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Fianarantsoa
Travel Blogs from Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
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Fianarantsoa
This is a top pick! ... The journey took 5 hours. Our bums and everything else for that matter, were numb by the time we arrived in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar's' second largest city but hey! We got there safely without any breakdowns, tyre blow outs or numerous other things ...
Fianarantsoa
... done a fantastic job saving and restoring the traditional tile-roofed buildings in the city. Very worthwhile as they are beautiful! Fianarantsoa is like a baby Tana, very similar but smaller. I immediately warmed to the place. It has a wonderful friendly ...
ISALO NATIONAL PARK
From Morondava I took a one hour flight down the coast to Tulear. Have nice room at Chez Alain and on internet instant message with my Patricia. We both see each other but no audio, still a big thrill. Take 2 hour trip to seaside resort ...
Reality, Or Lack Thereof
... in small towns has done me so much good. After Ranomafana I made my way to Ambalavao, a little village just south of Fianarantsoa. I went there to visit Anja, a small reserve about 7km from town. Apparently my guidebook author did not actually walk this ...
Tea plantation and relaxing au lac hotel
... . We meant to take the train from Sahambavy to Fianar today. The line from Manakara to Fianar is the only functioning trainline in Madagascar and it is supposed to be a spectacular journey. The train runs 4 times a week but the services on Sundays are ...
Summer in Fianar :)
... course, flying by! I feel like a true teacher and get sad looking at the few weeks left of vacation before I head back to Anjozorobe. Fianarantsoa (Fianar for short) is fun, but COLD so we've been teaching in hats and coats. 2 other PCV's and I teach here ...
Happy Easter!
... is risen indeed! Happy Easter all!!! I'm having a great Easter vacation here in Fianar, the 'capital' of the south of Madagascar. The full name of the town is Fianaransoa and is known for it's beautiful terraced landscapes and vineyards.(no....I have ...
Ambalavao
We were very lucky to find space at our next stop over, the paper making capital of Madagascar. We definitely loved that paper, so pretty! Early the next morning our clever friends had arranged a real special treat for us. A genuine and close-up lemur ...
Longest train ride ever
ensete in leaves? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heres a map of the route. It's as clear as I can get it. If you can't see it go to the FCE site. ...
Ring-tail
... är inte här för städerna i vilket fall. Nästa anhalt blir Ambalavao, en by som är känd för sin zebumarknad. Runt Fianarantsoa och Ambalavao odlas och tillverkas det vin. Jag provar en halvflaska till lunch. Det är inte dåligt men inget för en ...
Arrêt déjeuner aux portes de l'Horombe
Nous nous arrêtons au Zahamotel avant de reprendre la route vers Ranomafana. Avant d'arriver là-bas, nous devons traverser l'immense plateau désertique de l'Horombe. La différence de paysages est assez impressionnant. Nous avons de la chance ...
Fianarantsoa, la ville des églises !
Nous arrivons vers 18h à Fianarantsoa après quelques heures de route. Nous nous installons au Tsara Guest House à Fianarantsoa et partons à la découverte de la ville haute et de la ville basse. Nous assistons également à l'arrivée du train ...
Vin et papier ancestral
Sur la route menant à Ranohira (Massif d'Isalo), nous nous arrêtons à Ambalavao. Cette halte nous permet de visiter une cave viticole (et du goûter du vin évidemment !), de visiter une fabrique de papier Antemoro et de voir le marché au ...
Enter the Rail: Fianantsoa
... for trading. No doubt: this train is a lifeline. Many people just watch. How overwhelmingly many people. Watching the environment from inside (i.e. the car, the train etc.) that thought came up to me quite often that Madagascar is too much ...
Can your body hate you?
Matt and I truly enjoyed this town and surroundings. Ambalavao is mostly known for its papermaking, which is carried out in a small 'factory' behind the hotel we were staying in. The paper is made from the pulp of a certain small tree and was first ...
Day 8 Andringitra National Park
... . It was the steepest, most uphill plateau I have ever seen! Here we saw a snake. There are no poisonous snakes in Madagascar and Phillibert took great pleasure in catching it and letting us photograph it. He said that ants dig holes and allow a snake ...
My one and only blog...
Hey guys I know I've made sooo many entries on here but just one more i promise! Today's our last day in Fianar so no more internet until i'm back home. Having an amazing time out here. The weather is beautiful almost everyday even though it's their ...
Plane journey here and here... but missing a bit.
... people would be so good... my address is as follows: Mlle Jasleen Sethi Pres Lot 089/ 3606-02 Ivory Avaratra BP1345 Fianarantsoa 301 Madagascar And the post takes about a week. Ta! Send news of home... or just doodle if you can't be arsed to ...
I am from Austria...
A long bus ride brought us to Ambalavao where we spent a day strolling around. Manuel had another sleepless night after some tea tree oil entered his ear "accidentally" and he had the worst pain in his ear in his life. Poor guy seems to be haunted by ...
At last an Internet Cafe and some time to use it!
Or should the title read: How slow can a computer be and still be classed as useful? Hi All, It has taken me 10 minutes just to get to this point on the blog which may go some way to explaining the lack of entries. Internet cafe's in Africa ...
Farewell Fiana
Our last day in Fiana. Our last day with Valerie. We arranged to meet Valerie at her house, but somehow things got changed in translation and she walked up the hill to meet us, then we walked down into the city to an ATM, to the cyber cafe where ...
Parc Nacional de l'Isalo
Excellent place for hiking through the deserts, canyons and small forests of Parc Nacional de ...
Samuel and the Paper factory
... profitably (lucky we studied at the IMC)! Getting a bus on easter monday to our next destination was a pretty challenge in Fianarantsoa. After a nervous-breakdown like argument Helmut had with the guy we bought the ticket with we left about 5 hours later ...
Fianarantsoa
Actually i was gonna take the fianar-manakara train here, but i didn't get lucky since the train hadn't arrived from manakara the day before because it had broken down somewhere on the way to ...
Banana breakfast and shopping
Today we were invited to a traditional breakfast of battered bananas at Valerie's house. Valerie and Frank met us and walked us down to their home. From the road we walked down narrow steep stone steps and into a courtyard with kittens, ...
Day 6 Ambalavao
It was another of those long driving days today, but as ever, Mamy split the trip up with lots of stops. The first stop was about 15 minutes into the journey at a spectacular waterfall. Back on Route Nationale 7 Mamy asked if we would like to see a ...
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