Rachel said that the thatched hut she stayed in for about a week when she went out to visit her site (Voloina, near Maroantsetra on the east coast,) the hut her predecessor has been living in, will no longer be available for Rachel. The owner intends to take it back from Peace Corps for her family to use, so another hut will have to be found for Rachel. That means that Rachel will also have to have a *cabinety* (a toilet hole with a woven surround for privacy) built. She is not sure where she will live until a place for her in Voloina is ready. On the other hand, she has heard that she may be able to go on the WCS motorboat out to the island wildlife preserve (Nosy Mangabe may be its name; I did not catch it for sure) the day she arrives in Maroantsetra. She remarked with glee, “People come all the way to Madagascar just to go there and see the lemurs, you know!”

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