Flag of Madagascar TB

I maintain records on my trackables. They have the goal to circulate more than five years and to be moved by at least 25 cachers. That is a target rate of five drops per year for five years, or a drop every 73 days. The average drop rate of my trackables in the US is 124 days, in Europe it is 71 days. As of 30-Jun-23 this trackable had survived for 11.2 years but it had been moved by only 16 cachers, for an average drop every 256 days. Please keep it moving, then drop it in a safe place!

No permission is needed to leave the U.S. While in the U.S., please drop it in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban cache or abandon it at a caching event where there is no security. Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; the bag keeps the trackable clean and dry, protects the number and prevents tangling with other items. Otherwise, take the trackable anywhere you wish.

Patch of flag of Madagascar.  The flag of Madagascar was adopted on 14 October 1958, two years before the independence of that nation, as Madagascar prepared for a referendum on its status in the French Community. The colors of the flag represent Madagascar's history, yearning for independence, and traditional classes.  Red and white were the colors of the Merina kingdom, which succumbed to France in 1896.  They were used in the flag of the last Merina monarch, Queen Ranavalona III.  They may indicate the ethnic origins of the Malagasy people in Southeast Asia, and are shared by the flag of Indonesia.  Green was the color of the Hova, the largest class of peasant commoners, who played a significant role in anti-French agitation and the independence movement.