Discovering Madagascar for the First Time

All being well, my team and I will be in the depths of the rainforest by now.

I write this from the blissful ignorance of predeparture faffing. This expedition will be necessarily remote, that means phone signal is unlikely, and internet connectivity will be non existent for us. We have a sat phone, but the expense dictates that this is used sparingly.

All in all, this means we’re doing exciting, cool science – but sending back photographs (which speak a thousand words) is very unlikely. On the plus side, it’s wonderful to be largely disconnected from the frantic world, definitely try it if you can.

This time around though I’m glad, because we can tell the story better when we return. But all good blogs need photographs, so I thought I would share some from a previous Madagascar expedition back in 2007 to give an insight into this fantastic country.

For the latest updates on the expedition (if everything is working!) take a look at @James_Borrell and www.expeditionangano.org.

Madagascar Through The Lens

(a 3 megapixel lens, because that was pretty good in 2007!)

We found the villages in the local area to be incredibly welcoming, even if they thought we were a little crazy for wanting to camp out in the forest.