Part 5

  • Children
    Children
    Our vehicle change location drew a few children wanting to see the tourists.
    Manambato, RN 2, Madagascar, November 9, 2023
    2023-11-09#2846
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Water Taxi
    Water Taxi
    This type of boat serves isolated villages and a few lodges in a series of lakes running north.
    Lake Rasoabe, Orania Lodge, Manambolo, Madagascar, November 9, 2023
    2023-11-09#2849
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orania Lodge
    Orania Lodge
    We waited here for our water taxi.
    Lake Rasoabe, Manambolo, Madagascar, November 9, 2023
    2023-11-09#2850
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bungalow #7
    Bungalow #7
    With a lot of open ventilation, I used the mosquito netting for the entire stay.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 9, 2023
    2023-11-09#0121
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bungalow #7
    Bungalow #7
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 9, 2023
    2023-11-09#0204
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bungalow #7
    Bungalow #7
    The room was pretty dark due to very limited electricity.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 9, 2023
    2023-11-09#0228
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Calamari
    Calamari
    Big and chewy pieces.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 9, 2023
    2023-11-09#5448
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bungalow #7
    Bungalow #7
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#0221
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pachypodium densiflorum
    Pachypodium densiflorum
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2854
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pachypodium densiflorum
    Pachypodium densiflorum
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2856
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View of Main Building
    View of Main Building
    Bar & Wifi area, restaurant to the right seen from a small dining spot.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1045
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur male
    Black Lemur male
    Eulemur macaco macaco
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1128
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur male
    Black Lemur male
    Eulemur macaco macaco
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1162
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur male
    Black Lemur male
    Eulemur macaco macaco
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2859
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur male
    Black Lemur male
    Eulemur macaco macaco
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2860
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Radiated Tortoise
    Radiated Tortoise
    Geochelone radiata - protected in an enclosure.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1183
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Varecia variegata variegata - the most primitive of the lemurs.  The only lemur that leaves the young in a nest always with an adult.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1188
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Varecia variegata variegata
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2865
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Varecia variegata variegata
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2879
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Varecia variegata variegata
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2884
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Lemur hybrid
    Brown Lemur hybrid
    Eulemur fulvus - obviously comfortable around people because the guides gave them little bits of banana.  On Jill.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2892
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Brown Lemur
    Common Brown Lemur
    Eulemur fulvus fulvus
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2894
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Lemur hybrid
    Brown Lemur hybrid
    Eulemur fulvus - sitting on J. J. with or local guide Romeo in the background.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2897
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Vanilla seed pod
    Vanilla seed pod
    Vanilla planifolia - staff fertilize the one day flowers to produce the beans to sell.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2901
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Black & White Ruffed Lemur
    Varecia variegata variegata
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2903
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Lemur hybrid
    Brown Lemur hybrid
    Eulemur fulvus - J. J. watching, Dave hosting the lemur with Joyce taking a photo.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2906
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowned Lemur male
    Crowned Lemur male
    Eulemur coronatus
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2912
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowned Lemur male
    Crowned Lemur male
    Eulemur coronatus
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2918
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Des & lemurs
    Des & lemurs
    Des is taking a photo of a Crowned Lemur with a hybrid Brown Lemur on his back.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2920
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowned Lemur female
    Crowned Lemur female
    Eulemur coronatus
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2929
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowned Lemur male
    Crowned Lemur male
    Eulemur coronatus
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2937
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowned Lemur female & juvenile
    Crowned Lemur female & juvenile
    Eulemur coronatus
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2955
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur female
    Black Lemur female
    Eulemur macaco macaco - really contrasting with the male.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2987
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur female
    Black Lemur female
    Eulemur macaco macaco
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1206
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur female
    Black Lemur female
    Eulemur macaco macaco
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#2998
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur female & juvenile
    Black Lemur female & juvenile
    Eulemur macaco macaco
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3003
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Lemur juvenile
    Black Lemur juvenile
    Eulemur macaco macaco - although this looks like it might be a hybrid Crowned Lemur, despite being with the female Black Lemur.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3005
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panther Chameleon male
    Panther Chameleon male
    Furcifer pardalis
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1223
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panther Chameleon male
    Panther Chameleon male
    Furcifer pardalis
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1227
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panther Chameleon male
    Panther Chameleon male
    Furcifer pardalis
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1230
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panther Chameleon male
    Panther Chameleon male
    Furcifer pardalis
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3008
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panther Chameleon male
    Panther Chameleon male
    Furcifer pardalis - with a captured grasshopper.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3009
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panther Chameleon male
    Panther Chameleon male
    Furcifer pardalis - when the tongue starts to come out this way, start taking photos.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3020
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panther Chameleon male
    Panther Chameleon male
    Furcifer pardalis - 4/100th of a second after the previous photo, with most of the extension occurring in 1/100th of a second.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3023
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panther Chameleon male
    Panther Chameleon male
    Furcifer pardalis - pulling in that very long tongue.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3025
    Larry L. Jackson
  • True Cactus
    True Cactus
    Rhipsalis species
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3034
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Madagascar Girdled Lizard
    Madagascar Girdled Lizard
    Zonosaurus madagascariensis - a color variation showing less side stripe.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1279
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trail
    Trail
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3036
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wasps & Nest
    Wasps & Nest
    Small nest with one wasp on top and another possibly emerging lower.
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#1290
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bird's Nest Fern
    Bird's Nest Fern
    Asplenium nidus
    Hotel Palmarium, Madagascar, November 10, 2023
    2023-11-10#3039
    Larry L. Jackson