{"id":760008,"date":"2025-09-28T16:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/760008\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T16:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:01:12","slug":"nouvelle-caledonie-reunion-deux-iles-deux-mondes-documentaire-vu-du-ciel-gd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/760008\/","title":{"rendered":"Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie &#038; R\u00e9union : Deux \u00eeles, deux mondes \u2013 Documentaire VU DU CIEL &#8211; GD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie &amp; R\u00e9union : Deux \u00eeles, deux mondes \u2013 Documentaire VU DU CIEL - GD\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hne0biOsmLU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nNouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie &#038; R\u00e9union : Deux \u00eeles, deux mondes \u2013 Documentaire VU DU CIEL &#8211; GD<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThere is the planet Mars. And there are also these<br \/>\npink mountain landscapes in the southern hemisphere of planet Earth. The difference? A few signs of life,<br \/>\na few traces of human presence. A sailboat in the distance,<br \/>\na field of wind turbines. Some traces of a<br \/>\nsparse and complex human presence. We call it the territory. The territory, therefore, or the pebble,<br \/>\nsince that is what New Caledonia is most commonly called. Many other words still say a lot<br \/>\nabout this strange country, as if this confetti of a republic<br \/>\nat the antipodes of the metropolis had its own vocabulary. So, at the letter C, there is Caldoche. They are white and have inhabited these<br \/>\nmountainous lands for only a few generations. From the region. Most of them are breeders<br \/>\nand in their spare time they like to hunt the deer that are plentiful around here. They still have that<br \/>\npioneering mentality and we feel very close to their Australian neighbors. A bit of the same look, actually. They conquered vast areas,<br \/>\nimmense ranches in the four corners of the islands and they made the port<br \/>\nof Noumea their capital, in the far south of Grande Terre. Countless athletes by the sea,<br \/>\nmorning and evening, a cathedral, beautiful neighborhoods,<br \/>\nbeautiful buildings, very Western, very white, Noumea. At the letter C, always, Yacanak, which is also written<br \/>\nwith two Ks like Kanaki. They are the first<br \/>\ninhabitants of the territory. More than villages,<br \/>\nthey belong to tribes often deep in the forest,<br \/>\nparticularly along this so-called forgotten coast. It was probably when he saw<br \/>\nthese islets, these mounds of flat land above<br \/>\nthe waves, through a telescope that James Cook said to himself: Hey, that reminds me of something, it<br \/>\nlooks like Scotland. The west coast then on the Highlands side. And that is how<br \/>\nNew Caledonia was born. By analogy between two<br \/>\ngeographically opposed coasts separated by almost 20,000 kilometers. For the rest, the same great horizons. With a<br \/>\nbig difference, all the same. The color of the earth. The territory is a large mountainous block<br \/>\nthat weighs down with mines and efforts. From north to south of Grande Terre,<br \/>\nthe mountains, disemboweled by heavy bulldozer blows, are cut into terraces. Nickel. Once discovered,<br \/>\nthe ore changed everything here. According to In the years,<br \/>\na tenth of the world&#8217;s nickel production came from mines<br \/>\nin New Caledonia. The price of nickel here calls<br \/>\nthe shots. Things have been going so well in recent years<br \/>\nthat ore mining plants are being built in both the north<br \/>\nand south of the country. This is the Gorot site,<br \/>\nbillions of euros of investment, millions of tons of rocks<br \/>\nand minerals soon to be washed and sorted. And a long pipe that goes towards the sea<br \/>\nwith a question in the background: How to combine everything? How to reconcile everything? In some places along the coast,<br \/>\nparticularly in the west, the coral reef is only a<br \/>\nfew hundred metres from land, such as here, towards Bourail,<br \/>\nin the Pauya passes. New Caledonia has a rich lagoon area that stretches nearly<br \/>\n800 kilometers from north to south. We would love to dive in,<br \/>\nbut it&#8217;s forbidden. These tropical lagoons and coral reefs<br \/>\nare among the most extensive in the world. Here, unique flora and fauna. And there, there, an industry<br \/>\nin full development. Channels that must be dug are weighed<br \/>\nto soon allow ships loaded with ores<br \/>\nextracted from the mountain to pass through. Heavy industry versus the<br \/>\nheritage of humanity. Nickel versus coral. We never stop wondering. At the edge of the reef,<br \/>\nnear the passes that were once impossible to find on rough maps,<br \/>\nthere remain today the wrecks of ships that left loaded with nickel. Another visible trace<br \/>\nof this industry today. But to return to our<br \/>\nNew Caledonian alphabet, Nothing. At the letter P, there is columnar bread. This variety of tree that grows along<br \/>\nthe coasts and wants to reach for the clouds. Up to more than 50 meters<br \/>\nfor the highest. An icon of the territory. Pine as well as the Isle of Pines. Two Two hours by boat from Noumea,<br \/>\nsouth of Grande Terre, and here is a little taste of Polynesia. We also sulk at a<br \/>\nstrong and hardworking nest. Less austere than Grande Terre,<br \/>\nthe Isle of Pines is a bit like the showcase of New Caledonia. The cover of the catalogs. But who would imagine that barely conquered<br \/>\nby the French, the Isle of Pines became a penal colony<br \/>\nduring the reign of Napoleon III? The cemetery of the deportees burns<br \/>\nwith the memory of these forced exiles. The convicts had escaped Cayenne<br \/>\nto find themselves even further from the metropolis,<br \/>\nin prison in the tropics, in the shade of the colonial pines. The stated objective was to populate<br \/>\nthe colony of New Caledonia. Later, much later,<br \/>\nat the end of their sentences, other common law convicts<br \/>\ndecided to settle in New Caledonia. The country seems rich. There is still everything to be done. The land is given. What a bargain! Even later,<br \/>\nthe children and grandchildren of the first settlers were joined<br \/>\nby other French people, this time from Algeria, who had become French. They begin a new life in an<br \/>\narea previously free of conflict. Here, the mountains, the forest,<br \/>\nthe immense farms. And then there, out at sea, a hundred<br \/>\nkilometers to the East, another world. Calm and seemingly voluptuous,<br \/>\nthese are the Loyalty Islands. This is Uvea. An island, 25 years ago, at the heart<br \/>\nof what was called the events here. Another important word<br \/>\nin the New Caledonian lexicon. Uvea is an atoll. It&#8217;s beautiful to die for. This time, we could<br \/>\neasily believe we were in Polynesia. The island is also populated by Walisians<br \/>\nand of course Melanesians. The shadows and lights<br \/>\nof Ouv\u00e9a the Magnificent. Rebel island, cursed island, sacred island,<br \/>\nin which the celestial world is not absent. To the north and south of Ouv\u00e9a,<br \/>\ndotted lines of islets extend out to sea, to infinity. They are called the Pleiades. A word rich in both<br \/>\nmeaning and poetry, pleade. In New Caledonia,<br \/>\nthis country also called Canaki, it&#8217;s the world turned upside down. There are stars in the sea. Quite a bit of traffic. Before the entrance to the coastal road,<br \/>\nin the direction of Saint-Denis possession, there is quite a bit of traffic. Living on an island is<br \/>\nn&#8217;t always easy. It&#8217;s moving slowly. Especially since<br \/>\nthe car civilization reigns supreme in the land of the 974. The traffic jam is now reaching the level<br \/>\nof the Galets River. Oh my!<br \/>\nSo, be patient. The weather is not good. And as the<br \/>\nradio hosts keep repeating, it&#8217;s pretty much the same every day<br \/>\non the coastal road. Hours locked in a car, with<br \/>\nthe air conditioning and FM radio on, to stay informed.<br \/>\nWe have to hold on. Everything is fine, traffic<br \/>\ntells us the DDE in the other direction. The DDE informs you<br \/>\nthat there is a 5 kilometer. If we wanted to paint a dark picture, it would<br \/>\nlook like a suburban life. But beware of such easy shortcuts. On the islands, as elsewhere,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s never all black or all white. So,<br \/>\nfollowing the road that winds along the coast, we thought it would be a<br \/>\ngood idea to give ourselves some basics, the fundamentals of Reunion,<br \/>\nso to speak. So, Grandin, yes,<br \/>\nthe island is a victim of its own success. 800,000 inhabitants populate it,<br \/>\nsoon to be a million. As a result, Saint-Denis de la R\u00e9union<br \/>\ncontinues to grow in the middle of the Indian Ocean, much more than a<br \/>\nregional capital. Grand 2,<br \/>\nSaint-Denis belongs to this part of Reunion which we call the Bas,<br \/>\nin opposition, of course, to the Hauts. If the lows are synonymous with traffic jams<br \/>\nand galloping demographics, it is quite the opposite in the highs. And it&#8217;s even more true,<br \/>\nhigh up in the mountains. Here, the helicopter has become one of the<br \/>\nfavorite means of transport for the inhabitants. No choice. In the most isolated parts of the island, everything arrives by air. Doctors, teachers, postmen,<br \/>\nnurses or even food workers, when several families pool their resources<br \/>\nto have 15 days&#8217; shopping delivered in a large bag. Otherwise, it&#8217;s a walk, because<br \/>\nthere is no road that leads up there. Once the helicopters have left,<br \/>\nthe world of silence returns. Like immense natural amphitheaters,<br \/>\ntwo volcanic massifs shelter three cirques that were colonized by humans late in life. On some islets<br \/>\nthere is no running water, no landline telephones,<br \/>\nno power lines. Without solar panels,<br \/>\nthere would be no light or energy to power refrigerators, radios, or to<br \/>\ncommunicate with the rest of the world below, by the sea. These scattered islets are reached on foot<br \/>\nalong paths cleared by the first inhabitants of the mountains,<br \/>\nthose fleeing the slave traders. At least up there,<br \/>\nno one came looking for them. Such is life in this<br \/>\nspectacular, silent place, where sometimes it rains so much<br \/>\nthat it seems as if the water will wash everything away. It is logged on the coast the Indian Ocean is in a bad mood. No doubt the fumes of a distant<br \/>\ncyclone running out of steam somewhere off Madagascar. The southern swell has not yet risen,<br \/>\nbut the sea is white. It&#8217;s a trade wind day and it&#8217;s<br \/>\nstill market day in Sainte-Suzanne. Where nothing is missing on the stalls. And it&#8217;s not a gust of wind<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s going to scare the customer away.  An ordinary day in the tropics. Everything is calm. But next door, things are going to get hot soon. It&#8217;s October. At the river mouths,<br \/>\neverything is ready for the new season. Already clearly marking its territory. And then, prepare the equipment so as not to<br \/>\nmiss out when the new moon arrives, this little fish called bichic will arrive. Fishing for bichic requires<br \/>\nspecial know-how. The mouthpieces are<br \/>\ndivided into several channels. Each channel belongs to families. There are sometimes hidden failures,<br \/>\nbecause the bichic brings in big money. At the same time,<br \/>\nthese channels, like traffic lanes in a marshalling yard,<br \/>\ncan only be observed from a simple graphic point of view. Otherwise, you&#8217;ve probably noticed that on<br \/>\nwindy days, there isn&#8217;t a boat at sea. It must be said that here,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s already quite difficult to put these canals in the water in good weather,<br \/>\nso when the wind blows, you imagine the birch. This east coast is not too spoiled. When it&#8217;s not the wind or the torrential rain<br \/>\n, she has the right to the torments of the volcano. The C\u00f4te-Au-Vent is the most exposed<br \/>\nto the wrath of the Piton de la Fournaise. With all these eruptions,<br \/>\nall this lava flowing down to the ocean,<br \/>\nReunion Island ends up gaining space from the sea and therefore growing. Should we<br \/>\nthank this volcano for that? Not sure, but nonetheless,<br \/>\nan island that is growing these days<br \/>\nis rare enough to be noted. To return to our<br \/>\ninitial fundamentals, let us agree that in the family of tropical oceanic islands,<br \/>\nReunion is an exception. The must is the iron hole. It looks very narrow,<br \/>\nbut with just a little step back, it&#8217;s surprisingly huge. Who<br \/>\nwould imagine that just a few kilometers as the crow flies from here,<br \/>\nthe seaside is suffering from overcrowding<br \/>\nand traffic jams worthy of a Western metropolis? Saint-Pierre,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s 5 p.m., time for the evening bath.  Here we are again in the stockings<br \/>\nand it feels very strange. We could almost forget it. But beaches, mosques and temples<br \/>\nare also part of Reunion. This shows how much<br \/>\ndiversity here reflects the landscapes. Multiple and different. Yet another illustration:<br \/>\nwhen there is too much rain in the east, in the west it is necessary to water. The last surprise is this road, for the moment, given over to walkers and cyclists. Above the coastal road that goes<br \/>\nall the way around the island, there is a four-lane road that has been under construction<br \/>\nfor years: the Tamarins Road. It must relieve congestion on the coastline. 32 km, for an impressive number<br \/>\nof bridges and tunnels to be built. A titanic project,<br \/>\na challenge against nature. With this new road halfway up,<br \/>\nthe downs will be a little less down. And as for the top,<br \/>\nthey will perhaps become a little less inaccessible. A good thing? Well, we&#8217;ll see. Before arriving on the coastal road,<br \/>\nin the direction of Saint-Denis, there is a big slowdown<br \/>\nand this is due to the single lane. We were talking about the problems<br \/>\nthat the city had encountered.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDeux \u00eeles fran\u00e7aises vues du ciel, entre beaut\u00e9 brute et fractures contemporaines. \u270b Pour d\u00e9couvrir plus de documentaires voyages \ud83d\udc49 http:\/\/bit.ly\/4mHkEDB Abonnez-vous \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Introduction &#8211; Les Caldoches, colons de la montagne<br \/>\n02:40 &#8211; Les Kanaks, m\u00e9moire et tribus<br \/>\n04:09 &#8211; Mines de nickel et \u00e9conomie du \u00ab Caillou \u00bb<br \/>\n06:08 &#8211; Lagons menac\u00e9s et paysages class\u00e9s<br \/>\n08:21 &#8211; M\u00e9moire du bagne et diversit\u00e9 du peuplement<br \/>\n11:57 &#8211; R\u00e9union : embouteillages et densit\u00e9<br \/>\n13:27 &#8211; Les Hauts : vie isol\u00e9e et transport a\u00e9rien<br \/>\n14:49 &#8211; Cirques, for\u00eats, m\u00e9moire de marrons<br \/>\n17:58 &#8211; Volcan actif et nouvelle terre<br \/>\n20:36 &#8211; M\u00e9langes culturels et vie quotidienne<br \/>\n21:04 &#8211; La route des Tamarins : un chantier colossal<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39  La Nouvelle Cal\u00e9donie vue du ciel : les mots du Territoire : On l\u2019appelle le Territoire. D\u2019autres mots encore en disent long sur ce pays. Comme si ce confetti de R\u00e9publique aux antipodes de la m\u00e9tropole avait son propre vocabulaire. Ainsi \u00e0 la lettre C, il y a Caldoche. Ils sont blancs et habitent ces terres montagneuses depuis plusieurs g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. A la lettre C, il y a Canaque qui s\u2019\u00e9crit aussi avec deux K\u2026 comme Kanakie. Ils sont les premiers habitants de la Nouvelle Cal\u00e9donie. Ils chassent, p\u00eachent et vivent dans des tribus : l\u2019autre facette de cette Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie qui rappela tellement \u00e0 James Cook l\u2019Ecosse de son enfance qu\u2019il la nomma ainsi.<\/p>\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui, le territoire est un gros bloc montagneux qui p\u00e8se son poids de mines et d\u2019efforts\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39  La R\u00e9union vue du ciel : des hauts et des bas : 800 000 habitants peuplent l\u2019\u00eele de La R\u00e9union. Bient\u00f4t, un million.<br \/>\nFace \u00e0 cette d\u00e9mographie galopante, l\u2019\u00eele fran\u00e7aise de l\u2019Oc\u00e9an Indien commence \u00e0 souffrir des m\u00eames maux que les grandes concentrations urbaines d\u2019Europe : route congestionn\u00e9e, urbanisation croissante. Au prix d\u2019un immense chantier en cours, la Route des Tamarins devrait d\u2019ici quelques ann\u00e9es d\u00e9sengorger la circulation sur l\u2019\u00eele de La R\u00e9union. En attendant tout n\u2019est pas encore perdu : dans les  Hauts \u00bb de l\u2019\u00eele, accessibles au prix de longues marches &#8211; ou bien en h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re lorsqu\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019approvisionner les populations des \u00celets -, une autre vie plus douce et plus calme r\u00e8gne. Bien loin du tumulte des  Bas \u00bb en bord de mer.<\/p>\n<p>Du village de Mafate au Piton de la Fournaise en passant par St-Pierre et St-Denis, voici le carnet de route a\u00e9rien d\u2019une \u00eele qui n\u2019a rien d\u2019uniforme.<\/p>\n<p>A d\u00e9couvrir sur Terra Nauta<br \/>\nAu-dessus des Antilles : entre volcans, plages et falaises https:\/\/youtu.be\/B50_VOvtYv0<br \/>\nPolyn\u00e9sie Fran\u00e7aise : voyage au c\u0153ur de Tahiti et des \u00eeles oubli\u00e9es https:\/\/youtu.be\/9-DnvsG_nPg<br \/>\nMarquises : les \u00eeles les plus isol\u00e9es de la plan\u00e8te https:\/\/youtu.be\/vH3WNTOQ0ck<br \/>\nLes r\u00e9volt\u00e9s des Australes et les lagons de Bora Bora https:\/\/youtu.be\/0zvTdsXrCF0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;LES \u00ceLES PARADISIAQUES VUES DU CIEL&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00c9pisode 9 et 10<br \/>\nR\u00e9alis\u00e9 par Yannick Charles<br \/>\nTous droits r\u00e9serv\u00e9s<\/p>\n<p>#DocumentaireVoyage #NouvelleCal\u00e9donie #R\u00e9union #TerraNauta #VueDuCiel #OutreMer #Lagons #Volcan #Identit\u00e9 #PortraitDeTerritoire #ExplorationA\u00e9rienne #IlesFran\u00e7aises #Nickel #RouteDesTamarins #Kanak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie &#038; R\u00e9union : Deux \u00eeles, deux mondes \u2013 Documentaire VU DU CIEL &#8211; GD There is the p<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144576],"tags":[86803,140413,140411,418846,418845,140416,140410,140415,138322,418847,8669,418855,418853,418856,418859,418852,418857,418848,418851,418854,191857,141541,418858,418849,82088,3849,98281,418850,443,677,1081,150117],"class_list":{"0":"post-760008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hokkaido","8":"tag-documentaire","9":"tag-documentaire-2020","10":"tag-documentaire-arte","11":"tag-documentaire-complet","12":"tag-documentaire-de-voyage","13":"tag-documentaire-decouverte","14":"tag-documentaire-francais","15":"tag-documentaire-societe","16":"tag-documentaire-voyage","17":"tag-documentaires","18":"tag-documentary","19":"tag-exploration-aerienne","20":"tag-identite","21":"tag-iles-francaises","22":"tag-kanak","23":"tag-lagons","24":"tag-nickel","25":"tag-nouvelle-caledonie","26":"tag-outre-mer","27":"tag-portrait-de-territoire","28":"tag-programmation-voyage","29":"tag-reunion","30":"tag-route-des-tamarins","31":"tag-terra-nauta","32":"tag-volcan","33":"tag-voyage","34":"tag-voyages","35":"tag-vue-du-ciel","36":"tag-443","37":"tag-677","38":"tag-1081","39":"tag-150117"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}