayas specially form the state of Himachal and uttarkhand where there are many beautiful hill station and beautiful temples and historic places, the developing southern part of India with many scenic beauty and Rajasthan where there are many ancient forts, mountains and desert. Nearly every 300-500 kms language, lifestyle, culture, food and landscape changes in India. Do visit India. I can guarantee you you will cherish each moment here 😍. Btw where are you from??
Nice mini doco. Thank you.
imagine going through all this effort to deliver a dominos voucher
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Very interesting 🌻
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Good documentary, thank you! How do the other villagers send mail back out? I didn't see Cyril pick up anything aside from that one mailbox...
Amazing place. But if he has to walk up with mail. How did they get all construction mtrl up there? By Helicopter 🚁? And as they pick up trash with Helicopter, can the same helicopter not bring the mail?
nice
This Death Stranding DLC looks wild
Just thought the same thing.
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Why don't they have names on the boxes?
In order to keep the island clean, they need to sanction the inconsiderate tourists. Charge for littering.
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