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8 July 2009:<br>
'''Today The South African adventurer Riaan Manser became is the first person to have paddled around Madagascar in a kayak. Riaan arrived in his Paddleyak at the [[Tamatave|Toamasina]] beach in Tamatave on 8th July 2009 , after cruising having cruised the final few last couple of kilometres along the [[Pangalanes Canal|Pangalanes canalCanal]].'''''
[[File:Riaan Manser in paddleyak.jpg]]<br>
The approximately 5,000km 000 km journey around the worlds world's fourth largest island, sometimes referred to also known as the sixth continent, began about 11 months ago in Tamatave. More Additional information at on Riaan's adventures in the previous post titles [[Round the Outside]].
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* Kayak, built by Paddleyak - a special sea-going vessel customised to combine speed, comfort and storage
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