Friday, May 17, 2013

Day 84 - Nosy Be, Madagascar

World Cruise 2013
March 30, 2013

Today the ship arrived in Nosy Be, Madagascar.  Madagascar is a very large Island west of the main part of Africa.   Nosy Be is an island just off the northwest coast of Madagascar.  I took a tour called “Nosy Be Highlights”.  This was a tender port and we rode the tender to the port.  We got on the bus, which was a 15-passenger bus with no air condition.  We drove thru town to the marketplace.  The guide told us that the people of Nosy Be visit the market twice a day and buy the necessary food for each meal because they have no refrigeration at home.  The market was very crowded with people and cars.  It contained a variety of food from vegetables to fish.  We left the market and drove and headed toward Mont Passot to see the Amparihibe Crater Lake.  We then went to a local restaurant for snacks and drinks.  Our next stop was at a handicrafts market and then we drove back to the port to get on the tender and return to the ship.  When we got to the tender area we stood in line for 45 minutes to get a tender.  It seems that all the tours ended at one time.

Below are some pictures taken from the ship and from my tour.

Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken from the ship
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken from the ship
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken from the ship
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour of our ship
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a marketplace
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a marketplace
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a marketplace
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a marketplace
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a marketplace
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a marketplace
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a marketplace
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a marketplace
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour of a lizard
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour of a flower of a ylang ylang tree  that is used to make perfume
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour of a ylang ylang tree 
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour of some ylang ylang tree
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour of a rice field
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour of the Amparihibe Crater Lake
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a stop at Andilana Beach where we had a drink
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a stop at Andilana Beach where we had a drink
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a stop at Andilana Beach where we had a drink
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a stop at Andilana Beach where we had a drink
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour at a stop at Andilana Beach where we had a drink
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour where we had to wait in a long line to get on the tender
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken on my tour
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken from the ship
Nosy Be, Madagascar - Taken from the ship

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