Dadyn’i Fanja preparing vanilla beans in Voloina

Mother and daughter farming rice in the Belaoka Commune

“Libby” the adult female white-fronted brown lemur on Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve

Verreaux’s sifaka in the south of Madagascar

“AF” (Antennae Female) silky sifaka in Marojejy National Park

Ring-tailed lemur in the south of Madagascar

The golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus) Ranomafana National Park

Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus) in Marojejy National Park

Sanzinia madagascariensis tree boa in Marojejy National Park

Pygmy Malagasy kingfisher on Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve

Vue from rainforest in Marojejy National Park, Visit: www.marojejy.com

Researcher Erik Patel with the “simpona whisperer” Nestor, our favorite sifaka tracker, Marojejy National Park

F&R with drying “painza” papyrus for weaving in the village

New baby number nine

Maman’i M pounding rice in the courtyard

Makira, our first participatory ecological monitoring team in the rainforest

Heterixalis madagascariensis endemic tree frog

Baobab in Ifotaka spiny forest with moonlight

Epiphytic orchids in Andasibe National Park, on the high plateau

Endemic frog in Andasibe National Park, on the high plateau

Indri indri, or “babakoto.” This largest of the living lemurs has fantastic vocalizations that echo through the rainforest like whalesong in the ocean deep.

Rachel with her host sisters in Sambaina, during Peace Corps training.

Rachel with the children next door in Sambaina.

Fishermen pulling in their catch on the beach at Rachel’s village, along the Bay of Antongil.

There is a link to more pictures under October posts.