Nosy Komba

In Madagascar, “nosy” (rhymes with mossy) means an island. Komba is a smaller island south of the big island of Be (pronounced bay), which is the top tourist destination for beaches and water activities. These are located off the NW coast of the country. We had to take a small outrigger from the mainland to Nosy Komba -

There are no roads or motorized vehicles (so it was calm and quiet) -

That wasn’t our villa that we rented for 4 days… this was -

… complete with sweet young ladies who cooked all our meals, cleaned, and gamely tried to understand our requests as we used Google Translate to Malagasy. :)

We also had a resident family of Black Lemurs…

… that visited daily. Here comes a video, so open this post in your browser by clicking the link at the bottom.

We went scuba diving one day, using rental equipment (which was a new experience for us), and enjoyed the morning. This is a view from the scuba shop towards the beach…

… and a video from Steve’s GoPro of some Orange-Spotted Filefish:

He was (rightly) proud of this nice still of a Yellowfin Surgeonfish…

… and this Unicornfish -

One day, the manager of the villa directed me to a little beach that he said no one visits. This was the path there…

… and this was my view of my private swimming beach -

It may not look like much, but I had that whole little bay to myself, and some nice rocks to sit on in the shade and read.

So that’s “bye” from me and the lemurs, to end my posting from Madagascar -