Well this was a day to remember and ended up driving Nick back to scotch whiskey. Major travel day.
We started off with an “easy” 4 hour drive to cover 150 k back to Fort Dauphine navigating through huge potholes, corroded and broken bridges, trucks, goats, cattle, people all sharing the road. We lunched at a delightful restaurant overlooking the surf beach which was quite stunning. Our flight to the capital was uneventful and we were met by the smiling and reassuring Nicky. Into the back of the almost new Toyota Land Cruiser and off we went for what we thought was a 3 hour drive…
Two hours into it Nicky proudly informed us we were travelling on Madagascar’s most dangerous road and that the US embassy would not let its citizens drive on it if possible. We wondered whether we were happy to be non-Americans at this stage. Some 4.5 hours later having battled torrential rain and winds on a road again full of massive holes and huge semi trailers coming from the seaport we arrived at our guesthouse in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. Quivering with exhaustion we had to stumble through lashing rain and wild winds to get to the reception. It was dark, the power had blacked out due to the storm. Little did we know it was a Cat 2 Cyclone called Ava.
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