Day 254, Year 5 Happy Birthday to Mark
Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Weather: 18th Gorgeous Day; Cloudy Evenings, Clear Nights
Latitude: 13 degrees 18.113 minutes S
Longitude: 048 degrees 10.707 minutes E
Location: Nosy Sakatia, NW Madagascar
Mark had a very happy birthday. He got an early morning mail from Heather and a mid-day call from Justin. This made him a very happy man. We learned that we can receive Skype calls that do not charge our cell, so that is very good news. We moved from Nosy Komba to Nosy Sakatia, had a great Mexican dinner aboard Constance to celebrate Mark’s birthday, and hope to spend a few days here just relaxing and planning our next adventures.
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| 100707 Day 254a Nosy Be, Madagascar–Fish Processing Plant in Crater of Crater Bay |
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| 100707 Day 254b Nosy Sakatia, Madagascar–Mark's Birthday |




Enjoying your Lemurs adventure … sounds like fun. Happy Birthday to Mark … the cruising life is treating you well as you look younger than when you started!
Some of Judy’s writing paints a beautiful picture … have either of you considered recording an audio post … a podcast? It might be neat to archive a little audio in your log, especially with a few seaside or port of call background sounds?
Hi,
Happy Birthday Mark!
Madagascar sounds great. We instead have to live as dirt dwellers. Maybe next year?
Robert and Tina
Wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday Mark I’m sure it was filled with lots of fun. Haven’t had a chance to read up on your travels for a while but now that I have your site address again I will. D
Happy Birthday Mark!!
Quite a life you’re leading.
Happy Birthday! (better late than never, I guess).