Ankivonjy

We begin at a busy port greeted by locals dancing /busking. We see the local fishing vessels, the place is alive with activity. We drive through villages and countryside in the northern part of Madagascar, more fertile and wet but still very poor, hot and humid. We see schools, children are required to attend but not every village has a school and some children are not registered.

We stop at Majunga and the Sacred Lake (more like a pond). The lake is sacred to animists. A pretty place cool and shaded. We see a large baobab tree 140,000 L of water capacity.

One guest had a banana, lemurs like bananas. We see a crowd of people and a lemur eating a banana, not bothered by us at all. A spectacular white creature with a long fluffy tail. The female is dominant in the group determining where the troop goes and feeds first. This species of lemur are critically endangered. Locals are encouraged to protect lemurs rather than eat them thereby attracting tourists dollars. The trip highlight was a family of white lemurs, unperturbed by our presence making no attempt to run away or even move away from us. They were instead just curious.Read more