Domaine de Fontenay Diego Suarez

Der Ankarana Nationalpark beginnt gleich hinter unseren Hütten. Einfache Wanderung zu den grossen grauen Tsingys. Wir sahen in den Bäumen auch einige Lemuren (Weselmaki, Braune Lemuren und Kronen Lemuren). Auch der Rückwanderung machten wir einen Abstecher in die Fledermausgrotte. Und unsere Führer Eugen zeigte mir alleine (Weil die andern nicht so gut zu Fuss waren, Angst oder keine genügende ...

Auf dem Weg nach Mahamasina sind wir an unseren ersten roten Tsingys vorbeigekommen. Diese rstaunlichen Kalksteinformationen faszinierten uns. Unsere Unterkunft in Mahamasina wird für die nächsten zwei Tage in den Gästehütten bei einer Familie sein. (Wohnen wie die Einheimischen).

Bonjour§ I have 2 min to tell u everything i have seen in the past ten days so the grammer will be awful b/.c of the keyboard. excuse. Mad is so cool! Everthing is different from north to south. We spent the first ten days in the south hiking for hours and driving for hours. i have seen so much countryside its amazing. One minute we r in the forest with ringtailed le,urs and the next we see chameleons and people and ...

(Note: this is a long entry... I think because I am now alone at night my thoughts will come out more as I have more time to write.) It's hot! Not quite as hot as South Africa, but a stickier heat for sure. I'm in Madagascar!!! I keep thinking about how crazy that is and how I don't think I know anyone who has been here. I feel lucky to have this amazing opportunity to travel. Just as I begin to remind myself of how lucky I am, I run smack ...

Hello Everyone! Tra tra ny taona, Happy New Year. I hope your holiday season was lovely, spent with people you enjoy and food you like to eat. I couldn't have had a better one, being away made me appreciate everything about holidays in the states, especially my crazy, loving family. I'm partial, but they really are good people. And it keeps getting better, my sister just had another baby boy. I'll meet him when I get back, I'm very excited. But before I return to ...

Hello Again Everybody, Very excited to say that I was able to upload several pictures of both Mark's visit and the M-Car Girls Camp 2007! Please take a minute to take a look, many good pictures! Also, just an official "Thank You!!!" again to everyone who took part in the innagural "Driving Toward a Difference!" Golf Outing way back in August. We had an ...

Happy 2008 to All! I made it back safe and sound (after an 18 hours flight) to Madagascar after an amazing Christmas with the fam. I got to see some many friends and family, but my sincerest apologies to those who I missed! It was a crazy and hectic 2 weeks. I was truly blessed to be able to have gone home. Thanks again to all that made it happen! Things are going very well here. School started on Jan. 7th and has been in full swing. Both the students AND ...

I remember a time when I thought a travel blog was genius. More convenient than writing individual letters and less annoying than mass emails. However, I did not take into account how incredibly lazy I would be or how slow computers would go. Somehow, whenever I sit down at an internet cafe with the intention to write an update on life with a few anecdotal stories, my brain goes numb and all I want to do is read my emails and look at everyone's new pictures ...

... of varying sizes, including the smallest, pictured on Liv's hand. I wonder if they have a different sense of time - they all moved as if they were on slow motion. We also some some lemurs high up in the trees, but I wouldn't have known that's what they were if I hadn't been told. But exciting to see them all the same. It was quite wet underfoot, and although there were plenty of ...

... distinctive sugarloaf island. Th**e is a brisk cross wind, so landing is a bit rough, but we are OK. Long wait for the bags, DP talks to a Dutch couple who are travelling independently, using mini-buses, rath** than taxi-brousfes. Seem to go most places, we should be using them. Arrange to meet them in town when we find out some information about available tours etc. Find they have arranged a taxi to town for 4000 Ariarys, so we sort out the scrum of would-be taxi ...