More Madagascar Photos

[wayfaringwordhack]

I meant to get these up earlier, but circumstances beyond my control intervened. They have a way of doing that.

The following pictures are of our two days in Ambariomena (The Red Court--birthplace of the current Saklava king) and correspond to paragraphs 7-10 of this entry.

And we're off - second day The boat is loaded, and we are leaving Anjiabe (The Big Sand) for Ambariomena (The Red Court).	How slow can you go? Maybe people think I was being mean about S&O and their extreme laziness when helping unload the boat, but here is a series of pics that shows just how sloooooow they went compared to everyone else.
More than one way to scale a fish Flavio taught J a new technique for de-scaling a fish. Very handy!	Village across the way Fishing village where there is also a small school.
Being artsy While everyone else rests and J snaps photos, I decide to paint some scenery.	granary in watercolor
Pestling the rice A woman's work is never done.	Winnowing rice
Oops J wanted to help but ended up making a mess instead.	Potbelly
The Plate Whisperer	Home on piles
Malagsy children
I spy	Boy with slingshot
Apero time again Who needs a drink? Make mine a virgin, please.	Carri poisson Man, that Flavio could COOK!
Mocherolle de Mayotte Some of the wildlife around the village...	Pretty boy Geckos galore in Madagascar.
Cool lizard Don't know what kind he is.	Spider She's an ugly critter.
Another Alefa boat We left Madriokely on the same day as this pirogue, but we were never in the same campsite and only crossed one another a few times on the water.	At peace Heading back to Ambariomena from the mangrove. We didn't see any crocs, but the scenery was well worth it.
Sunset Coming out of the mangrove.	Suppertime
Daybreak It is dawn and already the cookfires are burning in the village across the bay. Funnily enough, early-early morning was my favorite time on the trip, the smells, the sights, the sounds.	Rise and shine
Dawn What is it about traveling and splendid locales that can make even me, who is not normally a morning person, rise to meet the dawn with such joy?	Going fishing Off to work he goes.
Back on the boat Morning of the third day. O has to go back to Madriokely, so we loaded up all our things and moved to a campsite on a presque-île near Ambariomena.	Sunset on the village As seen from our second encampment at Ambariomena
Fixing the target A stick, half a coconut shell, a few rocks, and we're ready to go for hours of entertainment.	Ambariomena - a stone's throw away One of the children's games: try to knock the coconut shell off the stick. Times Miquela hit the shell: 3. Times the boy in red hit it: 150, give or take a few...
The Red Court at sunrise View from our second campsite.	Doing the dishes Sand and seawater, that's all you need for clean dishes.
Red dress	Hide tide at dawn
Early riser	Morning stroll This kid must have been all of three years old, just wandering around on his own on the presque-île....

Comments

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Very nice pictures. :)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

[pbmaxca.livejournal.com]

It always amazes me at how people who live like that are so happy all the time. They don't have much as far as personal belongings and don't have the heaters and air conditioners that we have and yet I bet they are happy more days a year than we are.

Great artwork!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*nods* Their living conditions are very primitive, but we never saw any fights, heard any voices raised in anger or greed, and in the country, nothing that looked like starvation. Yes, their clothes are rags, but they always wear beautiful smiles.

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous pictures, and great sketch too!

My character Puflet thinks that red dresses don't go with dark skin, but I think you've proven her wrong.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I just love the mix of red and green there. I was lucky to spy her picking her way back to the village in the early morning light.

[melinda-goodin.livejournal.com]

lovely photos. thank you for sharing.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you and you're welcome. ;)

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

I think I'm in love with that painting.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. *blush*

[footlingagain.livejournal.com]

Stunning! Thank you :)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Glad I could bring a little Madagascar into your day. ;)