"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." During a conversation with my daughter about our post on Madagascar, this is what I laughingly suggested should be the intro for this post. Why? Madagascar has some of the most fun memories and quite possibly our worst memory from our two years of living abroad and out of suitcases.😅 But first things first...let's talk about why we decided to visit Madagascar after…

Since we had expected to be exhausted after our prior months traveling through East Africa (from Rwanda to Namibia, you can see those HERE)... ...we planned ahead and rented a place outside of Cape Town (South Africa) to rest, recoup, and leisurely just "live" for a good long while! Growing up, whenever I saw pictures of this area of South Africa (usually with The Twelve Apostles mountain range or Table Mountain in the background!), I…

For some reason, I suspected we’d really like Namibia (hence the reason I added it to our several months of Africa travels)...and that suspicion proved true! All I'd seen years ago was some photographs of some sand and dunes in the interior of Namibia, and that's all it took. Why? Because it looked unique. IF I am going to traipse around the world (esp with children in tow) exploring new areas, there had better be…