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Up at 3 am for our flight only to discover on reaching the airport that it had been delayed by 12 hours. We spent a very pleasant morning lounging round the hotel pool until it was airport time.
The plane landed in the dark at Nosy Be at about 6.30 pm. After the usual wrestling match in the car through mud and potholes we arrived at a tiny beach where after some rudimentary flashing of lights an open dive boat appeared out of the blackness bucking violently in the waves rain and wind. We clambered through the surf and sat bemused as the crew tried valiantly to clear the beach through the waves and against the wind and then off we went snarling through the night lashing rain and sizeable waves. Much to our relief a small locker was opened up and we were handed not the expected life jackets, but some rain jackets. After what seemed like an eternity( but was no more than 20 mins ) we arrived soaking wet at Nosy Sakatia Lodge our home for the next 5 nights. We both had a stiff drink and a shower before supper and then to bed.
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