Getting to Madagascar from the US
Traveling Light
Getting to Madagascar from the US takes a bit of time, especially if you are on frequent flyer tickets. We’d booked forever in advance so we got business class tickets and were flying Houston – DC – Johannesburg – Antananarivo. There was a hurricane in the Atlantic, so we were watching the weather intently. It appeared to be headed straight for DC, so we called the airlines and pre-emptively rebooked ourselves via London. This meant leaving a day earlier, no business class, a 9 hour layover in London, and a 22 hour layover in Johannesburg. De-freaking-lightful.
The have an “Animal Crèche” where you can pay to go into a pen and play with the animals. The rate was R30 per person per species and each visit lasts 5 minutes. This came out to about $2, so we visited them all.
We returned to the lodge covered in cat hair, so the lodge hosts arranged to have our clothing laundered and returned in a few hours. Dinner was abundant and yummy: pork, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, yams, and malva pudding for dessert. Breakfast was just as lavish, though we were still full from the night before.
Next stop: Antananarivo