“Tsara Be” is an expression that I used a lot in Madagascar, and for good reason. Simply, it means “very good”. Six weeks here went by in an instant. I underestimated how comfortable I would get in a place that is so challenging and how difficult it would be to leave....

July 19 – 21, 2016 Wrapping things up and coming full circle. I have officially reached the end of my bicycle tour of Madagascar, and effectively, Africa.  In less than 1 week, I'll be back in Boulder.  I couldn’t let things end without a little more adventure and...

July 16 – 18, 2016 …go swimming and rinse it off. Feeling the need to escape the buzz of Diego, I cycled up to the quaint beach town of Ramena. It lies 19k to the east on a peninsula jutting out into clear, emerald water. My plan was to follow some “secondary roads”...