Chapter 15/Trace on "Voldemort"/Goblins/Caribbean/YuleBallPartner

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 181993

---  "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at ...> wrote:

> 
> Zanooda wrote in
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/181861>:
> 
> << Isn't the Caribbean too far away from England? Can a 
> hippogriff fly such a long distance? >>
> 
> Buckbeak wouldn't have had to fly all the way there, only 
> to someplace where Sirius and he could board a ship.
> 

bboyminn:

Can Buckbeak fly all that way??? Well, Monarch Butterflies fly
all the way from Minnesota to Mexico and South America. If a 
Butterfly can do it, I'm sure a hippogriff can.

As to where Sirius was, I'm thinking Congo or Madagascar are
most likely, though if there is a thriving trade in these
exotic birds, then he would have had to be no farther away
than North Africa (Morocco, Monoco, etc...).

For Sirius to hang out in Madagascar, is about like someone
from the USA hanging out in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That's
along way, but doable. Still, I'm more inclined to think he
was is some "don't ask, don't tell" part of North Africa. 

Steve/bboyminn