tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156951182024-03-22T12:15:17.519-07:00 Worrall Travel R'sTravel with us from your armchair or join us on one of our adventures.WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.comBlogger673125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-39789146608495654962024-02-06T16:51:00.000-08:002024-03-22T12:02:03.181-07:00<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3OgjLEz0_YUkCeZrKat_DSWdNPwjwT0A5pvkBa8YeAORaMkuRjs7I5IyEx-C0ycZ1Er5VYqyyCId3LPOaLSQ-XrBASB33b1H4BHjDbQB6n9RBCF6REOmXvQrhK7ItJdx0OdI0zYsYgVjd4-1-EkFlgC42OCnqgbq3j9Fh1say_O-5w2ZQnTQ/s4032/IMG_6079.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3OgjLEz0_YUkCeZrKat_DSWdNPwjwT0A5pvkBa8YeAORaMkuRjs7I5IyEx-C0ycZ1Er5VYqyyCId3LPOaLSQ-XrBASB33b1H4BHjDbQB6n9RBCF6REOmXvQrhK7ItJdx0OdI0zYsYgVjd4-1-EkFlgC42OCnqgbq3j9Fh1say_O-5w2ZQnTQ/w400-h225/IMG_6079.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Saturday, February 3, 2024 - And away we go to Costa Rica</span></span></b></span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are finally ready to go to Costa Rico. Getting ready seems to have taken along time, the planning, getting enhanced driver’s license, renewing our trusted travelers status, dealing with technology issues (new phone, new hotspot, pairing all of our gear, getting all the right cords for older tech, and newer tech, changing passwords because of a data breach, ugh), packing all the bags not the way we want them but the way TSA wants them, trying to eat up all the perishables before we leave, closing up Donner for the winter, taking care of household issues that never fail to pop up just before we leave….and the list goes on.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our flight tonight from Sacramento is at 11:57 pm on American Airlines. We upgraded to business class hoping to have more room for our long legs, big feet, and a little more comfort. We arrive at the airport about 7:00pm , plenty of time to check in, eat dinner, relax, and board the plane.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Airport departures on Saturday night are not very busy, nevertheless we wear our face masks. We have heard too many stories from friends who have gotten Covid after an encounter with the airport and air travel. We don’t want to start our time here unwell. Just in case, are leaving a couple of days before our tour with EF Go Ahead Travel, so that we can relax, recuperate, and get better in the event we get sick. So many things to think about.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We easily drop off our 1 bag, and breeze through security with our personal item and carry on. We love being a trusted travelers. We haven’t traveled since 2019, and forgot how nice it is not to have to take off your shoes, pull out all your bottles (even though we packed for it), batteries, laptops, take off your jewelery, belt, etc. So we clear, yes! </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now dinner, hmm….the only restaurant open is the Iron Horse Grill. Happy there is at least one place where we can eat….and drink. We would have stayed longer, but the wooden seats in the restaurant are obviously intended to be uncomfortable enough to dislodge you and turn the table over. We move out to the waiting area for our flight. It starts to rain, just as we board the plane.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sooo, first class and business class are all lumped together on this flight. We have limited leg room but only two across with a console in between. We got a small glass of juice or water, a bag of pretzels and two small cookies. I’m really worried now about the next leg of the flight on coach, given the puny amenities of business/first class. Oh well, we are going to sleep most of the way anyway.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We arrive in Miami, about 8:00 am, and head to a restaurant across from the second gate change for our breakfast. We didn’t even get a morning cup of coffee…apparently you had to wake up really early for that and ask.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We chow down in the event our flight to Costa Rica is as sparse or worse than our business class flight. Russ and I decided during the planning process, that we would book coach on the day flight, but did book the exit seat that typically has more room, and 1 window, 1 aisle seat…..this works more than 50% of the time so that the seat in the middle is usually not chosen…and that was the case this time too. But before we boarded the plane, our gate and departure times changed two more times so we yo-yoed between gates….at least we got our “steps” in. Our flight kept getting delayed which was too bad because some bad weather was moving in. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnWxqIuoGhI9qD2EqsjysSQozcSHU9uAGK8H2izD0V-c5vTVRo_alwrperhRk7ZKzrmXlvW9VpiIz7DjShL0VarrnVyFuicmfjVm_x-g0DYiNU4f5WRXwDO7iQaaYCxkw7cQ-0tjmv3KCQzt7HM3udqLCCelfcpH2Gfszt8J-ihTq-OM4cD6J/s2126/IMG_6064.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="1290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnWxqIuoGhI9qD2EqsjysSQozcSHU9uAGK8H2izD0V-c5vTVRo_alwrperhRk7ZKzrmXlvW9VpiIz7DjShL0VarrnVyFuicmfjVm_x-g0DYiNU4f5WRXwDO7iQaaYCxkw7cQ-0tjmv3KCQzt7HM3udqLCCelfcpH2Gfszt8J-ihTq-OM4cD6J/s320/IMG_6064.jpeg" width="194" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl76fWXCsy7Q9qJbEgi9YApJh67DQl1-FftxVikwvKJz694nJg8LWX6ygR851TI4tnNfUBRzkxMpsFermlhjlKyjtd5RbEkA5tKTviEaiYOjfnxXKCvZYYfFueMOPsP_bRrMgZ5lzHSNxgCmLRXrG6QajzAJxNq2GGn2BfO_sCyLzYt1NF28m7/s1289/IMG_6067.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1289" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl76fWXCsy7Q9qJbEgi9YApJh67DQl1-FftxVikwvKJz694nJg8LWX6ygR851TI4tnNfUBRzkxMpsFermlhjlKyjtd5RbEkA5tKTviEaiYOjfnxXKCvZYYfFueMOPsP_bRrMgZ5lzHSNxgCmLRXrG6QajzAJxNq2GGn2BfO_sCyLzYt1NF28m7/s320/IMG_6067.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Had we left earlier it wouldn’t have been a problem. But crikey, just as we were boarding, sirens went off and there was an emergency tornado warning. All personnel had to take cover indoors, and the runways closed. That didn’t stop us from boarding though, and we sat in the plane for over an hour until the tornado warning was cleared. We didn’t see signs of a tornado, but the sky was dark, wind was fierce, and the rain poured down….perfect flying conditions.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Russ and I put air tags in our bags, and at least when the luggage was finally loaded on board, we were happy to see that our one checked bag was on the same plane with us..one less worry. Oh my gosh we were so happy with our seats. No one in the middle, an amazing amount of leg room. We were sitting in row 16 and this new plane only had restrooms in the back of the plane. Guess they don’t want anyone going forward towards the cockpit and main door. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t know how this works during good weather, but it was very inconvenient when most of the flight was turbulent and we were confined to our seats, for a short period of time when the seat belt signs were off, the beverage cart which started from the back and moved forward, blocked the passage for those who need to use the bathroom. Geez! Too bad they didn’t think about that when designing this plane. When the beverage cart passed us we got up to “go”, but there was a line in front of us, oh…..and the beverage cart was coming back, and the seat belt sign came back on and we were instructed to take our seats…maybe we should have considered diapers. Sigh!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we finally arrived, at least we were some of the first passengers off and rushed to the restrooms. Our 1 checked bag was on the carousel (always a relief) to see it!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We collected our bag and went through an easy-out customs. There was a line of taxi drivers with name signs….we hunted for our name but, couldn’t see it after traipsing back and forth three times. When we finally contacted our driver, he told us he was eating in the cafeteria and would be out soon. We were well over two hours late. He had been waiting a long time.</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At last we arrived about 3:30 at our hotel in San Jose. We spent the rest of the afternoon unpacking and repacking our bags in a more convenient manner to our travel needs, ate a late dinner in the hotel restaurant, and crashed into bed. Day 1 finally over!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyHHasyrC-OMsmoRxLCva2QH2co-aN2YRXhZcz-st0KHRvtmIqbGNaKPiSySVBbp7nYTTOJDNAX8bIuNOPbggZho9PiMgchyphenhyphen1-_D2T2npmyCy3bbmhuux5FTDAtQe7LwHrCKvHV6o5VA1jPzoxetMLH-YJutevxv4WO3-m_GalHZLpvR5eqVF/s2577/IMG_6088.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2372" data-original-width="2577" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyHHasyrC-OMsmoRxLCva2QH2co-aN2YRXhZcz-st0KHRvtmIqbGNaKPiSySVBbp7nYTTOJDNAX8bIuNOPbggZho9PiMgchyphenhyphen1-_D2T2npmyCy3bbmhuux5FTDAtQe7LwHrCKvHV6o5VA1jPzoxetMLH-YJutevxv4WO3-m_GalHZLpvR5eqVF/s320/IMG_6088.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">All is well with the Worrall Travel Rs in San Jose Costa Rica.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-55226326573457964082021-05-02T06:47:00.002-07:002021-05-02T06:47:33.791-07:00Photography at Home While Not Traveling<h1 style="text-align: left;">Photographing the Moment<br /></h1><p style="text-align: left;">Like most of you, it has been two years since I have traveled far from home. This is one of the last photos I took while traveling in Madagascar in 2019. This is certainly the most dramatic photo, I have ever taken and I was so thankful to have my iphone along with my other camera gear. My cell phone has a panoramic feature allowing me to pan from east to west across horizon. The dawn was breaking through the clouds of a storm that had just passed and<span> still darkening the west with rain and rainbow.</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjk6jMZanlGvM3hO-s68UmeYOgroINmB1Dr2iix5KH5janQShrAULzax0nG2sjTTlwyqxjXeTrTgvMT9l_zBfEJCQ6eS3oJ9IY91vRuJzKB6ChFtbquM0V4N3uK1vNbssvIUsB/s2048/Madagascar+Morning+with+Watermark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="2048" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjk6jMZanlGvM3hO-s68UmeYOgroINmB1Dr2iix5KH5janQShrAULzax0nG2sjTTlwyqxjXeTrTgvMT9l_zBfEJCQ6eS3oJ9IY91vRuJzKB6ChFtbquM0V4N3uK1vNbssvIUsB/w591-h189/Madagascar+Morning+with+Watermark.jpg" width="591" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">While I may never see anything quite as spectacular as this again in my lifetime, I still find <i><b>magical moments everyday to photograph at home. </b></i></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"> </h1><div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-59100121842246260602021-05-01T16:26:00.001-07:002021-05-02T06:43:22.862-07:00Breath in the Beauty of our Earth. Earth Day Photos 2021 - At home and WPA Garden, Landpark, Sacramento<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/47uCjvyDM1o" width="478" youtube-src-id="47uCjvyDM1o"></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>On April 22, 2021, Earth Day, Russ and I awoke to wild turkeys and hummingbirds on our Weimar property before traveling down to Sacramento and meeting up with our photography cluster from Friendship Force of Sacramento. We spent the afternoon walking through the WPA gardens in Landpark, sipping wine, and being in the company of one another.<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GJM_h9jTbE5sRzBucCQXDpDC1SdlKUbXYX2tDyRT2OMjIBX98i8CDeOPuKWUf_ZZ5oF3oJsgsHe_WUG338sZ1TVlp8FcWNiwlBTznzCzKSn-8L8VsEZQt6olZvYv3JcMuO5e/s640/IMG_4474.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GJM_h9jTbE5sRzBucCQXDpDC1SdlKUbXYX2tDyRT2OMjIBX98i8CDeOPuKWUf_ZZ5oF3oJsgsHe_WUG338sZ1TVlp8FcWNiwlBTznzCzKSn-8L8VsEZQt6olZvYv3JcMuO5e/w640-h360/IMG_4474.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helen, Ray, Linda, Ned, Chris, Russ, Terry<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Enjoy! 3:48 min.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="363" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7yWaIWuLrk8" width="487" youtube-src-id="7yWaIWuLrk8"></iframe></div><br /><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-53545410289499073512020-12-31T14:17:00.004-08:002020-12-31T14:17:55.992-08:00<p> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Happy and Healthy 2021!<br /></b></span></p><p>So ready to Kick 2020 and COVID-19 out the door along with the political chaos and discord of the last four years. Hope 2021 is a better year for everyone!<br /></p><p>We are planning on "hitting the road "in 2021in our new travel trailer that we have named the WanderPod. Woot, woot! WanderPod's first adventure and ours too, was navigating up our narrow, steep, and twisty driveway to her new home. Here is a little commemorative video of that adventure.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="401" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XkmSt7Dmfmg" width="482" youtube-src-id="XkmSt7Dmfmg"></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>All is Well with Worrall TravelRs waiting for vaccines, and local shelter in place orders to lift.</p><p><br /> </p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-39839208169084143632020-11-23T21:36:00.003-08:002021-01-29T17:40:13.564-08:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b> Good people need to stand for Good Trouble</b><br /></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUcCnNSziR7cnmc9DKEWOerNkoGWITZQwuy_N8wh7Tj_Ht70LIHqIrRFExtC0GB3OM1pV0CMxR8jrgl6tQxMv8lakPt39czAYTnE5NMqAn_HHlzCFljLpRhrvwegyAgW1tsm2/s640/Sacramento+Art+Walk+-+40+-+Version+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUcCnNSziR7cnmc9DKEWOerNkoGWITZQwuy_N8wh7Tj_Ht70LIHqIrRFExtC0GB3OM1pV0CMxR8jrgl6tQxMv8lakPt39czAYTnE5NMqAn_HHlzCFljLpRhrvwegyAgW1tsm2/s320/Sacramento+Art+Walk+-+40+-+Version+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Russ and I belong to two international organizations. One is <a href="https://servas.org/" target="_blank">SERVAS</a> and the other is <a href="https://www.friendshipforce.org/" target="_blank">Friendship Force International</a>. Both organizations strive to create understanding and peace through personal relationships and friendships. We love both of
these groups because of their forward thinking. Yesterday, Sunday, November 22, 2020, a small
group of masked, Friendship Force member-photographers of Sacramento, went on a walk
to see and photograph statues and art around Capitol Mall in
Sacramento. I made a short video of the art work and murals </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sjI5G9PHP9c" width="399" youtube-src-id="sjI5G9PHP9c"></iframe></div> The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed our lives in 2020 and most likely into
mid-end of 2021, and perhaps forever. If there is a silver lining to
quarantine and sheltering in place, it is the time we have had for
self-reflection and critical thought. What do we value? Who do we trust? Does the virus care about our skin color, our political affiliation, our beliefs, our prayers, our gender, our age, how much money we have or our occupation? It doesn't care because we are all human beings, our DNA being over 99.9% similarity with small insignificant differences, like skin color. Race is a figment of our imagination not a reality, and yet so much hatred is based on lies intended to elevate some and push others down. <br /><p></p><p>Ten years ago, I retired from the CDE in Sacramento so I welcomed the opportunity to return to the Capitol. While we enjoyed the company of our
friends (from a socially acceptable distance) and appreciated the
beautiful sculptures and murals that we had come to see, Russ and I, along with our FF friends, were
saddened and disturbed to see the homelessness, remnants of riots and
violence, closed businesses, vacant streets (with the exception of a
fair-sized group of die-hards protesting the 2020 election results
and Pandemic curfews). We saw people who were mentally ill living on the street, and a few freshly-minted homeless that looked
like they had just showered before wrapping themselves in
fresh blankets on the sidewalk under an overhang. We came away haunted and sad. How can we live in one of the greatest nation's in the world, and not take care of our citizens? <br /></p><p>Our greatest understanding as world travelers is that we now know how privileged our lives have been as a people of European ancestry who immigrated to America and were given opportunities because of the whiteness of our skin. My ancestors may have been poor when they arrived in America, but they had unparalleled access to opportunities over the years that native Americans, other immigrants, indentured servants, African slaves did not have (and still do not have) like jobs, homes, education, and discretionary income, and respect.<br /></p><p> I am not ashamed of who I am, and no one should be ashamed of who they are because of who their parents are, where they were born, the color of their skin or what they look like. We can't change our past, but we can change our future. Those of us who have had privilege are in the best position to help and uplift those who have not had privilege. We cannot continue to live in a hypocrisy of believing that we have equality and justice for all while inequality and injustice prevails.</p><p>What to do? We don't know what we need to do, but good people need to do something beyond donating to charitable causes, praying, casting their ballots, and building global relationships one person at a time. These are all good things to do, but these things alone are not enough to stem the tide of inequity, injustice, and deep divisions on our doorsteps. We need to be brave and stand for good. Yes it takes bravery to speak up when there are those who are pointing their guns at you. How else will peace prevail? Violence is not the solution to peace.<br /></p><p>I hope that the next administration can bring sanity, compassion, and dignity back to our federal government. I hope that SERVAS and Friendship Force can help us bridge the divides we have at home and abroad by combining their resources with other humanistic non-profits, educational institutions and work in partnership with our government. We must help the needy, but focus our attention on our children, the next generation. Our world depends on the next generation growing up without prejudice and our survival on our planet will only occur if we are united and work together to solve whatever comes our way.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-14823134104829557242020-05-13T07:36:00.000-07:002020-05-13T07:36:28.491-07:00COVID - 19 Is Contagious - But So Is Joy<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, we have to be apart for right now! Hold on to a "tomorrow" when we can be together again. In the meantime, try to stay upbeat and be a vector of kindness and joy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We arrive at the theater just as they open the doors to the theater. Russ and I bought our tickets online Thursday morning. We are five rows from the front and almost center to see <a href="https://waitressthemusical.com/" target="_blank">Waitress the musical starring Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan.</a> We had a great time watching the play and the unfolding of the story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This concludes our blogs for the Africa, Madagascar, New York City Travels. We left New York City by train on Easter Sunday the following day to visit family in Vermont. Met some ladies on their way to the Easter Bonnet Parade before we boarded the train. Goodbye New York!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">and extreme courage. David walked us through the pre-history of the tragic day, the tragic day, and the personal stories of individuals whose names are engraved on the symbolized ponds where tears of water fall into an abyss of negative space. Most of us were choked up and reliving that horrible day that changed our loss of innocence, the way we perceive the world, the loss of so many lives, and the unsung heroism of civilians and first responders who showed extraordinary courage. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In between shows the hosts change clothes and come out again. The first show featured guests <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brolin" target="_blank">James Brolin</a>, and the second show <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Muir" target="_blank">David Muir</a>. Russ really enjoyed the cars, all of which were SUVs, the 4 wheel drives of station wagons. We had a good time and were out on the street in the real world by 11:30.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hari said the shops inside were expensive, but we were wanting to go inside anyway, because it was quiet and cool. We found several items that we thought were reasonably priced. I think Hari thought the prices were reasonable as well, and he too appreciated the calm, wide open spaces to make purchases, totally unlike the local markets where he refrained from taking us. I am not sure he had even been in the building before. We think he will be returning here with other clients in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our trip to the airport wove through farm fields and outer village areas. </span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-11939947326799409292019-04-20T06:50:00.001-07:002020-04-14T18:32:43.331-07:00Madagascar Day 11, Departure from Tsara Komba and return to Antananarivo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Madagascar Day 11, Departure from Tsara Komba and return to Antananarivo, </b><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sunday, April 14, WTRD 29 of 36</b></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Russ returned to the room to rinse out his sweaty, salty bottom shorts and shirt and take his first shower of the day. I followed shortly after and took my shower as the masseuse arrived with her assistant who carried the padded table balanced on his head. He ducked down expertly to avoid the low hanging palm fronds as he entered our terrace and set up the massage table. And our masseuse is Emmaline!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Everyone seems to have multiple job skills and responsibilities. Tsiky is snorkel guide, nature guide, rum expert. Emmaline is hostess, wait server, and masseuse! We set up a cooling fan on the shaded terrace, and Russ is first to get a massage. He looks totally relaxed as Emmaline works her magic. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There was room in Eric's van and they insisted we ride with them so we would get to the airport on time. Despite this hiccup in our travels, all turned out well and we were grateful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The rain finally stopped at 4:00 am when I got up to check the sky to see if it would be clear enough to photograph the Milky Way. Isbjorn , one of the camp managers, gets up early every morning to take astro photographs. He has offered some coaching and a tripod for me to have a go at shooting the Milky Way. The water drenched decks are slippery as I carefully pick my path to the main lodge at 4:15. I can see some brilliant stars one moment that disappear a few seconds later as a veil of clouds and mist cover them over. Isbjorn is already up and shooting what he can. It's not the best of conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The aperture on my Canon only goes down to 3.9. Isbjorn says it would be better if it were a 2, so he bumps up the ISO from 3200 to 6400, and increases the time to 25 seconds for me to try. I am using an 18-55 mm zoom lens. He suggests a 2.8 lens which he has for his camera. We turn off the image stabilizer, use manual focus which apparently difficult to adjust on my Canon lens which is not calibrated with an infinity setting, and set a 2 second delay. Isbjorn is concerned that compensating with increased time, higher ISO, and inability to precisely focus, the photographs will be grainy and slightly blurred due to the movement of the earth’s rotation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We try several angles and shots. There are still whisps of clouds in the predawn, post rain sky. I think the shots are pretty good for my first go and my sub-standard astro photography camera. He says astro-photographers will attach a star tracker gismo on their camera and tripod to track the star's position to compensate for the earth’s rotation. I could see where this astrophotography could become a very expensive endeavor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As the dawn approached we can see that the sunrise is going to be spectacular with the clearing in the east and rain clouds still exiting to the west. The morning light casts a pinkish reflective glow on the clouds opposite from the sunrise, and a brilliant rainbow forms. Wow! There is even a boat sailing under through the rainbow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The owner, Eric has explained all of this to us, but it is more powerful to see the fruits of the labor. School is on Easter Holiday, which is a conundrum to us in this mostly Muslim village.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When we return to our lodge after dark, the staff has set up a private white clothing dining table for us on our terrace. We had mentioned to them it was our 50th wedding anniversary year, and they wanted to help us celebrate. Before dinner, however, we wanted to return to the main lodge to meet up with Tsiky to taste some of her flavored rums. She also wanted to see photos of our boat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is dark in our room as we gather our gear. Russ disconnects the computer from the computer, but doesn’t see that the my disk drive is tethered with a usb to the computer. He picks it up and the disc drive dangles momentarily and drops with a crack to the floor. Oh $#%t!. And of course it is damaged, makes a sad beep, beep, and cannot be read by the computer. There goes all the downloaded photos and editing work I had done the past month. I am SICK!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Good thing I have the SD cards for all the photos, but I can’t even describe how upset I am that all the hours I have spent organizing and editing have been lost! And that I will need to start from scratch. This was also my media backup drive to my main drive at home. As if it weren’t humid enough here, this accident really put a damper on the evening. Maybe the photos can be recovered when I return home. It would certainly save me a lot of time and grief. I've learned that once I return from travels though, my time is so consumed with other activities, photo editing is not something I want to spend time on. Ugh!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: white;">Update: December 30, 2019....The disc drive upon our return was pronounced dead. Nearly 9 months after this incident I am finally nearing the end of re-editing and adding photos to the blogs of our journey. My goal is to get it done before 2020. I have a little more than 24 hours left, and I'm motivated.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our private dinner was lovely, and passion fruit cake was a special treat made for us by the chef. Because our lodge was away from the main lodge, there were considerable gaps between courses. I was able to take a 15 minute nap on the terrace lounge between main course and dessert.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-5791817651525993852019-04-20T05:08:00.002-07:002020-04-12T19:30:20.865-07:00Madagascar Day 9 , Snorkeling at Marine Preserve Tanakely, Friday, April 12, WTRD 27 of 36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">The dry river bed next to our lodge becomes a raging river and the roar awakens me. My right foot is wet from a leak in the ceiling. My cameras are in a dry bag on the desk, thankfully, as the desk is covered with moisture from the open windows and the blowing wind. We get up and shutter the window over the desk. The last time we saw a downpour like this was in American Samoa. Friends came to visit us on the boat wearing their swim suits, diving masks and snorkels, and we could fill up our water tanks with rain water in a matter of minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I wonder when we finally go back to bed if all of the tropical blossoms will be on the ground in the morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our breakfast table this morning is crawling with 4 or more emerald green Geckos with blue eyebrows. These Geckos all named George because they all the look the same, have learned that fruit juices, jams, and honey are a delightful way to start the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">They are very friendly and their tiny tongues will lick the honey right off your finger, a delightful way to start our morning too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">At 8:15 Our first activity excursion begins. Tseky (Teak) is our snorkel and naturalist guide. We are fit with mask, snorkel, and fins. Celan is our boat skipper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stop. 1: Nosy (Island) Mamoka Village is home to friendly black lemurs, at least the males are all black. The females are brown and the leaders of the clan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">We take photos of the Lemurs, and a young boy repairing a fishing net in the island village, while the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">presbyopic older fishermen sit around and chat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are enchanted by a large friendly land tortoise well over 100 years old,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stop 3: We snorkel in the water across from this island on another island where the water is easily 80 degrees and it is like swimming in soup. There is some coral but the water is too warm and it looks unhealthy. The tidal flow is stirring up sediment and the water is not clear. We see a few fish, but their colors are clouded by the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We leave early today as we have a very long day of driving to get to Tsara Komba, a designated National Geographic unique lodge on Nosy Komba, in the Nosy B archipelago off the north-western coast of Madagascar. We are up and packing at 4:30. The temperature is warm, still, and wringing wet. Our clothes are heavy and damp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We eat breakfast by 6:30 am, say goodbye to staff, and leave gratuity in the tip box. It’s the last of the MGA, Madagascar currency that we have. Russ gives them our credit card, and it doesn’t work. After two more credit cards, it appears either our credit has been totally shut down or the machine is not sending and receiving properly. We think it is the latter. We have US dollars with us, but the lodge will only take Euros of which we have none. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Floris bails us out with local currency, about $37. 00 to pay for our wine and sparkling water bill. Relatively speaking our drinks cost about 1/3 of an average Malagasy monthly income. Most people cannot even buy clean water to drink because they just don’t have the income. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is very sobering and reminds us of how privileged we are to have discretionary funds for goods and services beyond the basic necessities, that make our lives easier, healthier, and gives us free time to create and innovate. Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it certainly facilitates an easier life. For those who are everyday survivors in an economy that does not favor them, the people learn to make a meaningful life for themselves within the context of their environment and still find happiness in their friends and families.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As we travel away from the village, we give away our last pair of reading glasses. Last night’s rain replenished the puddles and some of them are worse than when we came 3 days ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the first time we have gone to an ATM since we had our debit card stolen in South Africa. We need about $200 US in MGA for the next few days so that we can tip staff and pay for incidentals. The ATM refuses to give us what we need in one lump sum, so we have to make two separate transactions with two separate credit cards to get enough money for our trip to Nosy Komba and to reimburse Floris for paying our bill at Iharana bush camp. Successful with our transaction and a walk around town, we continue on our way to the Port, but we have another stop before we get to the port.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Through his network of teachers and volunteers in Atsiranana, Floris has met some Peace Crop volunteers. He has made arrangements for us to meet one of them during a short visit along the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We meet Melanie S. from Tennessee. She has been working as a teacher in a small ,village for almost 2 years. She teaches English at the High School. Her small house is about the size of a storage shed, with no running water or electricity. She thinks it might be cooler inside the house than out, but one step inside was enough to know that it was cooler on the front porch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We only have about 15 minutes to chat. I ask her what her biggest challenge has been in Madagascar. She is quick to respond that it is wide-scale corruption. Funds for the school and village are being syphoned off, and the locals never see any improvement. Melanie’s sister lives in SF. She will call us when she is next in California.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Before we reach the sea port where we will catch a ride to Tsara Komba, we stop in an area where various crops are grown, plantation, coconut, cocoa, vanilla, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It has been a long trip without a bathroom break, and I am disappointed that the plantation doesn’t have a toilet. We wait until we get to the port. Finding suitable toilet facilities for women is one of the big inconveniences so far on this trip. Men can make easier bush calls than women. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When we reach the port, Floris pulls out a harmonica an plays California here I come. He and Soulo have been delightful travel mates. We will miss them, but will keep in touch with Floris as we plan to send him more glasses from the Lions Club. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We thank them and wave a heartfelt goodbye as we speed off in a private boat to Tsara Komba. It is long past lunch by the time we arrive. We were expected by 11:00 in the morning. Instead we arrived at 2:30 and the camp managers Charlotte and Isbjorn have been worried about us. Charlotte was very solicitous in helping us relax, cool down, have a late lunch and get settled. Tsara Komba is a Uniquely Recognized National Geographic Lodge. This is an incredible contrast to the lives of the villagers on the mainland. Almost mind boggling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thick flowering vegetation surrounds our lodge. The overhead fan has broken, but a portable stand fan has been brought to our room. We stand it inside the mosquito nettring and set it to oscillation so that a cool breeze flows over us during the night. It is perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We meet Eric, the founding owner on our first evening. He and his two daughters are visiting during a school holiday. and he tells us his story of establishing Tsara Komba. Eric is a retired real estate entrepreneur and has the financial wherewithal to fund a large dream. His dream was to create a a socially responsible green place in Madagascar beneficial and symbiotic for tourists and locals, He holds large social events in Paris as fund raisers to help support and sustain what he started. Our travel dollars here also contribute to the cause.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Eric first established a working and trusting relationship with the local village next door to the property. His first order of business was to refurbish the village, individual homes and a kindergarten school, with a primary school on the island. The homes each have a solar panel for charging their cell phones and lighting their homes at night. Two bath and toilet facilities, one for men and one for women, have been built. The lodge provides employment in all different capacities for the lodge. The pay is good compared to what locals usually earn, so they are not constantly having to be in survival mode, and all of the children go to school, and employees with a specific career goal are provided with training. The lodge does not make a profit, it makes a difference in people’s lives. He is in love with the Malagasy people. And we enjoy being here.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I soak my shirt in water before we leave Iharana, and put it on along with my neck cooler, and safari hat with neck cover. We leave at 8:00 am. and it is already close to 90 F. Soulo drives across the pond that has formed in front of the camp gate across the road. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">pattern to work together and complete the task in 1/3 of the time. Russ gives it a try. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What we thought we heard as drums through the village was the rhythmic pounding of rice. It is hard work and once again we realize how fortunate we are to buy rice, ready to steam. I wonder how effective these pounding stones would be in crushing plastics into small pieces to make <a href="http://ecobricks./">ecobricks.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We stop at two little stores to buy some pens. One store has only a few, the second store has a whole box which we purchase to give to the teacher. Some of the children have tagged along with us hoping for another sticker, but we recognize them as they are still wearing the sticker we gave them at the last stop. Cute! They didn't realize they were wearing the evidence of already having received a sticker.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By the time we reach the school, we will only have two pairs of reading glasses left. She will have a choice between a +2:00 or +3:50, so we hold back giving glasses to many others we meet along the way that may have needed them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By 9:50, it is hot, humid, and sticky. We reach the school about 10:00. There are 30 or more students on the playground running around between classes. They are excited to see us.</span><br />
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After the lesson, the children are excused, and Floris, familiar with my background, asks me to provide teacher with feedback. I provide positive comments, and save questions about the instruction with Floris, as I did not fully understand what the teacher was asking the students to do in French. It was obvious the children were engaged and enjoyed the instruction. I ask the teacher what her favorite subject is. She tells us, geography. Perfect!<br />
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We give the teacher the box of pens, stickers, and blow up globe to the teacher who loves geography. Russ blows up the globe and I share with her how I have used the globe to teach geography, by asking a question such as can you point to a continent and tell me the name of the continent. If he/she provides a correct answer, I show the correct answer to everyone in the class, ask the question again, and the student gets to toss the globe ball to another student to answer.<br />
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If the first student didn't answer, correctly, I would show the correct answer to the student and class, and I would collect the ball and toss it to the next student. The prize for answering the question correctly is to get to toss the ball. The adults practice this routine before the next class comes in. Their own knowledge of world geography is limited. The teacher says the students only know where Madagascar is. I ask if I can demonstrate with the students when they come in. Yes.<br />
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Children have been peering through window at us as the adults have been playing with the globe. They are eager to come in and see what this is all about.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Russ pours some of his water over my head and neck to cool me down so I don’t stroke out. He tells me there is an ice cream stand right around the corner......this is what we told our kids to keep them going while on a hike. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We climb up to the prominence through the rain forest for about half hour. Close to the top, the lemurs start sending their trill voice for danger. We can hear them but cannot see them. Just past the prominence, we hike up and around a corner to a wooden platform with a round table and benches. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In front of us towards the west the sun is setting, and the many water ponds sparkled. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I lean forward and touch my nose on the seat in front of me. I don’t want to be the tallest one in the boat if lightning strikes. We reach the dock without incidence. The rain is still falling, but it is a warm shower and not at all refreshing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We thank our guide Patrick and give him an appreciative gratuity for the two days of fun excursions. Floris says he and Soulo will pick us up at 7:30am tomorrow morning. We have long drive to the Port where we will part company.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-53084653380333240012019-04-16T03:11:00.002-07:002020-04-08T20:40:49.513-07:00Madagascar Day 5 What's a Grey Tsingy? Iharana Bush Camp, Monday, April 8, WTRD 23 of 36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This morning, we get our first real glimpse of our Bush Camp in the light.<br />
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We enjoy yogurt, fruit, cereal and bread for breakfast. My stomach feels a little better this morning, but I feel weak, am thirsty, and need to remember to drink lots of water today to rehydrate.<br />
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We meet up with Floris and our local guide Patrick after breakfast. We want to get an early start before the day really heats up. We board a double canoe to cross the seasonal lake to the base of the Tsingy mountain. Patrick did the paddling.<br />
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Our objective this morning is to explore the Tsingy mountain and caves. A French man built an amazing staircase with bolted rocks from the base to the top of mountain. Tsingy is term for limestone lifted from the sea and eroded to make sharp, edgy points. The limestone edges are knife blade sharp and one needs to be careful when placing hands on the rocks as grips or grazing against them while walking. <br />
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Russ finds out how sharp they are as his bare knee grazes against sharp point and he gets a small limestone incision. Patrick whips out his first aid kit, disinfects and bandages the wound and we carry on upward. <br />
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The plan is to hike to the top, and return through the cave from the upper entrance to where we are standing now at the bottom entrance. Floris suggests that the two of us should enter the cave at the bottom and go as far as we would like and then wait for Russ and Patrick to climb to the top and come back to meet us at the bottom. Given the circumstances, this sounds like a workable alternative so that I don’t pass out on the sharp rocks hiking to the top. I am disappointed not to see the overview of the Tsingy forest, but will have to be satisfied with what we have already seen and Russ’s photos.<br />
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Floris and I, make our way into the cave. I take off my hat as Floris explains that ancestral bones have been found here and hats should not be worn out of respect for the ancestors. We are wearing headlamps and I wonder what the ancestors might think about that. <br />
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Guiding is his primary source of income as he does not make enough to support his family on a teacher’s salary. He was once offered a regional directorship, but would have had to pay bribe money to get the position. He refused to pay. Corruption, bribery, and paying off people to get a good paying job is the way of life here in Madagascar. Hard work and merit are trumped by nepotism and who you know and how much you will pay.</div>
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Eventually we hear Russ and Patrick descending through the mountain cave. Russ had forgotten to taken off his hat. I am glad. His head would have looked like a cutting board had he done so. Not only were the passages narrow they were low and jagged. Here are the photos Russ took climbing to the top of the Tsingy and descending through the caves.<br />
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As we descend the path down to the lake, we hear lemurs, but do not see them. They are not habituated to humans and remain shy. We spot some millipedes that make the ones at home seem like miniatures. These millipedes are as fat a giant Tootsy roll and a foot long. We also find a coiled snake. Floris says it is harmless and eats frogs. Nevertheless, we give it a wide berth and move on. We return to the bush camp where we cool down with cold showers. There is a small breeze blowing through the dining room cooling our skin. </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-39635444465163522102019-04-16T03:06:00.003-07:002020-04-07T16:28:25.059-07:00Madagascar Day 4: LEAPING LEMURS Ankarana National Park, Madagascar, Sunday April 7, WTRD 22 of 36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today is our last morning at the Nature Lodge. We say goodbye to a nice German family, mom, dad, and two young boys about 4 and 2 years old. The boys are fascinated with the chameleons. and geckos. They are exploring everything sometimes to their parents’ delight and some times to their chagrin. We mention that we are going to the Bush Camp Iharana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They are happy for us and disappointed for themselves as they were told when they tried to make reservations that the camp was booked. We swap information and hope to see them again sometime in the future. They live near Dusseldorf. Before we leave, Floris tells us the German’s driver needs reading glasses.</span></div>
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My stomach is angry. It would be a day best positioned near a toilet, but that’s not going to to happen. We have a very long drive on terrible roads to the Bush Camp via a morning at a Ankarana National Park. It is not a good day for not feeling well. Pit stops are far between and very primitive.</div>
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These coconuts are not like the ones in the the South Pacific. They are filled with coconut water, but no hard white fruit inside the shell. There is a small coating of soft yogurt like coconut gelatin that can be eaten in a couple of mouth fulls. Then the husk is discarded with no further purpose. Seems that these husks could be repurposed for art work or something. After visiting the tea bag art studio in South Africa, I am convinced that human ingenuity could and should repurpose resources as much as possible.<br />
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There are many species of lemurs here. Every region and island seems to have its own variety. Darwin would have loved it. The inquisitive animals have a distinctive voice that beckons others to come or flee. Unfortunately, like the bears of Yosemite, the lemurs have become habituated to handouts and are leaping across the rafters and jumping from pillar to post in the shelter eagerly eyeing our food. They are very cute and inquisitive. </div>
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I tried to capture some photos of them leaping from one place to another, but they were too unpredictable and fast. <br />
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What is fascinating is the way they use their long tail for balance and when they land, the land upright on two feet with their tail behind them, similarly to a kangaroo. <br />
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Our guide asks us not to feed them which we would not have done anyway, but when he goes on a nature call, our driver gives the lemurs some banana peels and the lemurs are eager to make friends with him. We would have liked to do the same, but remember we chose not to get a rabies vaccines before leaving America and are not sure about getting too close to these cute little critters.</div>
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Late in the day we turn off of the National Highway onto a rural road with small signage to Camp Iharana, and amazingly the the road gets worse.</div>
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The rainy season has just started tapering off, but the road is swamped with dark water that disguises what lies beneath. Our guide gets out and walks through the water while the driver watches how high the water rises up Floris’s legs.<br />
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He asks Floris to reach down into the water and show him the bottom mix. Is it mud or is it sand? Floris zigs and zags across the small lakes using his legs as a depth sounder. The vehicle is a 4 x 4 but does not have a snorkel. Our driver figures the path he wants to take, then guns it through each pond accordingly. If the puddle is too deep or questionable, Floris hacks away with a machete small tree branches so that we can make an alternate route through the swamp without scratching up the vehicle. What should have taken us a half hour takes us two. It was an adventure.</div>
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At dusk, we are almost at our destination, but make a quick stop where guide and driver will be staying. It is a primitive village house with no electricity or water. The lady of the house is a candidate for eye glasses our guide tells us. We will drop a pair off for her tomorrow or the next day.</div>
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When we arrive at Camp Iharana, it is almost dark. The oil lamps are lit. It is hard for us to get our bearings in the dark. We will figure it out in the day light. It appears to be patterned after the safari camps in Botswana. Since there are no large predators here or big aggressive elephants, or guard dogs, we can safely walk the pathways. There are guards with dark skin that blend into the night, and seem to pop out of no where when we lose our way to make sure we go where we want.</div>
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We are shown to our traditional Malagasy cottage. It is made from slender tree trunks, wooden pegs, mud walls, open windows, and thatched palm roof. The window coverings are of mud cloth. There is no ceiling fan and the room interior is unbearably warm. <br />
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There is only 1 other couple in the camp tonight. They are from Washington DC. and the first guests of the season. We chat with them a bit in the dining room. They leave tomorrow. We are the second guests of the season. Maybe the place will be booked tomorrow. I wonder why the German family couldn’t get a booking. </div>
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The dinner menu sounds good, but I can’t get past the starter. My stomach has been through the Madagascar road blender today and has had enough. I excuse myself from the table, and retire to the cottage and hope my stomach will calm down. I take a cold shower, take some meds, douse myself with mosquito repellent, and climb through the mosquito netting to our bed.<br />
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I take my personal air conditioner (a spray bottle of water), my headlamp, and a bottle of drinking water. Russ joins me a little later. It is a restless night for both of us as the temperature has not dropped, there is no breeze, and the humidity is high. Sweat refuses to evaporate off of our skin. My personal air conditioner is useless. A fly caught in a nearby spider's web seems to struggle for hours before the spider puts an end to its misery.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-88511717161780050882019-04-16T02:36:00.000-07:002020-04-06T17:49:32.616-07:00Madagascar Day 3: A Unique Ecosystem of Plants and Animals! Saturday, April 6, WTRD 21 of 36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">After a continental breakfast at the lodge, Floris and Saulo pick us up. We travel to Amber Mountain through many miles of rural villages and a glimpse of Malagasy life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">On our way, Floris says there three possible reasons the Mountain is named Amber Mountain. We can only remember 2 of the three....color of the earth, buried amber find, and ????. This is the rain forest where apparently their are a lot of leeches. We bring our leech socks with us. Floris is amused, but respectful of our OCD over preparation of our journey. He thinks we needn’t be concerned, as it did not rain yesterday, and the ground is not soaking wet. We bring the socks with us just in case, as we have also brought our rain pants, rain jacket, and umbrella......all unnecessary, today. The weather is sunny, a bit overcast, and breezy...quite a lovely day for hiking. We too are amused about the useless, expensive leech socks we have brought with us. Well....you never know. That's a part of the adventure.</span></div>
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We arrive at the Amber Mountain Park Entrance and sign in. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">and the elusive Lemur that we never saw. . Floris assures us we will see more lemurs tomorrow. After a full day in the rain forest we head back to the Nature Lodge.</span></div>
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Floris tells us that $400.00 a month is a good middle class salary that most people will never make. One is considered rich if you can make this much. <br />
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Unemployment is very high and 45% of the population is under 18 years of age. Less than half the population is literate. There are public schools, but parents must still pay tuition and buy books. Teachers with only a high school diploma earn about $50.00 a month, with bachelor’s degree and credentials, $100.00, about the same as a police officer or soldier, neither of whom have to have degrees. Boys and girls can join the military at age 14 or 15.<br />
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My stomach is rumbling tonight. Even though I have been careful, something I ate is not agreeing with me...maybe it was the coconut.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-48541394493365703922019-04-16T02:26:00.000-07:002020-04-05T18:42:16.926-07:00Madagascar Day 2: Antananarivo to Diego Suarez. Madagascar, Friday, April 5, WTRD 20 of 36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anytime we have to get up early, I always wake up earlier. In this case, I woke up at 2:00 am and couldn’t get back to sleep. The hotel staff knew we were leaving early to catch a plane to Atsiranana on the north coast of Madagascar, so they prepared a breakfast to go for us. Russ collected the breakfasts and paid the balance of our hotel bill around 4:30. Russ wakes up hungry. Me, not at all. While I finished getting ready and packing, Russ ate his breakfast of yogurt, banana, and several types of bread rolls. I thought i would just eat mine at the airport before we caught the plane.</div>
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Hari, our guide and driver, was on time, and got us to the airport for our 7:00 am flight. There were very few cars in the parking lot. As soon as we parked the car, a man with a luggage cart was there to greet us, as were two policemen who instructed Hari to park the car elsewhere. While he did this, the two policeman apprehended the man with luggage cart and took him away. Apparently, he was suspect of perhaps running off with other people’s luggage or something of that nature. The great majority in this country are in extreme poverty and finding ways to get "money" or goods to buy/trade for food and necessities is a robust behavior. Travelers are obvious targets and we soon learn that our guides are always with us.</div>
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Outside the entrance to the airport, old wooden benches were lined up outside. Hari told me that this was the waiting area, and that I would need to eat my breakfast before entering the building. I ate a croissant and gave the package to Hari for his breakfast or to give away to someone else. He looked very pleased. We said our goodbyes knowing we would see Hari again upon our return to Antananarivo, and entered the airport building where we were immediately queued in line for baggage check in. Once our baggage was checked, we moved on to security. There was a display case with all of the things that we are not allowed in the cabin of the air plane. No, no, no, no, we didn’t have any of these things. We noticed that fishing gear, reels and line were not allowed. No we didn’t have that either. We had to pull out all of the cameras, ipad, iphone, computer.</div>
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Once checked in, we sat in the one gate airport waiting room until called for our flight, on a large propellor plane. The plane ride was unremarkable, and we arrived in Diego Suarez about 9:30 am. Our new guide Floris and driver Saulo greeted us and packed our gear in a large Hyundai 4 x4. After greetings, Floris took us to an overlook of the bay in Atsiranana where we took some landscape photos and then went into the “new” part of town. <br />
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Diego Suarez, Portuguese explorer, claimed the land found here for Portugal, but Madagascar was colonized by the French. The people speak French, English, and Malagasy. Atsiranana, is the Malagasy name for Diego. Suarez, but most people refer to the city as Diego. In 1842, the indigenous people revolted against the French. The French never enslaved the people according to our guide, but they were repressed.</div>
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During World War II, the Vichy French (Hitler supporters) who still governed Madagascar established the island as a base for German invasions in Africa. The British along with Madagascar and allied forces, fought a battle here against the Vichy French, for dominance of military prominence and strategic command. The Vichy French lost the battle. We visited the war cemetery in Diego. It is the only well kept, clean space in the city.<br />
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The indigenous people do not have the wherewithal to refurbish or repurpose the buildings.<br />
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As the population grows, the urban areas become more crowded and meager resources are stretched thinner, unemployment is very high and those who do work are lucky to earn $50.00 a month.<br />
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Russ and I have been in many rural South Pacific Islands of indigenous people who by western standards might be considered impoverished, but they did not seem so because there was plenty to eat, the lived primarily on a barter/trade economy, and there was not the so obvious disparities between rich with money and the working poor, have and have nots.<br />
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We have brought about three dozen glasses with us. We tell Floris that we have brought some reading glasses (1 dozen) and some school supplies, and would like to personally deliver these to people in need. We are severely short on supplies as the majority of 24,000,000 people in Madagascar are in need of basics.<br />
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Floris and Saulo, are our first recipients. They stop by before dinner to pick out some reading glasses for themselves and for Floris’s wife. They are staying in another guest house close by.</div>
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There are no fences around the nature lodge and the surrounding neighbors are very poor. Security guards with dogs keep the property safe at night. We are told to stay in our cabins after 10:00 pm as the dogs cannot distinguish between guests and intruders. Okay then! Lights out.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-80092301882328867722019-04-16T02:15:00.001-07:002020-04-04T20:13:31.669-07:00Madagascar Day 1: Johannesburg, South Africa to Antananarivo, Madagascar, Thursday, April 4, WTRD 19 of 36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We awake at 6:00, eat at 7:00 in the Garden Court Restaurant, board the shuttle at 7:30. We meet a family of 4 ( two young children) from Berkeley, CA. They are off to Tanzania this morning. When we reach the airport, we check our bags, go through security, immigration control, shopping area where buy a few things, and reach the gate by 9:20. Boarding is supposed to be at 9:35. It is, but we wait on the bus to take us to the plane and on the tarmac for an hour before finally taking off at 10:45. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We eat lunch, and settle in for the balance of the flight. We expect to be met at the airport by a National Geographic representative. Prior to leaving the states we were advised to get our Madagascar visa application in order with two new passport photos. We made a special trip to our triple AAA office for the photos and Russ and I completed the page long forms and tucked them away for this occasion. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As we arrive and go through the immigration line, our first stop is the health office. They hand us a form to complete. It’s about 1/6 size of a full 8 x 11 sheet - tiny print and even smaller boxes to fill, but it probably cost them nothing to print as it was a part of a small advertising booklet. We recognize the form and have at the ready the ones we have already completed, photos attached. No says the woman, she doesn’t want that one, she wants the form from Lilliput.</span></div>
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We spend 15 minutes completing the form and hand it in. The woman doesn’t even look over the applications, she asks for $76.00 and hands us a receipt which we take to the next station where the actual immigration officers are. Perhaps they will want the form, but Noooo, they just want the receipt for the $76.00. We show them the receipt, they had a visa to each of our passports, and we are done. The forms the ones we completed before we arrived and the ones upon arrival are apparently an empty formality. Oh well.</div>
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We are relieved to see our bags appear on the old fashion conveyer belt. Once collected, we meet up with a young man who is holding a National Geographic sign with our names on it. His name is Hari. He advises us that we will want to get some MGA Malagasy currency for tipping. We do.</div>
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As we navigate through the rustic airport’s parking lot, children approach us to beg for money. Hari prompts us not to give them anything. He said these children should be in school. If they bring money home to their family, their family will think it is better for them to beg than to be educated. Most of the people in Madagascar are poor and uneducated. There are 24 million in the country, 3 million live in Antananarivo, the rest live in smaller cities and through out the countryside as subsistence farmers.<br />
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Hari delivers some documents to us, welcome letter from National Geographic, air flight and national park tickets, and drops us off at the Relais Des Plateaux Hotel and will collect us at 5:10 tomorrow morning for our flight to Diego Suarez (early Portuguese city) in the northern top of Madagascar. There are two small boxes of Madagascar soaps as a welcome gift from National Geographic Expeditions. <br />
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Originally, we had booked a Safari with National Geographic Expeditions, but switched to a Friendship Force Journey to South Africa with an extended Safari opportunity with our Friendship Force Group. National Geographic does not return deposits (which we had already paid), but keeps them in trust for another trip. While we were already relatively close to Madagascar we decided to use the deposit for a journey to this country. The country's infrastructure is so poor, our only choice was either a private or small group (4 people) so that we could travel in a four wheel drive van and find comfortable small scale accommodations. We were willing to share with another couple, but we were the only ones on this trip.<br />
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Our private expedition was far less costly than the safari we had originally booked, and we loved it!<br />
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We have a nice room with air conditioning. The hotel has a beautiful swimming pool, exercise room, and supposedly the “best” restaurant in the capital city. We do enjoy fillet of sole and lamb shanks for dinner, then retire early for our flight out in the morning.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">From the Worrall Travel R's, Russ and Roz</div>WorrallTravelRshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616764251774524642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695118.post-2335004489697796282019-04-16T02:09:00.000-07:002020-04-04T19:45:57.127-07:00Goodbye Zimbabwe, Hello Johannesburg, Wednesday, April 3, WTRD 18<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Day 1: Zimbabwe to Johannesburg South Africa, Wednesday, April 3, WTRD 18</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is the last day we spend with our Friendship Force - Botswana Safarians (yes, I think I have coined a new word). We share our last breakfast at the PheZulu Guest House, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">then take off in different directions to our next destination. Russ and I are the only ones carrying on, the rest are headed home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We arrive late in the afternoon at the Garden Court Hotel within the airport city environs. I can hardly wait to get on the Internet and post and upload photos, send notes home, and thank you cards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Russ is anxious to find out what new insanity is going on at home. We eat a late dinner at Rosie O’Grady’s Brewery, and return to our room for sleep. Lights out by 10:00. We have another travel day tomorrow with a 3 hour flight and a time change to Madagascar tomorrow.</span><br />
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