A true Robinson Crusoe style finale was in store for the last part of our adventure in Madagascar first upon the minuscule island of Ile aux Nattes and the very last part on Ile Sainte Marie.
Little Ile aux Nattes was easily one the best highlights of the whole trip just purely out of the fact that it was the first time we were able to truly relax and live out the malagasy motto "mora mora" which in english means "slowly, slowly". Not to mention that the small island is in itself and absolute gem; the true definition of paradise from all what I have seen so far on my travels.
The cherry on top of the blissful cake was that not only were we completely surrounded by natural beauty, but our accommodation was by far the craziest; a spacious treehouse just above the beach with our own bathroom (with most importantly, hot water for just about the first time in Madagascar!) and balcony with hammocks facing the beautiful blue lagoon - we could have easily stayed there for longer!
After three days of complete relaxation we headed over to Ile Sainte Marie in a pirogue, just a few metres throw over to the otherside of the lagoon. Although we were quite unlucky with the weather on the final two days, with cloudy skies, storms and continuos little showers of rain, it was lucky enough that we made the trip over the lagoon just in time before the bad weather! Had we been a bit less lucky we might have experienced the true Crusoe adventure with the risk of being stranded over on Ile aux Nattes while our flight home left from the airport just across in Saint Marie...
But all was good in the end, and considering Madagascar's reputation for being a bit slow and unreliable when it comes to traveling around, our trip went surprisingly according to plan and we were able to do everything we had wanted to do in a month's time, and more. Quite unbelievable!
Now with more relaxation at hand in the Seychelles islands, stay tuned everyone for updates on the next adventure!
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