Sadly, in Madagascar the natives are revolting.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:19 pm
And there is political chaos there as well at the moment...
Madagascar Violence
After planning for several months we had picked Madagascar as our next stop in our ongoing slow but steady world tour. Deposits have been made and airfare obtained. Now it seems the fat cats in the country are annoyed with one another and the ones that suffer as a result are the Malagasy people, who don't generally have a lot to begin with.
It won't do my financial well being a lot of good either but I did obtain travel insurance so if our travel plans have to be shelved hopefully we can recover most of our costs with a minimum of fuss. Of course with insurance claims that may be easier said than done.
And as a result we are having to rethink our travel plans for October. It is far enough away to hope that the situation will improve but close enough that we now have to think about a back up plan. The hard part is knowing when to throw in the towel on Madagascar without waiting too long to make reservations elsewhere. I am no longer a spring chicken and have no interest in trying to wing it in deepest darkest Africa. We could always play it safe and do a tour of Cape Town and surrounding environs.
But as we have always tried to seek the path less beaten we are considering a lacustrine exclave as part of our back up plan. Actually it is not A lacustrine exclave, it appears it is the ONLY lacustrine exclave in the world!
I believe it officially also qualifies as the only lacustrine enclave as well for those that keep up with those things...
Anybody care to take a stab at the location of our back up travel destination? Since you can pretty safely guess the region of the world we are aiming for that is a small clue.
Although a relatively easy Google the answer isn't for the average geo nitwit (or WWTBAM cast member either). I certainly had no clue prior to my research on exotic travel locals. I suspect it would be a tough one even for those little brainiacs on the National Geographic Bee but perhaps someone here knows without the aid of a Google PAF (not that I could prove they didn't give in to the irresistible siren call of the ethernet to uncover the answer of course).
Anyone know of where I speak? Anyone care? Bueller? Bueller??
Given the recent history on the bored I suppose some may not particularly care but that's OK too!
Madagascar Violence
After planning for several months we had picked Madagascar as our next stop in our ongoing slow but steady world tour. Deposits have been made and airfare obtained. Now it seems the fat cats in the country are annoyed with one another and the ones that suffer as a result are the Malagasy people, who don't generally have a lot to begin with.
It won't do my financial well being a lot of good either but I did obtain travel insurance so if our travel plans have to be shelved hopefully we can recover most of our costs with a minimum of fuss. Of course with insurance claims that may be easier said than done.
And as a result we are having to rethink our travel plans for October. It is far enough away to hope that the situation will improve but close enough that we now have to think about a back up plan. The hard part is knowing when to throw in the towel on Madagascar without waiting too long to make reservations elsewhere. I am no longer a spring chicken and have no interest in trying to wing it in deepest darkest Africa. We could always play it safe and do a tour of Cape Town and surrounding environs.
But as we have always tried to seek the path less beaten we are considering a lacustrine exclave as part of our back up plan. Actually it is not A lacustrine exclave, it appears it is the ONLY lacustrine exclave in the world!
I believe it officially also qualifies as the only lacustrine enclave as well for those that keep up with those things...
Anybody care to take a stab at the location of our back up travel destination? Since you can pretty safely guess the region of the world we are aiming for that is a small clue.
Although a relatively easy Google the answer isn't for the average geo nitwit (or WWTBAM cast member either). I certainly had no clue prior to my research on exotic travel locals. I suspect it would be a tough one even for those little brainiacs on the National Geographic Bee but perhaps someone here knows without the aid of a Google PAF (not that I could prove they didn't give in to the irresistible siren call of the ethernet to uncover the answer of course).
Anyone know of where I speak? Anyone care? Bueller? Bueller??
Given the recent history on the bored I suppose some may not particularly care but that's OK too!
