Uneventful travels have brought us to the starting point: Toliara on the Southwest Coast of Madagascar.

For me this included 22 hours of flying time: two hours to Atlanta, eight hours to Paris, ten hours to Antananarivo and two hours to Toliara. Add in eight hours of time change and some longer layovers and the clock showed two days of travel.

Entry to Madagascar was fairly efficient. A visa on arrival cost $10 for 15 days. There didn’t seem to be much of a customs inspection. This surprised me in contrast to other island nations such as New Zealand which are careful on plants/animals coming as stow-aways.

I was also pleasantly surprised my bike flew for free to Antananarivo and then a $40 charge the last leg.

The taxis were small at it took two of them to get from the airport to our reservation. Right around 5am and then a restful sleep to catch up. Looks like a nice place. Today a chance to put together the bikes.

A few photos from walking around Toliara