MADAGASCAR     10/2001. 14 days	Map of Madagascar

A Malagasy boy tends his rice stall on a Sunday in Ivato Village boys were happy to pose with their chameleons in the small town of Ivato Nectar dripping jacarandas around Lake Anosy, Antananarivo In the mid 1800's, the large circular boulder served as a door to the Queen's Palace Local produce at the Sunday market in Ivato   They asked to be photographed, only to run away giggling when shown the photo, Ivato A bag of charcoal lasts about one month and costs USD 1.50, Ivato   Palais de la Reine or Queen's Palace  sits atop Antananarivo's highest hill Morning sun warms the brick walls  of Antananarivo's police station Zebu drawn bullock carts are a common sight on the roads of Madagascar   Sunrise from our hotel balcony  in Fort Dauphin Roadside scenery enroute to Berenty Reserve from Fort Dauphin Old French Renaults and Citroëns from the colonial days are now mostly used as taxis - Fort Dauphin airport   Picturesque villages between Antananarivo  and Perinét National Park The largest of all chameleons, the Parson's  chameleon can reach up to 69cm in length Can you spot the leaf-tailed gecko? (move mouse over the photo) Click for more details. An Oustalet's chameleon  (Furcifer oustaleti) on Lee's  arm reaches for the  camera lens With both of its eyes pointing for- ward, this chameleon prepares  to fire its tongue at a grasshopper Day geckos bob their heads and wave their  tails to attract mates, Perinét National Park The radiated tortoise gets its name from the  radiating patterns on its shell, Berenty      Ring-tailed lemurs generally give birth in Sept., this one is about 1 month old, Berenty Reserve Ring-tailed Lemur,  Berenty Reserve The special padding on her paws enables a ring-tailed lemur to feed in the spiny octopus tree, Berenty Verreaux's Sifaka,  Berenty Reserve   At Nahampoana Reserve, the ring-tailed lemurs know the visitors come bearing bananas Verreaux's Sifaka, Berenty Indri, Périnet NP A stuffed aye-aye Brown Lemur, Nahampoana Reserve   A ring-tailed Lemur poses with Oona, Nahampoana Reserve Fetching Water, Berenty Reserve Didierea Trees at Dawn, Berenty     The pousse-pousse is the local transport in Tuléar The coelacanth, a living fossil linking fish to reptile, is often found in the Mozambique strait Sunset in Tuléar   Puffy white clouds on a 3-hour drive to Isalo National Park Isalo National Park covers 81,540 hectares of eroded Jurassic sandstone massif Dramatically sculpted rock formations  of Isalo's Jurassic sandstone massif   The best accommodation in Madagascar,  "Le Relais de la Reine" (Queen's truck stop),  located just outside Isalo National Park Lac Vert, Périnet National Park   Cascade des Nymphes at the end of a 2-hour hike, Isalo Oona enjoys the sunset at Le Relais de la Reine The two kids at Avenue du Baobab picked flowers for Oona Homemade cake for sale at a truck stop   The "Up side down" trees at Avenue du Baobab Avenue du Baobab in the late afternoon We were back the next day for morning light A Malagasy farmer is dwarfed by a baobab tree Some baobab trees are esti- mated to be over 1000 yrs old Silhouette of the strange looking baobab trees at the Avenue du Baobab

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