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Lokobe Nationl Park - Lemur

By far the cutest residents of the park are the 3 different types of Lemurs. The Sportive Lemur (brown, nocturnal and super cute), the...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 5, 20191 min read

To and From Lokobe - The Chameleon

Even though Lokobe is part of Nosy Be island you have to drive to village on the south east tip about 4km of dirt road which takes about...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 4, 20191 min read

Lokobe National Park - The Boa

If you want to be sure to find stacks of lemurs, chameleons and snakes then the best place to go is the national park of Lokobe on the...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 4, 20191 min read

Back in Nosy Be

I am now back in Nosy Be and staying at a hotel in a village called Ambatoloaka. For some reasons nearly every town in Madagascar starts...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 4, 20191 min read

What Marine Research?

Enough of Camp and enough of Nosy Komba. After 2 weeks there I have managed to do 2 dives. The first was to test my diving skills which...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 4, 20192 min read

Zebu washing day

Just like there are special days for doing your washing and Fadi days to not do washing there are also special days to wash your Zebu. ...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 3, 20191 min read

How to go Insane in One Morning

Maybe I would be better off if I never did any project management training. I have to print 1 A4 piece of paper and of course there is...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 3, 20192 min read

My new Abode

I have managed to find a house at the other end of the village (closer to camp) that allows me to be self sufficient. It is owned by the...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 3, 20191 min read

Lemars and the not so Furry

On Nosy Komba the village runs a Lemar park. The black Lemar is only found in this part of the country and the park has heaps of them. ...

Joanne Stubbs

Aug 3, 20191 min read

I'm Moving Out

Sound like the title of Billy Joel song? So much for volunteering to help change the planet! This place is a complete scam and no...

Joanne Stubbs

Jul 31, 20191 min read

Washing Day in Camp

Here in Madagascar there are "Fadi's". This is essentially anything that is taboo or has a curse attached to it. There are days of the...

Joanne Stubbs

Jul 31, 20191 min read

Arrived at camp

Here we are at the Nosy Komba camp on day 1. A site attached to a small beach that allows the boats to drop you off at camp rather than...

Joanne Stubbs

Jul 26, 20191 min read

Nosy Be to Nosy Komba

Nosy is the Malagasy word for Island and the other word is the islands name. To get from Nosy Be (which is reasonably set up) to Nosy...

Joanne Stubbs

Jul 26, 20191 min read

Welcome to Hellville

Yep, that is the towns real name so you instantly have low expectations. A typical African town with a main market, busy main street,...

Joanne Stubbs

Jul 14, 20191 min read

Helicopter fly through

The only way to see some of the more spectacular parts of Reunion is by helicopter so off I went. Unfortunately the cloud was too bad to...

Joanne Stubbs

Jul 14, 20191 min read

Day 1 on Reunion

I have spent most of today driving up and down mountains, in and out of Creole villages and over old lava flows in a car the size of a...

Joanne Stubbs

Jul 12, 20191 min read