A fire and a bumpy boat ride

From Andasibe, I went to Tamatave for one night before taking a bus and a boat to l'Ile Sainte-Marie. There was a huge fire right next to where I was supposed to take the bus from at 6am. A crowd gathered in front of the fire, but besides that, everyone was oblivious to it and continued on with their business. It was a pretty big fire. There was only one fire truck and while I was there, I think it had to return to the fire station for a refill. After 45 minutes, the fire was still as big as when I had reached, but I couldn't see what would happen because my bus had come and was ready to leave.

After 4 hours, we reached the port and boarded the boat. It was a very bumpy ride and a poor girl kept puking the entire time. Suddenly, someone on the boat shouted “Baleine!” We all looked in the direction he pointed, and I had my first whale sighting…I hadn’t even reached the island. The whale exhaled through its blowhole.

Yesterday, from my room, I saw two more whales.