http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ofninefingers/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ofninefingers en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:44:54 +0000 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:44:54 +0000 Current residence AntananarivoJust returned from three weeks spent in Moramanga conducting field research on freetailed bats living in public buildings in Moramanga.here is a morseau des les choix que je faire durant ces temps http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Antananarivo/blog-347728.html the ancient and old beauty of paris for a brief week and a half after the stunningly beautiful and progressively hotter Malagasy continent was a interesting transition. the whole idea of actually having a map to a city and a wonderfully comprehensive public transportation system was wonderfully refreshing as well as just being one more person in a city of people.it was nice to have Mady to share i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-356833.html after presenting our final projects we finished with a wonderful tour of the north http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Nosy-Be/blog-356828.html Tomorrow I leave Tana the big city for a the begining of my ISP period of which I previously posted.here lies a recap of the last few weeks since Oct. 23We have been staying in the hotel Raphia a lovely hotel with an Idian theme that serves delicious food occasionally smells of raw sewage and we hear the beautiful song of the call to prayer each day. Many people thus far have been terribly http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Antananarivo/blog-340877.html Assessing conflict between synanthropic bats and people in Moramanga Bat Communities in Civil Service Buildings Population size frequency and Human Relations I will be studying the freetailed bats Molossidaethat roost in public buildings particularly schools and hospitals in the eastern town of Moramanga. The objective of the study is to determine what buildings are inhabited by bat coloni http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Antananarivo/blog-340871.html We leave for Tulear tomorrow to start our marine unit leaving behind Fort Dauphin until the beginning of December and I cannot honestly say that I will miss it.Sorry for the long period of time lost between posts but I will try for a recap1 Village stay in Faux Cap in the hamlet of Mahabibowe werre there for 5 days Zoe and I in a small village of people who only spoke Malagasyour day tipical http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Antsiranana/blog-334072.html pictures i hope... http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Antananarivo/blog-324285.html Thanks and love to all.it is so good to hear from each and everyone of yall I really look foreward to messages.Today is the first day back in Fort Daupin from a week long camping trip where we did our first lemur field study project. The southern redion of Madagascar is mostmy dey desert and this place was no exception. gtThe national park where we were at was Isofaka home of the spiny forest http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Ambositra/blog-327103.html Tulear Madagascarmeat of choice sea turtlecurrent weather hole in the ozone hotmode of transport manpulled 'puspus'ocupation studenttoday is our last day in Tulear we leave for our 8 day tour of Protected Areas tomorrow which is quite exciting for that means camping all week and treaking through the jungle.this past week has been our marine studies unit which has consisted of marine mammal http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/Anjajavy/blog-333243.html Bonjourtoday is the secong day i have been in fort dauphin. previously i was in manatantely for a few relaxing days of orientation to madagascar learning the local language malagasy and trying out my very poor french with a few unlucky malagasy. The keyboard that I am using is a french keyboard so you will have to excusse whatever typos occur pleasea few words to describe madagascargreen topog http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Madagascar/blog-319589.html idaho.haha i know...but really who could have known what a wonderful place it is.guiding was fun but the people and the place were what really made it.quote of the summer we are all alone but we are looking for people and places so we are not lost.the west is full of beautiful enticing places that make me want to shout that THIS is America. the wild west so silly that Texans consider thems http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Idaho/Orofino/blog-316991.html