About 160 million years ago Madagascar decided it didn’t like
being a part of the African continent ...so it split.
Madagascar is the 4th largest island on the planet. Basically it's a small mountain range surrounded
by a beach. The warm waters, mixture of jet streams, uneven terrain, plus a
thunderstorm or two made our Madagascar flights less than comfortable. It was a turbulent time for us. We like our Tequila Sunrise stirred, not shaken.
We crossed the Arabian Sea to Ivato Int. (FMMI). It’s located mid island and is several kilometers west of the
capital city of Madagascar, Antananarivo. From FMMI we flew a Twin Beach
to Morondava to see the Ave of the Baobabs. It is amazing to us that these rare
trees are not protected. Some of them are up to 800 years old. They are
threatened by further deforestation, waste water from encroaching rice paddies
& sugarcane plantations, bush and forest fires.
Our flight back to Ivato was just
as rough as our flight out earlier in the day.
We had hoped for a smoother flight to
Nosy Be. FL29 was no party either. Albeit impressive to watch, an electrical
storm over Madagascar is not fun to fly through.
We landed at FMNN in 15 MPH cross
winds with low cloud cover and rain obscuring our runway visibility until about 2 miles out. Trusting your numbers is simple ...it's just not easy. This
737 driver makes it look easy.
We are looking forward to a few
days on the beach at The Andilana Resort on Nosy Be. From here we’re off to the
African continent.
Our adventure continues.
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