Lake Lemurs

Dear Friends and Family,

I am in the middle of a couple of volunteer meeting events. We just had regional volunteer meetings. For our region we went to Andreba Gara which is next to the lake. This is the site of gentle lemur. On the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Lac_Alaotra_Bamboo_Lemur) there is information and video of the lemurs which is a part of David Attenborough’s Madagascar video collection. According to the BBC website, the lemurs eat papyrus and reed leaves. We traveled in the morning on the lake and were really lucky to see them as they are hard to spot in the reeds and it was really muddy in that part of the lake. We spotted a group of them in the trees but as we got closer a few of them scattered. There was one mother lemur with two of her lemur babies on her that stayed. I climbed out of the canoe and stood on the shore to take the photo above. It was really exciting.

I am currently in the capital on my way to a Malaria & Nutrition training and then we will have our mid-service conference to mark our one year mark in country. After this conference I plan to vacation to the north. Check out my fb profile for more photos from the last week.

Take Care,
Teena