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Getting to Isle St. Marie
Today I travelled to Ilse St. Marie, a little island off the east coast of Madagascar. For the trip, I used a "taxi-brousse", the local minibus system. The taxi was way overloaded both with people and cargo, and the driver went really fast on the little ...
My week in St. Marie
... a resort gives it a bit too much value) called the Lémurien for lunch. Lémuriens are a type of mammal indigenous to Madagascar; they are closely related to humans, even more so than monkeys; and because they only exist on Madagascar, they are very ...
St. Marie Part Two
... funny stories about the place. I saw the wedding of a 60 year old French vaza to a 30 year old Malagasy woman, which was pretty cool. It was done in the oldest Catholic church in Madagascar. Then I finished my stay at St. Marie and made my way ...
Ile St. Marie
... like to do more of someday! When I arrived back to Tamatave, it was June 25, which is the eve of Independence Day in Madagascar. It was spectacular to watch the fireworks over the ocean, and to feel the joy of the people as they celebrated. It has ...
To the wilderness by water
... between Brickaville and Tamatave. The RN2 is a narrow twisting road but the main thoroughfare between the coastal port of Tamatave (Toamasina) and the rest of the country. All the container vehicles carrying goods to Tana come this way, ...
Masoandro Lodge
Ile Sainte Marie (or as its called in Malagasi Nosy Boraha) is a small island off the north east coast of Madagascar and it is one of the places humpback whales choose to spend July to September. They come north in hundreds to warmer seas for the ...
Pangalanes part 2
... taxi who took us into town to check out options re flights/transfers. Tamatave is the second biggest town and Madagascar's main port. Its a curious meeting of 1st and 3rd world - huge petroleum storage tanks alongside the roads populated by ...
I want to be alone...
... starts in April and by July there should be a steady stream of visitors. I knew that tourism was suffering in Madagascar but I didn't realise just how much until we arrived and I found I was the one and only visitor. I ...
Lots of Lemurs
Visiting the Palmarium, http://www.bushhouse-madagascar.com/palmarium.html across the lake from Bush House, was an opportunity to see and photograph lots of different kinds of lemurs, orchids and other plants and animals. ...
Ile St Marie - paradise for a week or two
... , and wet forest leaves...I feel like I'm in paradise. This smell is, I think, my favourite personal memory from Madagascar. Arriving, forget that I'm supposed to be mildly annoyed about La Crique - wow! The bungalow is ...
Day of doing absolutely nothing!
After having such a horrible time on the big island, they decided that today should be a day of doing absolutely nothing! They didn't even take any photos! It was ...
Sainte-Marie - entre terre et mer
La grisaille de Tamatave laisse la place au bleu de l'eau qui encercle l'île de Sainte-Marie. Ce bleu nous émerveille alors que nous survolons l'Océan Indien. Et quelques minutes plus tard, nous avons atterri sur ce petit bout de terre au milieu ...
Toamasina
"Born Slippy" - Underworld Drive boy dog boy Dirty numb angel boy In the doorway boy She was a-lipstick boy She was a-beautiful boy And tears boy And all in your inner space boy You had hands girls boy And steel boy You had ...
Topsy turvy
... city. I'm not sure when things changed...one second I was marevelling at the difference in the scenery of eastern Madagascar - rising from the highland plateau to large lush mountains covered in an array of vegetation, including the ubiquitous ...
Country #3 - Port #2
It was the raffest voyage and a lot of people couldn't keep any food down. Praise the Lord for I'm not getting seasick. This voyage was an special one. Not only was it the first time for me on sea but also the first time I could see ...
Fünfter Tag, an die Ostküste
Ankunft in der Stadt ,it dem grôssten Hafen des Landes. Strandspatziergang und Nachtessen richtig Madagassisch in einem kleinen Restaurant an der Ecke beim ...
Toamasina
"Né quelque part" - Maxime Leforestier On choisit pas ses parents, on choisit pas sa famille On choisit pas non plus les trottoirs de Manille De Paris ou d'Alger Pour apprendre ŕ marcher Etre né quelque part Etre né quelque part Pour celui ...
Ile Ste-Marie
On this island try "Chez Alain", good food, cheap bungalow. They can even show you how to make your own Coco-Punch (rhum) and tell you about the cultural belief in ...
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