Madagascar is the country that is responsible for my travel obsession and interest in travel photography. I had a cheap camera back then, but it didn’t matter as the memories from that trip in 2001 are still vivid today. Here is one snap I took at the Tsiribihina River, as our trusty truck was carefully loaded onto a make shift barge. Notice that the barge is otherwise empty…I had grown accustomed to a certain level of chaos as locals tended to stampede and crowd around bridges and barges everywhere else we went. Thankfully the truck passed the ‘will it float’ test, and shortly after the mayhem ensued, with everyone vying for a coveted spot on the shady side of the barge, thanks to our truck’s shadow.