{"id":4018,"date":"2024-03-31T18:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T17:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2025-10-12T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:17:11","slug":"easter-photoblogging-port-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/31\/easter-photoblogging-port-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter photoblogging: Port Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our road-trip cut short by downpours, we stopped at Albion Public Beach to buy rotis. After eating, we drove to another beach, hoping that the clouds would clear. I got lucky and snapped this picture of the lighthouse just before it rained again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We then went to Pointe-aux-Sables where the weather was nicer and people were actually celebrating Easter on the beach\u2014not the usual large crowd, but the mood was there. I walked onto the jetty and took some more pictures of ships and of the port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ship<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Woman<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Ship<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Ship<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Ship<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Chimneys<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Cranes<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Chimneys<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I tried a long exposure of the Container Terminal and realised that 30 seconds with a 10-stop filter was overkill for rendering smooth waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our road-trip cut short by downpours, we stopped at Albion Public Beach to buy rotis. After eating, we drove to another beach, hoping that the clouds would clear. I got lucky and snapped this picture of the lighthouse just before it rained again. We then went to Pointe-aux-Sables where the weather was nicer and people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1j9q5-12O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3902,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/25\/christmas-day-photoblogging-mauritius-bulk-sugar-terminal\/","url_meta":{"origin":4018,"position":0},"title":"Christmas Day photoblogging: Mauritius Bulk Sugar Terminal","author":"Eddy Young","date":"25 December 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Merry Christmas! 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