Madagascar
is the fouth largest island in the world after Greenland, New Guinea
and Borneo.
(link) There you are, you have learnt something already! It
is 226,917 sq. miles ( 587,713 sq. kms)
in area which is 3 times the size of Great Britain, 7 times the size of
our own little island, Ireland. It is larger than France and almost the
same area as Spain and Portugal put together. Combine all this with the
fact that the cyclone season which occurs each year washes away the
roads and the bridges on a regular basis and you just know that travel
in Madagascar is bound to be a great experience. On our last two trips
we used the rivers to get around and it was much more fun,
very relaxing
and you get to see the country at a more leisurely pace. It also means
that you can stop and camp wherever you want by the riverbank and the
wildlife is never far away either. We found that our rate of taking
photographs is directly related to whether we travel by road or river
with the river travel providing better oppurtunities in most cases. Not
to mention the fact that the crews of the boats operate them like a
floating restaurant. It is really quite amazing how resourceful the
Malagasy are when it comes to looking after your welfare on these boat
trips.
For
convenience I
have divided the areas of interest into the following sections which
are then further subdivided. We have only travelled in the South West,
the West and the Highlands of this enormous island so far. The North,
the South and much of the East have been neglected by us up to
now
(purely for financial reasons I might add) but that is something we
hope
to remedy in
the future. Click on the links at the left to bring you to the relevant
section. People, Places Wildlife and Travel.
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