6am. To my surprise, I slept rather well and a lot! Maybe plugging my ears was of a help to avoid hearing the small beasts swirl around me? Well, I slept well - that
is when you don't take the pain in my hips from the hard ground in
consideration and the nature of my dreams. But since this time the dreams are rated, I'm not gonna
go into the details. To avoid embarrassment. Mine? Yours? You choose!
1pm. We are at the natural swimming pool N*3 and we
have been here for the last 2h. It's stunning what the nature can create
sometimes. All the beautiful bone and muscle structures. Oh, sorry, did you
think I was gonna brag about yet another natural swimming pool? Yes, it's again
very different from the previous two and gorgeous but... Nah, forget about the
pool already! I'm looking at a dozen of young Malagasy adults and my eyes are
having a real feast (believe me, bodies I have seen in my career!). Well, OK
OK, some of them are still in their late teens but I have eyes and I have had
my share of looking at the nature and now it's turn to get to know something
else! And excuse me, they find me exotic too. White skin (long pants and long
sleeves do help to maintain that healthy color!), tall (thank you family genes
for such a wonderful gift), smiling (working on the naso-labial lines as usual
but yes, to smile is my devise!), kind (yes, I massage twisted ankles of our
guide - thank you BR for Crème Défatigante by the way), curious (I ask
questions - of all sorts and not in small quantities otherwise where is the
fun!), generous (I shared my lunch with a very honky male). What's there not to
like, I ask of you. So what that I have red bug bites all over my legs, belly, arms,
cleavage, neck and now even the face! (I swear it spreads like a black storm!)
Malagasy youngsters are fit. They don't need to pay expensive gym club
memberships. They just work harder than hard from a very young age. They walk,
they run, they lift and carry tons of food, earth, stones, they work the earth
of their fields with their whole bodies (instead of using the bodies of the
strong animals - they cost too much and not everybody can afford that kind of
luxury!)... It's all muscle. They are lean, dry and they know it and know also
how to show it when there is a new girl around. And this time the party was all
for me and me only. Thank you guys! I shall always remember you in the pool,
fooling around (them, not me!), jumping crazy happy poses and admiring my mermaid skills. Too
bad we had to leave so early, I would have loved to ask you about your dreams.
I guess all good moments have their ends and so we left for the circus. Which
was equally breathtaking. Again, it reminded me of a place I have never been to
before, the Grand Canyon. I'm told it's probably 3 times bigger over there but
I must tell you - I'm impressed already with the smaller Malagasy version.
Jacquelin is adorable and shares his impressive knowledge of the bugs, birds,
animals, trees, plants, flowers. And so the ones I remember and am impressed
with, I try to photograph. Stick insect, elephant foot, praying mantis, scorpion, thermite cones, rosewood tree and the snow flake bugs that turn
into half butterflies, the dragonflies, the bird of paradise, the chameleons
and lizards, grass hoppers poop (believe me, it's huge for such a small
creature)...
There was a very important fire about three years ago that has
ravaged a great part of the park. Most of the fires that happen here are illegal and very saddening when they do occur. But I am very happy to say that the strong
life of the nature took over and the trees and plants are blooming again. And the trees
that look dead, I believe they will bloom soon as well.
The rest of the walk
was easy and we actually arrived back to the camping rather early, at 3:30pm.
Jacquelin wanted to take us to the cascades but once more we refused politely,
our day felt already full enough of gorgeous images. Francois and Blondie
(another guy with a girlie name) prepared us a royal dinner that we devoured
and shortly after that, my favorite guy - the sandman - paid us a visit and off we went to the
dreamland.
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