To Antsoha and Lemurs
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 20 Oct 2019 23:47
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To Antsoha and Lemur Cuddles
 I was rudely awoken at three this morning
with, Is that your IPod playing ??? Now as I
said in the last blog we went to sleep with Soca music playing for the Crater to
Russian Bay Rally Party. Not thrilled, but in the most pleasant voice I could
muster I answered in the negative....... Needless to say, sleep alluded me for
the rest of the night and there I was at six watching the sunrise.
 At ten past six Slow Flight looked pretty with morning mist swirling
on the mainland.
  Plenty of the “we
prefer to swim on our side” brigade came by.
 The party boats were very silent as a local lady came through.
 At seven
thirty Slow Flight, Serafina and Beez Neez set off for the five mile hop to see
lemurs. We left Russian Bay for the final time and now every mile will be new to
us. Around the corner the little islet called Nosy Kivinjy came into view.........
 and then Nosy Antsoha, our target.
 Nosy Kivinjy now
to our right was we swung into anchor at eight-thirty. Trevor very kindly
gathered the six of us together and spuddled us in. We found a couple of guides,
handed over three pounds each and took our tickets.
 .Bear held up our ticket – the chap, so cute.
 Fred, me, Bear, Maria
and Trevor taken by Kimi.
   Our first lady was very
shy and wary but eventually took the offered piece of
banana.
   We passed a pineapple as our guides began
calling “Maki, Maki, Maki”. We soon saw a chap dangling
upside-down like a bat as a pair of fluffy, brown cuties swung
in.
   Maria had never been up close and personal
with a lemur before and went into serious posing
mode.....
   I had a lovely chat, cuddle and kiss.
 Delight on Kimi’s
face..........
   ......then she had her face well and truly washed.
  Stroking as a ‘thank you’. Bear enjoyed a cuddle
too.
 What is so gorgeous about lemurs is the
way you put your hand toward them, with a little banana, they gently wrap their
hand around yours and pull it toward their mouth – no
rush, no claws, no nipping, just a careful scoop with their lips and a lick to
clean up.
 We bimbled up the hill and had a lovely
view of the girls. Serafina, Slow Flight (in the
middle) and Beez on the right.
    Up the hill a little further, with a chap watching us, to a
staircase that lead up to a little chalet that can be rented out, from
here we could see Nosy Kivinjy looking very pretty.
   Outside seating,
sink and Kimi posed on the al
fresco toilet.
  We were put on the love seat and posed accordingly.
  Maria
and our guide show off the bed (currently covered in
a protective tarpaulin), bedding in the trunk beside the bed. I loved the seat carved from a solid tree trunk.
    My new friend
chuntered away as he enjoyed his banana and became a new hat.....
   Trevor was leapt upon by two youngsters,
offering them nothing, they were happy to use him as a
lookout.
  Happy with him,
it gave me chance to have a good look at an incredible
hand.
  Happy with Bear
but he did have banana......
 ........until it was
time to be opportunistic
  Fred looked cool and Kimi had help with her photography.
   Really tucking
in.
   We had a wonderful time with these gorgeous creatures but sadly, time to move on.
  Dirty Diana
launched, we left the gorgeous little
beach.
 Just before ten we left
Nosy Antsoha behind.
ALL IN ALL A DELIGHTFUL
STOP
BEAUTIFUL ISLAND WITH LOVELY
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