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Stuck in the middle

Bobangira, Madagascar/Madagaskar
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Daraina & Loky Manambato

When we finally reached the edge of the dry deciduous forest, Amidou, our guide and somehow lonesome manager of Loky Manambato Protected Area, and his two friends, the Aye-Aye trackers, had already spotted the first group of Golden-crowned sifakas or Tattersall’s sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) up in the branches of a grove of trees. We followed them in a hurry through high dried out grass, always looking up, following the graceful white lemurs with our eyes. That´s why we didn´t notice the family digging holes in a dried-out riverbed and searching the excavated material in a big pan for gold. And only a few metres above their heads, the Golden-crowned Sifakas were nibbling on the sweet yellow blossoms of a local tree. They seemed to know that it is fady, taboo, for the locals to harm or even hunt them. Continue…

On the road – Unterwegs

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. (Aldous Huxley)

Reisen bedeutet herauszufinden, dass alle Unrecht haben mit dem, was sie über andere Länder denken. (Aldous Huxley)

Simien mountains, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Horombe, Madagascar/Madagaskar
Groß-Gerau, Germany/Deutschland
Lasta highland, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Northern Madagascar/Nördliches Madagaskar
Rwenzori mountains/Ruwenzori-Berge, Uganda
Southern Madagascar/Südliches Madagaskar
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Tigray, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Allée des baobabs, Madagascar/Madagaskar
La Lopé, Gabon/Gabun
Central Uganda/Zentraluganda
Lopé National Park, Gabon/Gabun
Northern Zambia/Nordsambia
Miandrivazo, Madagascar/Madagaskar
Antananarivo, Madagascar/Madagaskar
Southern Uganda/Süduganda
Tigray, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Central Uganda/Zentraluganda
Mouila, Gabon/Gabun
Madagascar highland/Hochland von Madagaskar
Northern Madagascar/Nordmadagaskar
Southern Gabon/Südgabun
Buggala Island, Uganda
Central Uganda/Zentraluganda
Antsirabe, Madagascar/Madagaskar
Moroto, Uganda
Gambella, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Southern Madagascar/Südmadagaskar
Madagascar highland/Hochland von Madagaskar
Lasta highland, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Madagascar highland/Hochland von Madagaskar
Southern Madagascar/Südmadagaskar
Kazembe state, Zambia/Sambia
Southern Ethiopia/Südäthiopien
Germany/Deutschland
Lac Itasy, Madagascar/Madagaskar
Lalibela, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Antananarivo, Madagascar/Madagaskar
Antananarivo, Madagascar/Madagaskar
Lasta highland, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Northern Madagascar/Nordmadagaskar
Lalibela, Ethiopia/Äthiopien
Western Madagascar/Westmadagaskar
Kafue, Zambia/Sambia
Madagascar east coast/Ostküste von Madagaskar
Madagascar highland/Hochland von Madagaskar
Western Madagascar/Westmadagaskar
Madagascar east coast/Ostküste von Madagaskar
Northern Madagascar/Nordmadagaskar
Tsiribihina river, Madagascar/Madagaskar