The Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park and Reserve in Madagascar is "where one cannot walk barefoot". Neil Shea, the author of "Living on a Razor's Edge . . . Madagascar's labyrinth of stone", said in this article, published in November 2009, "the tsingy is the perfect foil to human ambition". And he is absolutely right. This tsingy in Madagascar has developed over time into these grikes of limestone from the rainfall affecting it and shaping it like so. Likewise, this provides a refuge for the hundreds of never-discovered species, and who knows if we ever will discover them.
In Shea's article, he gives an account of his adventures in the tsingy. He tells of when he scraped his knees on one of the grikes and how it took two days to get out and to the hospital. The funny thing is what the nurse said. She asked him why he was doing this and when he didn't reply she said, "I think you are a little dumb."
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