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Kitespot Review: Sakalava Bay – Kiteboarding in Madagascar
The Varatraza blew fiercely across Sakalava Bay. I dug my toes into the white sandy beach, watching Tom kite between the stone islands. He was clearly overpowered on his 6 meter kite, the wind gusting from 35-40 knots. I had attempted to go out earlier, but the strong wind proved too powerful for little ole […]
Lemur LOVE
I fell in love with a monkey at a very young age and have been obsessed with monkeys ever since. We first met at the county fair, she was wearing a red and white gingham dress and matching bonnet. I was wearing pigtails and Velcro sneakers. I squealed in delight as she pinched a penny […]
Three Bays Hike Madagascar
Located in the far north of the island of Madagascar are the “Three Bays” … beautiful turquoise water lined with long white beaches. Pigeons’ Bay, Duns’Bay, and Sakalava Bay can be accessed by foot and there is much natural beauty of the land and sea to be experienced along the seaside trail. The walk from […]
Avenue of the Baobabs
Photos of the Week: The Avenue of the Baobabs is a group of ancient baobab trees that line the dirt road between Morondava and Belo’i Tsiribihina in western Madagascar. Baobab trees, up to 800 years old, are known locally as renala (Malagasy for “mother of the forest”). The best time to stroll down this avenue is at […]
Exploring a Stone Forest – Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park Madagascar
Tsingy is the Malagasy word for “walking on tiptoes.” And tiptoe we did, ever so carefully while exploring the spiky labrinth of limestone pillars characteristic to the national park appropriately named Tsingy de Bemaraha. The fortress of pinnacles makes it difficult to penetrate the reserve located in Western Madagascar. We were equipped with a guide, headlamps, and […]
Malagasy greetings
Photo of the week: Malagasy boys wave hello to the strange white people canoeing down the Tsiribihina River in Western Madagascar.
Madagascar no plan no problem – canoeing down the Tsiribihina River
I didn’t realize at the time, with a single phone call, our fated path on the island would begin to unfold. A voice laced in French confirmed, “Yes madam we have one room available, I will send a driver to fetch you.” Having landed in Madagascar without a plan or a place to stay, I […]
Tsiribihina River Madagascar
Photo of the week: Canoeing down the Tsiribihina River in Western Madagascar
Cool Chameleon
Photo of the week: A cool chameleon takes a ride in my canoe as we paddle down the Tsiribihina River in Western Madagascar.
Madagascar … where all the cool creatures live
Dancing lemurs, colorful chameleons, hump back cattle (zebu) are just a few of the crazy cool creatures that call Madagascar home. Nowhere else on earth (aside from a zoo) will you find a single lemur or it’s predator the carnivourous fossa. Nowhere else on earth can you hold the world’s smallest chameleon in the palm of your […]
Kitespot Review: Paje Beach, Zanzibar
Having summited Kilimanjaro and having lived in a tent for two weeks in Tanzania, I was ready for a change of pace and a change of accommodation. I flew to Zanzibar, a.k.a. The Spice Islands, an archipelago paradise 25 miles from the Tanzanian coast, in search of wind and hammocks. I found both on the southeast coast on Paje […]
Paje Beach – Zanzibar
Photo of the week: Kitesurfers at Paje Beach in Zanzibar To see more photos of Zanzibar CLICK HERE!