Another Planet

Madagascar: The perfect destination. Traveller’s dream. Ultimate holiday spot. The friendliest place on the planet. Melting pot of unique fauna and flora. Earth’s fourth largest island full of world’s friendliest people. This is the author’s favourite place on the planet. It was his favourite place back in 2001, and after visiting over 120 countries since the first visit, it still is. And that is out of over 170 countries visited up until 2014.


This book describes the author’s personal and unique experiences whilst his first trip to Madagascar in 2001. It contains 175 original photographs taken during the trip, practical information, description of places to stay, drink and eat. It contains totally thrilling experiences, adrenaline filling moments, mishaps, a risky motorbike ride, driving through a river in the middle of the night, lemur encounter of the third kind, discovering unknown WWII relicts and meeting twentysomethings, who had never seen a white person before. Plus there is a total eclipse of the sun.


This book covers the following places across Madagascar: Antananarivo, Nosy Boraha (Ile Sainte Marie), Toamasina (Tamatave), the UNESCO-listed Royal Blue Hill, Antsirabe, the Ranomafana National Park, the Isalo National Park, Toliara (Tulear), Morombe, Morondava, the Avenue des Baobabs, Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), Ramena, the Montagne d’Ambre National Park and the Ankarana Special Reserve with Tsingy.