Captain's Log

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I be back with a new tale, scallywags! I’m not in Madagascar anymore, but I still have a few things to share! Today I want to talk about a serious subject: conservation. Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world at 587,000 square km. Madagascar is home to almost 25,000 species of wild animals and over 11,000 endemic plant species, many of them on endangered species lists. In the span of 11 years (1999-2010), scientists discovered 615 new species, including 41 mammals and 61 reptiles! 75-80 percent of its wildlife is found nowhere else on earth. This is largely...

Today be me last day at sea! I’ll be moving on to another adventure soon. An update on our movements is in order! We weighed anchor early on Saturday morning to head down the south coast in the Mozambique Channel. Our destination was Majumba, also known as Majunga and Mahajanga. This is a major port of Madagascar, the third largest in the country. Its location is in Bombetoka Bay, an inlet of the Mozambique Channel at the mouth of the Betsiboka River. It is the export center of all major Malagasy products.  The city was founded by the Arabs in...

“Honey River” Ahoy Landlubbers! It’s been a few days since my last post. We’ve been sailing the northwest coast of Madagascar and the area be sparsely populated with intermittent cell and internet service. One of our anchorages was in Baramahamay Bay, better well known to cruisers as “Honey River”. This bay is located on the northwest coast of Madagascar, South of Nosy Be. Honey River has several small villages in the area. Most of the dwellings are crudely made from scavenged wood with thatched roofs. Many of these homes, especially on the coast, are built on stilts, not much above...

It’s been a few days since my last update and much has been going on! I’ll start with a somber subject: the plague. Here we see medical professionals testing all comers to the Nosy Be Island, in the Hell-ville Port, for fever with no contact thermometers, and any signs of illness. Madagascar has seen a rise in the plague, particularly the pneumonic plague, in the past few months. The pneumonic plague is spread by droplets in the air from coughing or sneezing by an infected individual. The people here are still very friendly and upbeat. Our Air Madagascar agent, pictured...