Last issue we left trauma nurse and trained paramedic Andrea Box in a tent in Antalaha, Madagascar, awaiting the start of Touratech’s inaugural United People of Adventure…
Before leaving Antalaha we visited the local orphanage and school, and seeing the children was both joyous and heartbreaking. They took such pride in their simple surroundings and were so welcoming of visitors on strange motor-bikes. There’s no State or government funding for orphanages in Madagascar, and as we were shown around I couldn’t help but notice many of the 36 orphans slept on old straw mattresses with threadbare sheets that would’ve been a haven for bedbugs and fleas.