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The No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie: still going strong after 105 years
IÂ have most of my collection of 100-plus cameras on a couple of shelves made from old Indian doors whose multiple layers of paint was peeling. Â By collector standards it’s not many, but it’s enough so that they grab your attention when you walk into the room. Â Eventually they ask, “Do any of them still work?”…
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Madagascar: Visiting the Tsingy de Bemaraha (Part 2)
This post is a continuation of my previous post, where I described out trip from Antananarivo to Morondava, and then north across two rivers and to the “petit tsingy” and a boat ride through the Manamobolo Gorge and the caves that border it. In this post, I will share our experience in the “grand tsingy”…
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Madagascar: Visiting the Tsingy de Bemaraha (Part 1)
Travel and Leisure has listed Madagascar as one of its 50 places to visit in 2017. Â Since we’re talking about a country that would stretch from New York City to the tip of Florida, I’ll help narrow things down a bit. Â Despite the hassle of getting there, the Tsingy the Bemaraha National Park is one…
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Madagascar’s Majestic Baobabs
I’ve been pretty quiet here on the blog – we have been hard at work on some crowdfunding initiatives, and in between, I have been editing some of the video footage I shot on our trip to Madagascar’s west coast. Â Way back in August! Â That’s when we took a trip that most foreigners who spend…
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Anjezika: Antananarivo’s “Waterworld”
This is Anjezika. Once a vibrant fishing and rice-growing village, it has gradually been encircled and choked off by the surrounding city of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Â Now, nobody grows anymore rice here. Â A few small fish can be collected from the stagnant water that separates small squares of low-lying land where the people have built their…