I just returned from a two-week trip to Madagascar with my mother. It’s hard to quantify the important lessons I learned. I think on a very successful trip, you learn in two ways. First, there are facts about the country or area you’re visiting. Then, there are also feelings or cultural norms you understand better as a result of your journey. Madagascar: Facts I learned 1,213 interesting facts about lemurs, chameleons and the splitting apart of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. We drove for 743 hours on roads that could also qualify as Class Five hiking trails (well, it felt like 743 hours, see note above about the difficulties of quantification)….