Hotel Joffre
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The Ascent of Man
I was discussing with Richard the title for today's blog. The above title stuck for reasons I'll explain below...but...it's rather sexist and arrogant (in my opinion at least). However, 'The Ascent of Humankind' just doesn't have the same ring to it. Anyway, read on. Parc Ranomafana is steep. No two ways about it. Not for the faint hearted or the weak of spirit are the walks that traverse the ridges and valleys. If the ascending and descending in search of any of the 12 lemur species in ...
Alle festers mor...
Madagaskar er kult. Dra hit.
Våre første ti dager tilbrakte vi i hovedstaden Antananarivo ettersom vi var helt avhengige av å få gjort litt jobb der vi var sikre på å ha internett. Tana, på folkemunne, må sies å være en røff by, med sine 2 til 5 millioner innbyggere. Samme dagen som vi kom, tok jeg og Arild en rusletur i slummen på noen timer, noe vi senere ble frarådet å gjøre igjen. Og vi skjønner hvorfor. De som ønsker å se disse områdene tar som regel ...
Masoandro Lodge
Ile Sainte Marie (or as its called in Malagasi Nosy Boraha) is a small island off the north east coast of Madagascar and it is one of the places humpback whales choose to spend July to September. They come north in hundreds to warmer seas for the breeding season and the purpose of my visit was to whale watch, snorkel and generally chill.
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Pangalanes part 2
From Bush House we headed across Lake Ampitave then north up the pangalanes towards Tamatave. Half the staff from Bush House came too as I had been the only visitor at the Lodge. When I left they went home to the city until more visitors were due.
It was about 3 hours on the canal then I was due to fly up the coast to ...
To the wilderness by water
... than road travel and you can do it slowly (pirogue) or quickly (motorboat). The traffic on the waterway was mainly pirogues - fishermen checking their cages and nets, or taking goods up and down the canal. The small farming/fishing villages beside it were interesting but we didnt dawdle.
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