I can’t account for my trepidation here, but I am two days in, and I’m nowhere near to seeing turtles. In part this is because […]

In Malagasy ‘Mora Mora’ is, ‘ slow down chill out, relax, don’t expect anything to happen on time’. So first day orientation starts at 7.30am…. […]

Oh my, this is ridiculous…..Ridiculously beautiful. Not my idea, but the decision was taken by the camp’s coordinator to stick to the original plan. I […]

I am staying in a village in Nosy Be called Madirokely. This reminds me so much of the Sri Lanka I lived in during 1998 […]

I am now on my way to Nosy Be by turbo prop plane courtesy of Tsaradia. A service scheduled to leave at 16.00 today, then […]

I don’t remember when Madagascar first came on to my radar as a place I needed to visit. Maybe it was a seed planted by […]

I now realise that the most stressful part of any trip is the preparation and packing before you leave. The trip itself is the easy […]

I was born in the month of July which, in theory, makes me a zodiacal water baby. So, why is it that this particular crab […]