Bit of a rough night. We were a bit late getting on the road. Angelo told us that the lemurs were most active in the morning. At the start of the walk, he asked us if we were more interested in plants or lemurs. A no brainer as far as I was concerned. Actually, Nicola didn't put a lot of thought into it either. We followed a number of trails each beginning with a letter and followed by another letter or number. We spent a lot of time on “C”. The trails are very steep and a little hard on the old joints if I don't say so myself. Pretty much a whole bunch of up and down.
Our first sighting was the bamboo lemur. He was very cooperative, quietly eating his banana while tourists swarm around him trying to take his picture. His friend was demurely hiding behind a tree. The other lemurs were not so cooperative and could only be viewed from a fairly long distance. That was the case with the golden bamboo lemur which was first identified in 1989 and the initial ready for the creation of the park. They huddle in the high branches, taking a rest Angelo says. The male would occasionally turn his head to look at us. Our third sighting was the brown, red fronted lemur. He didn't eat the bamboo which I forgot to mention contains cyanide. We were told it either doesn't affect them or they shit it out. The last lemurs were miles up in the tree, all huddled together in a wholly mass. So their name, the wooly lemur.
We called it quits at about 1:00 and started to head back, a short cut which was very steep and another reminder of our age. .
We did a little walk around town after. Some sort of festival was taking place as there was a very primitive looking merry go round that the kids had to be very patient waiting for it to start. Howver when it did het going it really got going. Not quite like the swings on Copenhagen or the ferris wheel in Guatemala but those kids were getting a bit of a thrill.
The thing about these villages or towns (I never know what to call them) is that there is not a single product that has been bought out of the immediate area for resale. Nicola wondered what these chilli pepper looking items were. She was told they were banana seeds and the young woman broke open one for her to try. But attempt to buy a coke or Pepsi and that's not going to happen. People live in very basic accommodation made of bricks made locally with no glass in the windows and rarely a chimney even though most use charcoal to heat with.
Our first sighting was the bamboo lemur. He was very cooperative, quietly eating his banana while tourists swarm around him trying to take his picture. His friend was demurely hiding behind a tree. The other lemurs were not so cooperative and could only be viewed from a fairly long distance. That was the case with the golden bamboo lemur which was first identified in 1989 and the initial ready for the creation of the park. They huddle in the high branches, taking a rest Angelo says. The male would occasionally turn his head to look at us. Our third sighting was the brown, red fronted lemur. He didn't eat the bamboo which I forgot to mention contains cyanide. We were told it either doesn't affect them or they shit it out. The last lemurs were miles up in the tree, all huddled together in a wholly mass. So their name, the wooly lemur.
We called it quits at about 1:00 and started to head back, a short cut which was very steep and another reminder of our age. .
We did a little walk around town after. Some sort of festival was taking place as there was a very primitive looking merry go round that the kids had to be very patient waiting for it to start. Howver when it did het going it really got going. Not quite like the swings on Copenhagen or the ferris wheel in Guatemala but those kids were getting a bit of a thrill.
The thing about these villages or towns (I never know what to call them) is that there is not a single product that has been bought out of the immediate area for resale. Nicola wondered what these chilli pepper looking items were. She was told they were banana seeds and the young woman broke open one for her to try. But attempt to buy a coke or Pepsi and that's not going to happen. People live in very basic accommodation made of bricks made locally with no glass in the windows and rarely a chimney even though most use charcoal to heat with.
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