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All these years in and I still get wistful when weather, or scheduling, or life forces me to bypass a place I wanted to visit. Or when a pandemic happens and a whole year of plans goes out the window.
I think to get the most out of travel, and life, you need to be focused enough to set goals, but easygoing enough to let them go when they aren’t working. Some of our best experiences were after we switched from plan A to plan D, E or F.
What’s the strangest place you’ve visited?
Madagascar—though strange may not be the word. Wondrous? It wasn’t just the spectacular landscape of incredible geological land forms, crazy baobab trees or the undersea life that was so remarkable. There’s also fantastical wildlife like lemurs, crazy-looking birds, huge manta rays, whales, boa constrictors and chameleons. And the people we met were some of our favourite. Malagasy people are incredibly friendly and fun.
The most amazing part about Mada, is almost the saddest though: When we walked the stunning beaches we were more likely to find shards of ancient Sakalava pottery than modern garbage. Everything is repurposed and reused in incredibly clever ways. These were the only clean beaches we encountered in the world.
What was the worst part of circumnavigating the world?
Ugh—in the 10-15 years between our voyages, the ocean really changed. On our first boat, if we saw a piece of something floating in the distance we’d alter our course to go inspect it. Anything man-made so clearly didn’t belong out there; we’d check to see if it was a message in a bottle, lost cargo or wreckage.
November 10, 2020 at 02:54AM
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