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Simon Osborne and Sylvain Lelongjust arrived from their last paddling/driving trip which ended up in Majunga.
For Simon, it was in a way completing its malagasy venture started in 2007 and finishing up where it started was something he really wanted to complete.
He didn't paddled round the country as originally planned but that was a serious attempt with close to 2/3 of the distance paddled over 2 seasons.
Incidentally he managed to rack the first Zomandao kayak descent and although he didn't found Majunga changed in any way, he, himself felt totally different as traveling through all those remote places had given him an other vision of the surrounding world.
Check his blog for indepth feelings and details on seakayakingcornwall.com
Sylvain had a different goal in mind and also a strong motivation. He is now the very first visitor to have paddled a local river, from head to spill.
After his expedition with Brad, Rush and friends on the upper betsiboka, he has, now, completed the descent. Congratulations.
Leaving Tana was hectic, caught a full day at the bus station, only to get out of bus at 2 am in Sleeping and rainy Maevatanana. That meant a night in the rain, again!!!
The river was largely spread all around.
Most land was covered for miles around the villages and finding the actual river bed was one of the challenge of this 240 kms stretch.
Current was strong and they averaged over 100 kms on the first and second days, with relatively little effort.
They landed in Majunga on day three having paddled the whole length in a record time close to 20 hours on the river, ...
The highlights of the descent was floating down along Ankarafantsika National Park and overall, the rescue of a chameleon swimming miles away from land, ...
Unusual water movements and waves maintained the necessary pressure to paddle in scorching 39°C temps.
The mass of water and size of the river were truly impressive and both enjoyed very much the descent on the river.
Simon said, enough "Taxi brousse!"
For Simon, it was in a way completing its malagasy venture started in 2007 and finishing up where it started was something he really wanted to complete.
He didn't paddled round the country as originally planned but that was a serious attempt with close to 2/3 of the distance paddled over 2 seasons.
Incidentally he managed to rack the first Zomandao kayak descent and although he didn't found Majunga changed in any way, he, himself felt totally different as traveling through all those remote places had given him an other vision of the surrounding world.
Check his blog for indepth feelings and details on seakayakingcornwall.com
Sylvain had a different goal in mind and also a strong motivation. He is now the very first visitor to have paddled a local river, from head to spill.
After his expedition with Brad, Rush and friends on the upper betsiboka, he has, now, completed the descent. Congratulations.
Leaving Tana was hectic, caught a full day at the bus station, only to get out of bus at 2 am in Sleeping and rainy Maevatanana. That meant a night in the rain, again!!!
The river was largely spread all around.
Most land was covered for miles around the villages and finding the actual river bed was one of the challenge of this 240 kms stretch.
Current was strong and they averaged over 100 kms on the first and second days, with relatively little effort.
They landed in Majunga on day three having paddled the whole length in a record time close to 20 hours on the river, ...
The highlights of the descent was floating down along Ankarafantsika National Park and overall, the rescue of a chameleon swimming miles away from land, ...
Unusual water movements and waves maintained the necessary pressure to paddle in scorching 39°C temps.
The mass of water and size of the river were truly impressive and both enjoyed very much the descent on the river.
Simon said, enough "Taxi brousse!"
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