tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post918734038898059705..comments2024-01-03T01:52:42.914-08:00Comments on Susanne in Madagascar: Wild and FoolishUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post-83941356083960021042011-05-16T01:32:40.284-07:002011-05-16T01:32:40.284-07:00Dear Lucie
Thank you for your kind reaction.
I w...Dear Lucie<br /><br />Thank you for your kind reaction.<br /><br />I would be happy to meet with you should you come back to Madagascar next year. I could take you to see Alex and his center. Should you need anything else from Madagascar that I can help you, with do not hesitate to ask.<br /><br />Let us keep in touch, you can also reach me on my personal email address svanlieshout@yahoo.com<br /><br />Wishing you and your family courage and strength.<br /><br />SusanneGlobal Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13941409178537609076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post-27252887332008899882011-05-14T09:31:09.597-07:002011-05-14T09:31:09.597-07:00Dear Susanne
thank you for your answer - I can fe...Dear Susanne<br /><br />thank you for your answer - I can feel how you were very touched by this accident. It happend 8 weeks ago. For me it's like it was yesterday, when the police came sunday evening in my house to bring me this horrible news. They found Luca on Monday, about 15 km down the river. We went to Madagascar,to see where he was living his last three weeks, we also went to the chute de Lilly and with the people from the village, we planted a three near by the waterfall. And now we are trying to live withoit Luca, which is for us, his girlfriend, his parents, his brother and his sister very hard. Luca had done his studies in political science and his decision was, to work for developing nations. Thats why he was in Madagascar, where he worked for a microcredit organisation. He was really and his decisa very special young man, very friendly and very thoughtful. If you would know a bit more from him, his facebook side is still open, we will close it later: http://www.facebook.com/lucarehsche.<br />If you don't mind, I would be glad, if you would change a bit your text, if you could gave him his name and maybe leave the questions? That would be nice. <br />I saw your blog about alex and his children - is good to know, because I will return to Madagaskar maybe next year and bringsome needs and some monney. I wish you the best, LucieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post-89141681340577458232011-05-03T22:37:39.177-07:002011-05-03T22:37:39.177-07:00Dear Luca's mother.
First of all my sincere co...Dear Luca's mother.<br />First of all my sincere condolences with the loss of your son. I can not even imagine the hurt you must feel from that, and I certainly did not mean to add on to your pain. It is true that I did not know Luca, and I am glad to know a little more about him now. I regret that my questions about the accident seem insensitive, I can imagine, but those are the questions that have haunted me for weeks. Why, why, why?<br /><br />I was among the last persons to speak to him. I asked him why he had jumped the first time and how he felt. He replied it felt food, and that the most difficult thing was that he had to wait for the kayak to descend at the same time as he jumped. When he came back up he was still visibly shaking, and no one -not even him I believe - expected that he'd jump again. I think it was a spur of the moment decision, like we all sometimes take decision based on impulses. <br /><br />Anyway, if you'd prefer I'd change my blog post I will do so, out of respect. My point was to let people know that rafting in Madagascar, on that river, at that time of the year, is really irresponsible, and should be forbidden.<br /><br />I wish you strength and courage, like Luca had from your description. <br /><br />SusanneGlobal Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13941409178537609076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post-24494843038391572202011-05-03T15:15:36.995-07:002011-05-03T15:15:36.995-07:00As mother from this young swiss guy I can tell yo...As mother from this young swiss guy I can tell you: Luca, so it’s his name, wouldn't certainly not impress someone. And he didn't think, that he was invincible. He was a very good surfer and a very good snowboarder, he knew very well the strenght of the nature. He was a young men of ideals, with a budding future, with a girl friend and a family, who loved and love him and who are sad and despaired. He worked for a better world, spent the last two years in a project of a non-profit organization in south america – if you are intersted to know some thing of this guy, you could find some tracks on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7k2YyHy0GA. Luca had friends all over the world, one of them sent me the link to your blog. In fact, we don’t know, what he was thinking, why he did jump again – maybe just nothing. But: Your description of this (for us) terrible accident and your questions are not very sensitive - I don't know, if you can imagine, what's going on in us, reading in the world wide web this kind of narration of the dead from our child, brother and boy friend. I would tell you: It hurts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post-76728711876052735752011-03-30T11:49:54.313-07:002011-03-30T11:49:54.313-07:00WOW! I am so glad you are ok. That death whirlpool...WOW! I am so glad you are ok. That death whirlpool happened to us once to, where the boat gets sucked under on one side. It is scary as hell, Hannah was on board too and I was so conflicted between just caring for her or trying to ‘not’ flip the boat! Thankfully, we did both and everyone was fine but it is the result of a shitty guide in most cases. What an adventure!!<br /><br />Glad you are safe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post-9546114493700461772011-03-30T11:48:57.964-07:002011-03-30T11:48:57.964-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Global Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13941409178537609076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post-34247056636583358552011-03-25T13:10:22.541-07:002011-03-25T13:10:22.541-07:00Wow... Sorry to hear about the traumatic story... ...Wow... Sorry to hear about the traumatic story... I agree, I don't think I'd go white water rafting in Madagascar...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162703340259263401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414061347887222847.post-73058785698784975042011-03-25T12:10:11.514-07:002011-03-25T12:10:11.514-07:00OMG!!!How traumatizing! That's enough to make ...OMG!!!How traumatizing! That's enough to make you not want to go on any other adventures for quite some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com