http://civex.smugmug.com/gallery/4343945_vMcRf/ La Mauny was not in operation when we visited this year, so we did not get to see the giant claw in operation, and there were many fewer barrels of sulphuric acid this year. Here are our photos, nevertheless. For a video of the process from our 2007 visit, see http://civex.smugmug.com/gallery/4328370_yJgvU http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:19:30 -0800 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:49:39 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3710/254840372_jhQ2p-Ti.jpg http://civex.smugmug.com/gallery/4343945_vMcRf/ http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254840372_jhQ2p <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254840372_jhQ2p" title="The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3710/254840372_jhQ2p-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane." title="The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:21:13 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3710/254840372_jhQ2p-Th.jpg b2d9226f50c09419763c626967eba16e dbdccb0d26532381a630a67b126c1c9a 72fb8055a7a1046e95e693ca4dbbf499 32e54808b34518d522372403eebe40c1 f852219089cf33e1c7a5273ac5d28ca0 23fc6a8e859352390945a65598dba4e3 daae368c09a22c3379912393800c47ca 5fc5a21f75d745bec9d55ff779176f7d 4ff8f4fd838232dd5f409ab607ea1235 The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254840372_jhQ2p" title="The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3710/254840372_jhQ2p-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane." title="The giant claw sits silent, awaiting the delivery of cane." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rhum, rum, martinique, agricultural rum, la mauny, civex civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254840954_neq7p <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254840954_neq7p" title="There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3713/254840954_neq7p-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny." title="There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:23:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3713/254840954_neq7p-Th.jpg 7adb24f17a08be3986cdfb5553687c1f 08f8b1e2ea20955deec87adf0717d389 9ed93431caa49d52d18887a1d787e25b e66a8b07e48e24ed159553fd5923bc35 de030e565806f4ade3a2b4f1df2af70b 397ad1391452deb81620db6bb7b49f54 e6e84534190659288ee60bcbc5fd262c 4d3b6d30cb6ac995a28ff55de1163f34 a054accfa7ca6713438f283eebd8f34d There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254840954_neq7p" title="There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3713/254840954_neq7p-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny." title="There's a welder back there welding. This is the maintenance time for La Mauny." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rhum, rum, martinique, agricultural rum, la mauny, civex civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254841454_btXkE <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254841454_btXkE" title="The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3715/254841454_btXkE-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out." title="The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:25:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3715/254841454_btXkE-Th.jpg f31d48e769ef4d60cf8c6c635a03572c 96d5b19b5fac5ca46d5c97a8aa6cf542 00e3eda7c7cf96470455a1215a7d9276 3177d34b79c01e25d6750cac33c08da1 455d5084fed1d3ec5aaa93f21437f790 71aaebbc8375c2eb6df0d6906ff97afa 655bf788e77a3eb80516446636aa7323 3b0762458891ab731452a70f24a3dbcf 3749032728585f36ee83a5481b8241f9 The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254841454_btXkE" title="The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3715/254841454_btXkE-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out." title="The boilers, which burn the cane after all the sugar has been pressed out." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rhum, rum, martinique, agricultural rum, la mauny, civex civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254841844_fjMdt <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254841844_fjMdt" title="The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3716/254841844_fjMdt-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation." title="The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:19 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3716/254841844_fjMdt-Th.jpg e1ee5e40754f747a71ef5da7acfcef24 6f60292fd9b6b2df52adef0b629efd4e 3c615a32dfc50024c45acedb5e03db19 46a3b6feed8b16c0a63ea0c033fd469c a8e79ca13da2f22ba0f367f634def334 19b56d89f47fbc44849ea2b4f05b3b75 9372c46ac932e7f517fc86f6e477fd59 84b3c250d41e1ef142299b7c5481e385 a6b3cbf0e6387f609e4952c5b521bab3 The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254841844_fjMdt" title="The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3716/254841844_fjMdt-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation." title="The distillation columns where the pressed juice is separated into its components for fermentation." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rhum, rum, martinique, agricultural rum, la mauny, civex civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254842265_Lb62H <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254842265_Lb62H" title="The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3718/254842265_Lb62H-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane." title="The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:28:57 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3718/254842265_Lb62H-Th.jpg 6828b8a5e081a32276e64febd3edf046 2fd5777485e7e8e11e3922be1e3ccc5e 82f8f74f7544a936f9cc2ceebdd90664 590572debca799f1ce1a645b4dc5faac d7f5853c809f878497435027dbcf2240 fe61ee52548f9a4dd449c497cc86b0c5 3fd13da3b130ed2da00710e09949a002 df11a50f57829b7d52706d3efa3f731e e8ea5b5e42ec4e85c715fe3c9960cdde The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254842265_Lb62H" title="The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3718/254842265_Lb62H-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane." title="The brick units contain the fires that boil the water for the steam that runs the pressers that extract the juice from the cane." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rhum, rum, martinique, agricultural rum, la mauny, civex civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254842813_SLJWE <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />Some people show the scale of the distillation columns.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254842813_SLJWE" title="Some people show the scale of the distillation columns."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3719/254842813_SLJWE-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="Some people show the scale of the distillation columns." title="Some people show the scale of the distillation columns." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:30:45 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3719/254842813_SLJWE-Th.jpg 13731583d6f6ab2cf603c1ddf626ff95 6455118c6a2042c2ca882837a495672b de67419a3334117262502ad1cd7e1e0c 9a8cb5cc6539918c24951eb87f11d307 190a545fc9d5b1a0f30294eb8d01ba20 e57b6dae7d6ae0eaa5404c1e7a15568a 3f600f027e0472f87717307938198089 66b285e4d511c91303b4a14fb1562aed 4677f607d2e0c87a2e0ee35a3697a274 Some people show the scale of the distillation columns. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />Some people show the scale of the distillation columns.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254842813_SLJWE" title="Some people show the scale of the distillation columns."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/DSC3719/254842813_SLJWE-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="Some people show the scale of the distillation columns." title="Some people show the scale of the distillation columns." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rhum, rum, martinique, agricultural rum, la mauny, civex civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254843807_Hui3w <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254843807_Hui3w" title="La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/leMauny01/254843807_Hui3w-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill." title="La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:34:30 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/leMauny01/254843807_Hui3w-Th.jpg bf4ccaa9fad4cce980f1e28f08a62241 5b09ef851367eb3f6836071ad4ae7e5f 3bb7f638406ba1789e0ccab2bd425875 f26768ec282b31ec3cbd9e1c9a4d8d31 6e9af44205dfeb2e9cc6619ba526c9fa c48b8812c71b973f39027052c07bf3e2 13557bb64da99b7423681c9f29d989ed 69da98051d8a4ab7a0df35cbf4e3ad29 5ccafe1af9eb4c278e432dbec0a6cf35 La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254843807_Hui3w" title="La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/leMauny01/254843807_Hui3w-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill." title="La Mauny Distillerie seen from an adjacent hill." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rhum, rum, martinique, agricultural rum, la mauny, civex civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254844239_Hr5QX <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />A closer view of the buildings.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254844239_Hr5QX" title="A closer view of the buildings."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/leMauny02/254844239_Hr5QX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A closer view of the buildings." title="A closer view of the buildings." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:36:01 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/leMauny02/254844239_Hr5QX-Th.jpg 4d68e90d217464116cf409021a035319 0053fc8a8c8e19d6cd10c7d0e465d273 84321094bbb3e6fd515f87285ef116c0 d09bf648094b6d7da37b266f6b5081de 68ff534aecad7e113ade0c070ba57886 513c835326ed957f83a3f6c7cf821aa5 01344b3941c0803eb65fa4efadc9a2ff fa1438a657b6c0532b69208aea5d3efb f6692aa4b1b932f3289521d5e7bbd494 A closer view of the buildings. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />A closer view of the buildings.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#254844239_Hr5QX" title="A closer view of the buildings."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/leMauny02/254844239_Hr5QX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A closer view of the buildings." title="A closer view of the buildings." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rhum, rum, martinique, agricultural rum, la mauny, civex civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#259973012_Me9iy <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#259973012_Me9iy" title="Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/IMG0368/259973012_Me9iy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie." title="Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:49:06 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/IMG0368/259973012_Me9iy-Th.jpg aadf2ca429c1ccf43d726849ca92fc4d 5896d94774fc444a43457efc87fb5bbb 5d380398ab9fe54b36f74aab251a02df 6bf7441ecec0783c9cd014c5bf04c27d d8073cb6ea23f95f58d44e73465effb0 d19764cf791ba5e129e4577fe92f91f1 ae0f8d5675e5e93ceb9906270a4b6bf9 ae0f8d5675e5e93ceb9906270a4b6bf9 Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#259973012_Me9iy" title="Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/IMG0368/259973012_Me9iy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie." title="Have we mentioned that it rained more this year than on our previous trips? This is of the rain while we were at the tasting cabin after our tour of the distillerie." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel civex, martinique, french west indies, la mauny, distillerie, distillery, rum, rhum, agricultural rum civex civex http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#259973172_TQiAy <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#259973172_TQiAy" title="The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/IMG0367/259973172_TQiAy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny." title="The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:49:39 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (civex) http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/IMG0367/259973172_TQiAy-Th.jpg 2d7fcdc593d8a022fc7ec99921c0976d ed3d50ecd4fc890236c865dabf9ed5e7 60c79ba422f6298d8ef1a1b12640cacc 0f01e205a820c0a4433e3a353c980364 331dce4e71509805f10234ffa531d291 500c452023af100642e5cd8827e5c64b e45faca886fc7606971c0df5eb7265bd e45faca886fc7606971c0df5eb7265bd The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny. <p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com">civex</a><br />The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny.</p><p><a href="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/4343945_vMcRf#259973172_TQiAy" title="The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny."><img src="http://civex.smugmug.com/Travel/La-Mauny-2008/IMG0367/259973172_TQiAy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny." title="The cock o' the walk. This rooster strutted around outside the tasting cabin at La Mauny." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel civex, martinique, french west indies, la mauny, distillerie, distillery, rum, rhum, agricultural rum civex civex