Diving in Madagascar

Has anybody been in Madagascar recently and could give me some
information on how it is, where to go, maybe tips for making
arrangements, etc.

I am Very interested in wrecks, conditions, fishies, ..

Best regards
Kurt

My trip to Nosi Be was not recent...but I doubt things have changed
any...maybe gotten worse. It is a very difficult country to visit,
expensive visa fee (for US citizens), etc. Lots of pickpockets in the
capital city. Watch out! One of the few resources the country has is
graphite ...isn't that the material they use in pencils. No wonder
they're so poor. Lots of erosion too! They cut down the trees to make
way for agricultural use and you can see the damge from the window of an
airplane -- as I flew up to Nosi Be I got a good look. Lots of that
orange soil eroded away into the sea -- the sea stained for miles around
the mouth of rivers leading into the Indian Ocean. Cloudy viz also,
even in Nosi Be which is off the coast of "La Grand Terre."

Fish life just so-so. Interesting country to see, limurs and all that,
but so run down. Who goes there? I met some fun-loving Italians at the
Residence Amboitaloca on Nosi Be and I guess that some Europeans and the
curious make the effort.

Kurt Decker wrote:

> Has anybody been in Madagascar recently and could give me some
> information on how it is, where to go, maybe tips for making
> arrangements, etc.
>
> I am Very interested in wrecks, conditions, fishies, ..
>
> Best regards
> Kurt

Kurt Decker schrieb:
>
> Has anybody been in Madagascar recently and could give me some
> information on how it is, where to go, maybe tips for making
> arrangements, etc.
>
> I am Very interested in wrecks, conditions, fishies, ..
>
> Best regards
> Kurt

Put this question in a franch newsgroup.
You might find info about Nosy Bay.
Matthias

Hi,
>My trip to Nosi Be was not recent...but I doubt things have changed
where did you dive there? Do you remember the name of the base and can
you recommend it?

TIA, Kurt

I dived off Nosy Be, a beautiful island on the Northeastern tip of
Madagascar. There was a French guy who had an operation, was it Pascal,
or something like that? He always seemed to have a cigarette dangling out
of his mouth. He also ran trips out into the Mozambique channel -- I
think there are some islands out there that barely kiss the surface of the
ocean -- reefs, really. Reef island like you find out beyond the GBR in
Australia. But the viz off Nosy Be and sourrounding small islands was not
the best.....those muddy rivers, you know, staining the Indian Ocean so
far out, affecting islands off Madagascar.

Kurt Decker wrote:

> Hi,
> >My trip to Nosi Be was not recent...but I doubt things have changed
> where did you dive there? Do you remember the name of the base and can
> you recommend it?
>
> TIA, Kurt