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Ambohimanga

Dennis Nicklaus - 12-Jun-25

Ambohimanga

Ambohimanga is one of those places I probably wouldn't have bothered to visit if it weren't a WHS. But I'm very glad I did because, the visit, combined with a visit to the Queen's Palace in Tana, gave me a much better understanding of Madagascar's pre-colonial history. I had a private driver to take me to the Royal Hill of Ambohimanga, about an hour outside of Tana.  It's not a huge site, you can spend about an hour there. One there, I picked up a guide at the entrance who spoke very good english.  She was very informative. After a brief overview of the fortress from the ceremonial courtyard, and the large sacrificial stone where zebu were sacrificed, we proceeded inside the complex

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Andrefana Dry Forests

Dennis Nicklaus - 11-Jun-25

Andrefana Dry Forests

I was really pleased to visit the Tsingy de Bemaraha, because an article years ago in National Geographic about them was what really got me interested in visiting Madagascar. Climbing on, and walking through the tsingy was really fun.  You're really exploring an odd landscape.  

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Maritime Greenwich

Dennis Nicklaus - 11-Jun-25

Maritime Greenwich

I was surprised to see so many people at Greenwich as I thought it was only going to be a few hardy science enthusiasts coming to visit the observatory.  But, as we learned, there is so much more and visiting makes for a pleasant day out from central London. We took the Uber Boats down the Thames to Greenwich.  The rain dried up for a bit, the green park was nice for walking through, and we happily found much more than the Royal Observatory there.  At the observatory, we took the obligatory "two hemispheres" photo, but didn't enter the observatory proper due to the steep admission fee given our time constraints. Still it was nice to see such a historic place

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Le Morne

Dennis Nicklaus - 19-Jun-25

We weren't able to hike very far up Le Morne when we visited because it had been raining and we were told that hiking it when it was so muddy was not advised. So we contented ourselves with just walking up the flanks of it a little ways, and driving around it to admire the views.

We also saw the Slave Monument, though the gate was closed when we were there.

OK, it's a nice small mountain, nice to look at, with a pretty view and some slave history.  Otherwise, it isn't so remarkable and I don't really see much OUV.

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Aapravasi Ghat

Dennis Nicklaus - 12-Jun-25

Aapravasi Ghat

There's nothing wrong with the site, and I agree that the indentured servant phenomenon that moved so many millions around the globe deserves some sort of World Heritage recognition.  There's just so little to see at this site. Just one restored building, really, and a few other foundations/walls.  The small rooms do have signage that do a good job of explaining the whole "movement of indentured servants as a solution for getting cheap labor" idea once nations had banned slavery, and it was interesting to learn the history. Unfortunately, the downstairs museum exhibit hall was closed during the hours we visited (even though there were staff at the front desks, as they allowed me in to use the toilet), so we missed seeing that.

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