Around Africa - Nosy-Be, Madagascar

After a day in the mainland, the ship took us to the island of Nosy-Be, still a part of Madagascar.

Interestingly, the town center is just a few walks away. Hence, the walking tour!

This place dates you back in time. The government offices are situated in these buildings. See?

They have a church..

An art gallery..

Souvenir shops.. Cute houses..

And restaurants!

I went to one of them as the its interiors really caught my eye.

I didn't actually order anything except coke as I enjoyed their fast wifi connection. I then went back to the ship and called it a day. :)

Around Africa - Diego Suarez, Madagascar

The name of the place may have been made popular by a movie. I like to move it move it! Haha

Well, since the movie casts soo many animals on it, I actually expected to find them here. But this country is soo big I actually didn't see a lot of them.

Madagascar is the world's 4th largest island. It is so rich naturally that 90% of the earth's biodiversity can only be found in Madagascar alone! So, off we go!

I went out with Ms. Liza and Pangs who I luckily met at the gangway. They were looking for a companion to go and see the Bao Bab trees. We hired a taxi to this particular nature park.

We arrived and a lot of people flocked in to sell their souvenirs. Gosh! We have yet to see the place. C'mmon people. Haha

We paid the entrance of 10 euros each. Then the guide led the way. We went up the hill, passed through a stream and found a tree. I was expecting them to line up somewhere but all in all, we found only 3! Up the hill, they are not that visible actually because a lot of of other trees cover them up.

We descended and took a pic with this instead.

There's also a chameleon and a lemur you can take pics on.

Then we finally bought souvenirs. This was the hardest part as the people would really insist!

We were a bit disappointed of that supposed tour. The view however, compensates it.

See you again hopefully next year!