by eliasc64 | Oct 18, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Madagascar Trip 2013
We left quite late, around 10:15 to visit the Kirindy national park, home of the famous Fossa lemur. After 90 minutes drive on relatively good dirt road, we arrived in the forest. Kirindy is very dry and dense, very different from the rain forest of the east coast....
by eliasc64 | Oct 17, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Madagascar Trip 2013
Early morning in Belo sur Mer is beautiful. No, magical. The tide is very low, there is no wind and the light is excellent for photographing the boats going out for the daily fishing activities. Morning Walk Early morning in Belo sur Mer, low tide Belo sur Mer in the...
by eliasc64 | Oct 16, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Madagascar Trip 2013
Despite the 4:15am wake up call, it was better to fly early and have the full day ahead, since the drive from Morondava to Belo Sur Mer is 3 hours long. Morondava is located on west coast across Mozambique, right at the delta of the Morondava river. Arriving in...
by eliasc64 | Oct 15, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Madagascar Trip 2013
Today, we had to drive for 400km, all the way back to Antananarivo, normally a non-stop 8 hours drive. We started early, around 7am, to have enough time to stop in Ambositra and Antsirabe. The heavy fog turned the rain forest into a mystical place. We were ascending...
by eliasc64 | Oct 14, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Madagascar Trip 2013
After the long train journey, it was good to sleep for a couple of hours longer than usual. We had arranged for a boat tour in the Canal des Pangalanes. The Canal was built by the French on the turn of the 20th century and connects a large number of natural lakes and...
