Saturday, October 16, 2010

One of many herons we saw on the trip

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Carrying the baby on a hot day

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On our boat tour

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The umbrella bird standing up again

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Yo!

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A welcome lunch at the park

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Lunch at the park restaurant. Three courses for $5.

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The national park has a turtle breeding center to help the populations

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Insect hunt

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The destination of our hike were the tallest baobob trees in Madagascar

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Funny looking trees

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Tallest baobob in Madagascar

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Rice fields

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We hope the bridge doesn't break. Crocks below!

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Walking to the Baobob tree

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Banana trees

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Sunset eyes

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What are you looking at?

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That night we slept in a bungalow. Thank goodness for mosquito nets!

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NIGHT HIKE! In spite of heat and mosquitos, we spent an hour discovering the noctural fauna

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Big African spider

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Corbin on the Night Hike

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It's always better if you can touch it

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Evening, sir

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On this branch is a variety of gecko that is the smallest in Madagascar

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I don't know how our guide kept seeing things in the dark

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The kitchen at one of the park's restaurants

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Chameleons normally don't come out during the day

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During lunch Corbin chose to sit near the edge of the restaurant to watch all the animals go by

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A cocoon housing hundreds of butterflies

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Iguana about 20 cm long

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Corbin was fascinated in the insects of Madagascar

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Thinking lemur

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Saying hi!

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Friends hanging out on a warm afternoon

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Friday, October 15, 2010

This plant has a nature coat protecting it from being eaten

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Mother and child

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Olga shows us a tree that used to be only used for the royalty

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Those are long tails!

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The kitchen at the restaurant in the park

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Welcome to Africa!

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A view out form our room towards the lake

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Searching the mounds for termites

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Spetacular views out beyond the canyon

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Our first outing at the Ankarafantsika National Parks was to a nearby canyon

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The inland head takes its toll on the travelers

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Erosion has caused this beautiful canyon

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Lobster for lunch! We love Madagascar!

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Terry buys 6.6 lbs of lobster for $22. Just over $3 a pound!!

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

TWO DAYS OF LEMURS: Profound Madagascar

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As we drove out to the coast from the capital city of Antananarivo a week ago, we passed through a national park and saw our first lemurs hi...

Corbin's new iReport on Lemurs here in Madgascar

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Our sunset of the day from our place

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