Knowing we had to get up and go today made it easier to make a 7am breakfast and a 730 departure. Medi drove us back to the same beach as yesterday but today we had a competent captain and a working boat. The trip to Nosy Iranja took about 1.5 hours. It is actually two…

After an inglorious start to part three of our Madagascar adventure yesterday, this morning redeemed itself. We thought we had some excursions booked through our travel agent, but the hotel seemed to know nothing about it. And because we were not picked up by a GMT+3 driver yesterday, no pick-up time was decided and no…

It was a dark and early start today. We were up at 0345 to leave for the airport to check in at 0400. Carl picked us up and we arrived in time to stand in line. Security/check in wasn’t open quite yet, which was a little weird. You are supposed to check in 2 hours…

Sleep in! Our big adventure today was getting back to Tana. Normally we try and add something in but with a middle of the day flight out of Morondava and a ridiculously early start tomorrow, we decided to just make it simple. We had a leisurely breakfast, sat by the pool and then checked out…

Today we took an outrigger canoe across the river delta to the nearby Betania Village. It is a fishing village across the river from Morondava. Miffy is pictured in the blue shirt behind Kris. He’s been a great source of information and is clearly proud of his city. We were only two in our canoe…

We discovered this morning that last night’s stomping party was for a family in the village next door to our hotel who had twins. Apparently a birth celebration is common. Local rum is consumed. Apparently drinking as a parent is universal. It did shut down around 10 ish. Also a sign of parenthood, early nights.…

We left early this morning to beat the heat. It was a balmy 18º to start but by the time we were done it was well over 30º. Probably closer to 35º. We hiked about 1km in the forest to get to the edge of the Grand Tsingy itself. Along the way we saw a…

We had a great sleep last night. It is very peaceful here. We promised a pool shot and we got one this morning. Wow. This place is so amazingly beautiful. The sun sets right outside our window, first a bit pink, then incredibly orange across the entire horizon. This morning we headed back down to…