Madagascar

June 11th, 2011


I have arrived in Madagascar, fully refreshed and fed from my flight. My safari jeep should be here shortly to pick me up and take me to the hotel (and then out to the open fields for tons of picture taking)!!

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Here are some pictures from the safari! It was a really good time! We drove around the land for hours looking for animals and scenic places to take pictures... These guides really know what they are doing!! Then we found a clearing with a small watering hole and we had a small supper that was provided with the cost of the safari trip.

 ^ This is while I was in the jeep driving alongside the coast to get to our starting location for the safari

 ^ These are some cute baby Lemurs with their mommy!

 ^We were canoeing (which I have never done before) in a small river and some curious elephants came walking over to watch us.

 ^ This is a baby Fossa!! They had a small reservoir where they had some baby animals that had been lost or separated from their parents and this is where they took care of them until they were able to get around on their own. He was sooo cute and we each got a turn to hold the little fella'! 

^ As we were heading back to our starting location, I saw this lioness in the grass watching us from afar. She seemed calm, like she was used to humans coming through all the time, but she knew we wouldn't harm her... I like safaris.

Madagascar was a really neat place to go to, and it's one of those names where you can say, "Hey, I have been there!! Yea, just like the place in the movie!"  : )

Safari Time!!

June 9th, 2011

I decided to stay a little longer in Fiji than originally expected... lol. I spent most of my time in a coffee shop though surfing the internet on where to go next. While sitting in the coffee shop, a mother was doing some type of homework in a corner and had a younger child with her. To keep the kid occupied, the mother had a portable dvd player with Madagascar in it. Reminding me of my safari that I wanted to go on, I looked up Madagascar.
There wasn't much to do, but I decided to book a flight anyways! Imagine the Madagascar gang's surpirse when I decided to show up...

.... ;]

I decided to take a small day to two day trip there, then actually head up to Africa and see a large safari.
Flight costs to Antananarivo, Madagascar was surprisingly expensive and outrageously long, and I'm assuming so because the airport might be really small... Hmmm.... I wonder which way was taken to get to Australia from Chicago.

I am debating on taking a smaller trip (length wise) for a larger amount of money, or taking a longer trip (about 2 days worth of being on a plane) for a lot cheaper....

I am looking at a 28 hour and 55 minute plane ride for $8,557.70... or a 47 hour and 55 minute flight for $2,623.00.  Is comfort worth the $6000? I know I can sleep on planes pretty easily.

GASP! I just found a flight that beats both! : )  A 27 hour and 20 minute flight for $2,396! Whew! (wipes brow)

*Click* Booking is done, better go pack!