The Madagascar Journal: Overview

I kept a journal during both of my ventures to Madagascar in 2000 and 2007. It documents the excitement of travelling in this beautiful country. Below is a chronological list of journal entries. To catch the entire adventure, start with 2000. For a more recent report including the changes in recent years, start with 2007.

Chapter One - The 2000 Trip

1. First Contact
2. Taxi
3. Sambava Beach
4. In the Jungle
5. Diego
6. Le Grand Trip to Ankarana

Intermission

7. Antananarivo the Capital

Chapter Two

8. The Chinese Doctor
9. Lemurs
10. The Fate of Paradise
11. Panorama
12. Fort Dauphin - Tuléar, Day One
13. Fort Dauphin - Tuléar, Day Two
14. A Night in Itampolo
15. Fort Dauphin - Tuléar, Day Three
16. Fort Dauphin - Tuléar, Day Four
17. Ifaty
18. Music
19. Animals
20. Food
21. Final Thoughts

Chapter Three - The 2007 Trip

1. Antananarivo
2. Ankarafantsika
3. Majunga
4. Around Majunga
5. Sick
6. Tree Planting, Crocodile Meat, and the Andasibe Rainforest
7. Vatomandry
8. Wrapping up