Madagascar: Islands

Our lodgement.

The last places we went in Madagascar were Nosy Sakatia and Nosy Be, both of which are islands off the northern coast Madagascar. We flew in a propeller plane, it was my first time flying in a such a small plane. When we landed we were really close to the water. We got picked up by a taxi and  drove to shore. It was late so we got a special boat ride. On the water it was dark and the sky was beautiful; if we looked at the water there was bioluminescence everywhere caused by jellyfish. The next day we rented snorkeling gear and a kayak.  We saw lots of pretty fish and sea turtles, it was really cool. On the second we took a  pirogue to another beach where there were lots of little jellyfish that you could pick up and throw. While we were swimming I got cut by oysters and it hurt a lot. Finally, on the last day we swam with the turtles. They were not scared at all. I even grabbed one turtle's shell and rode on it a little. Back in Nosy Be we visited the Hellville Market. It was chaotic, very chaotic. We bought vanilla and ylang ylang oil that is used to make perfume. Later we walked down to the Hellville Bay, it was full of trash. Then we went back to Tana (the capital) before flying back to Johannesburg.

Three kids in a pirogue.

Hellvill Bay.