Madagascar

I will just let the pictures of one of the most fantastic and bizarre do the talking for todays column.




Countryside in the highlands of Madagascar Photo: Jean-Louis Vandevivère


View on the Betsiboka river and Bombetoka bay. Photo: Oledoe

Antananarivo, Madagascar 2007. Photo: Bernard Gagnon



Village in Central Highlands, south of Antananarivo in Madagascar  2007. Photo: Bernard Gagnon.



Majahilo River at Miandrivazo, Madagascar 2007. Photo: Bernard Gagnon.



Adansonia grandidieri, baobab from Madagascar, picture taken near Morondava 2007. Photo: Bernard Gagnon.
 

The "canyon of rats" and the "canyon of monkeys" in Isalo National Park, Madagascar.

Allée des Baobabs near Morondava, Madagascar 2010. Photo: Frank Vassen.



Rainforest, East of Madagascar, near Manakara 2007. Photo: Mauro Didier.
 

Spiny forest at Ifaty, Madagascar, featuring various adansonia (baobao) species, alluaudia procera (Madagascar ocotillo) and other vegetations 2007. Photo: Jialiang Gao.
 

Antananarivo