Tonga Soa Fort Dauphin!

Well I have made it back to Fort Dauphin!  I had a lovely flight with Kenya Airways via Nairobi this time... definitely recommend travelling this way.  Not only is it cheaper but everything is in English all the way to Tana AND I only had to walk about 10 steps in Nairobi to make the connection - instead of the nightmare bus/chaos that is Charles de Gaulle airport that you get travelling with Air France or Air Madagascar.  Only problem is that the Kenya Airways plane from Nairobi to Tana can't take large luggage (i.e. surf boards don't fit!!!) - I think that I will have to investigate their cargo facility as everything else was spot on!  Go Kenya Airways - you have a new fan here - well done!

So how is Fort Dauphin - HOT, dam hot... which is nice if your with a lady but a'nt no good if your in the jungle (with thanks to Good Morning Vietnam).  I couldn't hardly move yesterday but happy to be acclimatising back to these lovely temperatures.  I hear that it has snowed again in the UK - I am so happy to have escaped the cold!

Samson is in fine form (literally!), too much surfing and no wife feeding him has trimmed him back to form!!  He has recently been on a trip over to Itampolo, the photos are amazing ... I will upload some soon... and we have found a great new hotel to stay at... but there is one problem...

Where is everyone..that is what I want to know?!  This country is amazing but there really is no one here on holiday or even doing business that I can see at the moment!  Yes, I know that there is supposedly a 'political crisis' going on but honestly, down here in the South there has been no trouble at all.  It is so sad that the lovely Malagasy are now really suffering.  A year now without tourists and the whole economy is affected... which means that people are literally starving.  Come back world... just avoid Tana (the capital) and you will have the most wonderful holiday here in Madagascar - I promise!

Anyway, I really must go to the market to find some food for this evening, then down to the beach for a walk with Blackie.  I will be back soon with more news.