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These scarves are pure silk from the cocoons of the silk worm—just one of the crafts of the Malagasy people.
Here is a woman weaving the silk.
Tom sporting a scarf I thought about getting my mom—didn’t get it, Mom, but cute, right?
A mosque in Morondava.
Beach in Morondava.
Faith trying to figure out what the hell is in the market in Morondava.
Faith and Tom ready for the ride to the Alley of the Baobobs.
Early morning light on the baobobs.
Baobob something or other. Can’t remember the name although it is one of the more famous baobobs seen on t-shirts.
Another twisty.
This is kind of what I thought my house would be like in the peace corps… real mud huts!
Wood carver in Marofandalia (a village about 40k away from Morondava).
Wood carver in Marofandalia.
The boutique in Marofandalia—a previous PC volunteer project.
Cool baobob.
Village shot
Sakalava tombs (The Sakalava are another
ethnic group in
Getting closer to the Alley of Baobobs.
A chameleon.
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A group of kids near the Alley of Baobobs. They usually carry around chameleons and solicit money from tourists to take the chameleon’s picture. You can see some of their hair is turning blond from malnutrition.
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Ah, finally, the famous Alley of Baobobs.
Alley of Baobobs.
Alley of Baobobs.
Returning to Morondava at sunset.
Returning to Morondava at sunset.
Returning to Morondava at sunset.
I googled Baobob and found it spelled Baobab. The wikipedia describes it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baobab. It says that they can store 31,700 gallons of water for drought times! That's absolutely incredible to me. Some can probably live for thousands of years, but they don't have tree rings, so it's not known for sure. It was wild to see the identical picture that Faith and Tom took of the avenue of baobabs posted on the wikipedia, sans Faith and Tom, in moldy oldy colors. Really cool stuff. Dale
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