Deteriorating Circumstance
05 November 2018 | Baramahamay River
Lemur love
Monday 5 November 2018
The lemur tour continued on Nosy-Antsoha with three types of the little guys crawling all over us for bananas. They have surprisingly thick fur for an animal that lives in the tropics. They're so friendly and gentle it's surprising they aren't kept as pets - probably too smart to allow it. There is open air accommodation at the summit, around 59 meters, where one can stay overnight for 540,000 ariary, about 150 USD. Pretty expensive, but way cool. Great stop.
After a very relaxed sail to the Baramahamay River known for its wild honey discovered that the season is over and it's all gone. Suppose to be good and only 15,000 MAR for a liter and a half. Some of crew use a lot of the stuff because they're irredeemably American (you remember what happened in Boston Harbor, right?) and tea alone, although consumed in quantity (blame should be placed appropriately), is just not enough. Other crew, being of English descent (reference above), drink English breakfast (of course) unadulterated. A large bourbon and ginger was barely able to assuage the crushing disappointment. Another may be required. Fortunately we have a large stock of bee poop from Oz for just such emergencies.
Notwithstanding that there are three villages within sight, no mobile service is available. We've had internet virtually the entire time since leaving Hell- ville, even quite a distance from shore, so this is surprising. Not to worry, HF radio will allow (confidence is running at prodigious levels) the dissemination of this irremediable blather no matter the attendant psychic damage.
Jack