The Sifaka of Verreaux, t o lemourioy kind that people in the Androy region of southern Madagascar called "dancer", has ypolefki fur and black person.
It seems a little with pithiko vervet or siamaia cat, but has the ability to walk with the hind feet. In addition to pidane from tree to tree, these animals for a strange reason like to perform dance moves soil treklizontas with his hands in the air, hence the paratsoukli.
To say that lemourioi-dancers are fun or, even worse, "charitomenoi" would be cliches. Instead, I prefer to convey a local, traditional story about their origins. Sometimes, a kakia mitria theti struck the daughter of a person with a dipper. The blow was so possible that flew on trees. This and the descendants of staying forever on the trees, with black masks on their faces, away from human decline.
This story is interesting because it gives dignity to lemourioys, a species found only in Madagascar, while proposing that it is somehow sophisticated than people living in trees and by logical choice. In reality, those animals come from progonous common with the apes, but chose a different evolutionary path after separation of Madagascar from the hypothetical super-continent Gondwanaland before millions of years.
The ancient, isolated natural habitats of the island, who are threatened with deforestation, have unique flora and fauna, with the overall populations of many species are not limited to just one piece of forest area.
The traveler who would attempt such a distant journey will be difficult to have in mind only the exotic beaches, which are not rare in Madagascar. The bulk of the coast consists of katalefki, fine sand, palm-trees and prasinogalaza waters.
In the capital of the island, Antananarivo, or Tana, features are the narrow alleys of the upper town, where all the houses using the ground floor shop for giving the image of an immense bazaar. In the city there are also more impressive palaces of the kings of race Merina.
Apart from the coastal beauties will encounter along the coast of Madagascar and of course the impressive vegetation, the attractions of the island including the husband of pirates who dominated the seas of the region during the Middle Ages. The best known of these is the Simentrier de Pirats, south of the island, which one reaches after an adventurous trekking through valtous.
In the southern part of the island, adjacent to Fort Ntofin town is the Fort de Portougkals, one of the oldest buildings epoikistika which had been created for Portuguese ships have a safe shelter to periplou travels in Africa.
Madagascar is so poor as the poorest neighbours in Africa, but a consequence of history and climate. The cyclones affecting the island each year between November and April, bringing devastation to the rudimentary infrastructure. Madagascar has overcome several difficult political transitions since independence in 1958 and experimented with socialism from 1975 to 1991.
Respect for ancestors is a key element of their culture but, as many note, is also an obstacle to development. For example, international organizations have fought to introduce rice cultivation methods higher profitability, but the people of the island prefer the traditional ways that were transmitted by their forebears.
But outside of adhering to the traditional requirements, the inhabitants of the island have a apokosmi makariotita, which would perhaps be to find people who are acutely aware that they live
in paradise.
It is telling that the expression that a visitor will meet more often to stay in Madagascar is "mora-mora" which means slowly, instead of fysiologikoterou "salama" which means hello. "Mora-mora" is an expression that can be waiting in the responses of native to most of the questions involving the "what time…", as the measurement of time is not so widespread habit in Madagascar.
It is worth noting that in 1994 one of the many hurricanes that every so often hit the island destroyed the only school in Akanini Nofi, a large fishing village south of the country. The building was fixed by the people and worked again in 1997, while for three years, the children do not go to school and teachers lost their jobs.
The friendly and hospitable people of Madagascar is in itself an important reason to visit the big island. Chairesai the kindness and his willingness to help, to serve.
Besides all this, Madagascar is making a separate monument Natural History. Before 165 million years apokollithike from Africa, taking with her a wide variety of animals and plants, which do not currently exist elsewhere in the world.
From the time of Marco Polo, who arrived the first visitors to the island, heard stories about white pygmaious on monkeys more than 2 metres tall, bird-elephants, who spent the 3 meters, for carnivores trees katavrochthizan people. These are perhaps the only things that look as though, will not meet the current visitor Madagascar. The vast forests, but also the famous national parks, are an ideal home to more than 50 propithikon species, 200 bird species, 300 reptile species, which will not find anywhere else in the world.
Where to stay
For your stay, the four-star Colbert Hotel in Antanarivo (29 rue Prince Ratsimamanga) has 140 rooms and suites, fully equipped with satellite television, safe, air condition and 24-hour room service. Prices start at 89 euros for standard room and reaching 255 for senior suite, and breakfast is billed separately, at a price of 9 euros for the European press and 10 euros for the U.S..
If you prefer to leave rather than the capital, Chez Maggie in Morondava has, inter alia, restaurant, bar, pool, 4x4 vehicles for tours and rental and laundry service. The price of a bungalow is 27 euros per person, while breakfast costs 2.50 euros in European and 3.50 Americanwr.
For even more ... exotic stay, choose the three-star Soanambo, in the village Vohilava island of Sainte-Marie. Here you'll find 50 rooms and suites, and facilities such as swimming pool, tennis court and screen films.
You can also see traditional shows, enjoy a traditional massage, go trekking and scuba diving or take courses traditional crafts. Prices start at 25 euros for the bungalow and 286 euros for the suite, during non-tourist season, while the tourist season the corresponding values are 35 and 343 euros respectively.
Finally, the Masoandro, in Nosy Nanto of Sainte-Marie, has 12 bungalows and a large pool, and organizes and scuba diving, whales observation, fishing and thematic tours. It is located one kilometre from the magical forest Ikalalao. Prices for standard bungalow start at 40 euros, while available and luxury bungalows, at prices from 90 euros.
