Fort Dauphin is an island in the far South East of Madagascar.  It is located on a peninsula (the French word is presqu’île, which is one degree closer to an island than a peninsula) which juts into the Indian Ocean.  So, no matter where I am in the city, I can see the ocean.  I am always a ten minute walk, at most, from a beach.  The water is beautiful, turquoise, and clear.  It is also incredibly powerful, and one has to be careful when they swim.  I have never seen waves as large as the ones I have seen along beaches in and around Fort Dauphin.  They are beautiful, from a distance.

September is the windy month in Fort Dauphin, so for the most part it has been beautifully cool and extremely windy here.  As the end of September approaches, it is beginning to warm up, and the days…