Maverick in Madagascar

by Eveleigh, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781864503296
• ISBN10: 1864503297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

Intrigued by tales of the Vazimba people -- a mysterious tribe of white pygmies according to some accounts; an invisible telepathic people according to others -- Mark travels to the ancient 'Isle of the Moon'. Accompanied by his pack bull Jobi, he treks across Madagascar, crossing the forbidden bandit country of the 'Zone Rouge'. Before Mark comes to the end of his quest, and hears the story of the last of the Vazimba at the feet of an old village headman, he must learn to tell myth from reality in a land that has spawned sacred crocodiles, sorcerer-bandits, blood-guzzling spirit animals and a bizarre socialist pirate commune. Mark Eveleigh exuberantly captures the spirit of Madagascar in this magical modern-day adventure.

Table of Contents

Maps	viii
PART I
The Scared Lake, a Malagasy Legend	3	(5)
Diego Doldrums	8	(12)
Amber Mountain	20	(12)
The Maverick	32	(25)
Rawhide!	57	(49)
Route Nationale	106	(23)
PART II
Into the Long Valleys	129	(8)
Kalashnikov River	137	(20)
`Sweetsville'	157	(22)
Land of the Fighting Sakalava	179	(36)
Fihavanana	215	(6)
Further Reading	221