Last day of lemurs and truck spotting in Tamatave, Madagascar

So thetjourney nearly cimes to anvend, we hsve been comfortable andaenjoyed our dtsy at the happy golf hotel ehich we selected after rejecting the seedy looking restaurant ocean 501 but sitting by the pool this afternoon as I was out filming Mandy and she spotted a suspect European with a very young looking local girl checking in. It has it seems long been a problem in the country but this morning we passed on our way to a nature reserve the stone chippers. A sight I first saw in 1980 in Sri Lanka when we met up with Mandy's cohesion Bernie. They chip ricks ricks yo ever smaller pieces, back breaking monotonous work but this morning we saw them still engaged in such labour near the reserve which many westerners must pass through. The animals have a lot of care and attention but humans care less well. The workers included children down to about 06 or 7 years old, a large proportion of rural kids in Madagascar have to work to support their fsmilies. In the reserve as well as some more rare or endangered captive species of lemurs were other living here in the wild although we only appointed the one black and white lemur and nothing else of note. The girls went back to the hotel with its huge pool and I went out with driver terry and started my filming by the port entrance, no hassles at all and then moved out to the roundabout where traffic enters the town and port, I got some great shots of some golden classic trucks, some of the best I got all week plus lots of lovely sunshine as it climbed back to about 30c and humidity soared after the rain, a few drops later in the day but she and Mandy had enjoyed the unexpectedly luxurious sun beds which looked home made but we're super comfortable. It's been a good spot to end in but we start our travels back tomorrow with a trip back to famous forest lodge and then Sunday an early start to the airport at tana. I've felt safe and secure everywhere I've filmed althalthough asking around at night would be stupid. I think I would tackle tana itself after the second city but the nearest I'll get is shots through the vehicle window. It's an Hyundai car from South korea, it hasn't let us down, Terri got the tyres and oil checked this morning. I had a local ice cream today, not that good to be honest, far better a banana split in the hotel. I'll blog from famous and maybe from airports on return via Mauritius and Paris. We get back Monday breakfast time.