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Madagascar’s Saha Forest Camp: an Eco-sperience! Part 1.
A couple of hours north of Antananarivo, at the end of a rutted, slick red clay road that meanders for about 10 kilometers eastward from the town of Anjozorobe, where the winding rice paddies finally end in a jumble of primary forest, Saha Forest Camp is perched on a hillside. Â We arrived at a clearing…
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Found Film in a 100-year-old Camera I got for Christmas
So my parents gave me this old camera for Christmas – a large, worn leatherbound aluminum case with shiny nickel fittings, that concealed intricate, shiny brass knobs, dials and gauges, along with a set of pristine red bellows.  As my mom put it, it was a bit “like a Chinese puzzle to open,” but I finally…
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Madagascar’s Mantadia National Park: the Lemurs
Normally when we go on a trip somewhere, we end up with 6-10 really good photos worth sharing, which give an overall impression of the experience. Â But I have been stalling on this post because the number of close-up lemur photos we got is pretty overwhelming. Â So I’m just going to post a bunch of…
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First Photowalk in Tana
We’ve had a few weeks to settle into the groove here in Antananarivo (pronounce “tananarive” but more frequently shortened to “tana”) and so we figured it was high time we got out and about with our cameras. Â There is so much going on, and so many fascinating street scenes to photograph here – but we…
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Madagascar: Paying Attention to the Little Things
Walking through the jungle in Madagascar in search of lemurs, it’s easy to overlook the little things…and trample them underfoot. Â Bugs, tiny plants, lizards. Â There are upwards of 100,000 species of insects in Madagascar. Â We didn’t see the long-necked giraffe weevil, but we saw lots of other interesting creepy crawlies. Â For instance, this little guy,…