We had been ready to leave Johannesburg before getting the news that there was a cyclone hitting the island. But got a phone call from friends living in Madagascar informing us we might want to hold off flying in because of the Mayor trying to overthrow the government (he declared himself president) and the real president didn't want to share the position. The whole country was in the middle of a political war and burning down the stores....So we held off one more day, good thing we did the flight we were originally to be on was refused and had to turn around and fly back to Johannesburg.
We finally got to Madagascar, very excited to see the island from the plane (didn't realize how big it was) seeing all the rivers that were red flowing into the ocean.