Country Info
- Antananarivo
- Capital
- Malagasy Franc (MGF)
- Currency
- 15,982,563
- Population
- MG
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Madagascar
second entry
Hi everyone! It's easter monday here and everybody is mitsangasgana, which means "walking around". The town is very busy, everyone walking, though not to any particular place. I've decided to avoid the crowd and catch up on some e-mail! Work at the ...
SOUTHERN ROUTE
Actually had an enjoyable 4 hour ride in an uncrowded minibus(EG 15 instead of 23) from Antananarivo to Antsirabe. The scenery was beautiful with rolling hills and rice paddies. Arranging river trip ...
Reality, Or Lack Thereof
... ways than one. After a day of socializing, here I am, on my own again. Listening to the old man shuffling outside my hut. Thinking of Edgar Allen Poe. Crossing the wide-open plains of Central Madagascar. How quickly the kaleidoscope of the road ...
Madagaskars Ostkueste
Nach Besuch einer Croc Farm treffe ich meinen australischen Freund Dennis am Flughafen von Antananarivo; am naechsten Tag gehts mit einem Taxi Brousse ( meist voellig ueberladenes Buschtaxi) ueber Moramanga nach Andasibe. Dort campen wir im Mitsinjo ...
Following the well-worn, clay footpath to Ankoraka
... spots wildfires. Their fingers are all over the map pointing to different areas, amused at the tiny white dot in central Madagascar, they observe the yellow marking Africa and Madagascar and one explains that he is frightened. I watch their faces as they ...
THIRD time is the charm!
Hi all! Ok, so this is my third attempt at writing an entry.....gotta love technology in a third wold country. I hope all is going well with everyone! I can't believe that it's already been a YEAR and a HALF on this crazy island. Sorry that ...
The long and winding road to Antananarivo
... nbsp;After we visited the botanical gardens and zoo in Tana and saw many more lemurs and other exotic animals of Madagascar. The following day we went to the Croc Farm the crocs were fairly inanimate but still terrifying but resisted the ...
6 DAY RIVER TRIP AHEAD
Wonderful comfortable weather. Just booked a 6 day river trip westward to the coast and the town of Morondava, therefore communication should be nil for awhile. After that I will likely fly to Tulear. Half the island cling to ...
Anakao
The Lonely Planet says Anakao is one of the best places in Madagascar so we remained faithful and left our madagascan companions for a night to take a look. It is undoubtedly beautiful but needs much more time than just one night to be fully appreciated. ...
La plage
Pour se reposer, une noix de coco à la main et sans trop de touriste sauf le Week end où les malgaches viennent. ...
Direction plage
Testons le camion brousse au lieu du 4*4 partagé avec d'autres touristes. Autres sensations en perspective. Mais avant cela du repos. ...
Madagascar, primeiras impressões
... 'ão especial nesse trecho foi da amiga Célia. Antes de continuar, pense em quanto você sabe sobre Madagascar, o país e não o filme. Quando iniciamos nossos planos não sabíamos quase nada sobre Madagascar. De memória chegamos a um ...
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 ...
Update from Amy - Halloween
(Update from Amy via email) Hello friends and family!!!! I am in Tana for our IST training while we have a week break from school for All Saints Day. Things are going really well at site. I teach 6eme, 4eme, and 2nde [which i am pretty sure that ...
Lemur spotting in Ranomafana National Park
... are painfully slow... we'll add pictures when we find a decent connection (which may be a while)! Overall our experience in Madagascar has been great but it's not necessarily an easy country for an independent traveller. So far we have found out that ...
First Report! (Email from Amy)
... it! We don't have much time to write, but I did already send a letter to you mom and pop and Jay and Mandy:) Madagascar is really crazy, amazing, hard, beautiful, poor, and NOT that cold! Compared to a Chicago winter, it's more like spring time weather. ...
Akany Avoko
This is a link to an orphanage / refuge where Amy has spent some of her time over the past few weeks. Some very good stories indeed! http://www.akanyavoko.com/ Love, Brother J bizjvc@hotmail.com ...
Summer in Fianar :)
Hello all! Just wanted to give you an update on the summer happenings here in Madagascar. Things are going really well and of 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 ...
Email From Amy (Uploaded by Brother J)
hi fam, I tried to attach pictures, but it was taking a long time and I got tired of waiting for it to down load :( So I will send the memory card home since I got the new one in the mail!!!! We are in Tana now and it's nice to see Alannah and speak ...
Things are A-OK.
... from Amy's Mom and Dad, We talked with Amy today and everything is going well. She is adjusting very well to life in Madagascar. She is staying with her host family, about a 15 minute walk from Antananarivo. She says it is a beautiful country and ...
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 ...
Enfin
... par le gendarme, et il me dit de retourner en France car il ne s'occupe que des résidents français et qu'il y en a 20 000 à Madagascar et qu'il reçoive 60 000 personnes chaque année au consulat donc ils ont autres choses a faire que de s occuper des ...
Chauve souris
J'ai gouté de la chauve souris comme déjeuner. Cela ressemble à du lièvre, pour la viande et le gout des ailes plutôt a des champignons chinois. La chauve souris dégusté était de la roussette une chauve souris non protégée à Madagascar. ...
Nosy Be! Happy New Year!
Happy 2007! Jan 3, 2007 09:44 EST by amyvanc Hello all, Just wanted to say Happy New Year! We made it back from our beautiful island of Nosy Be. It was quite the adventure that involved a 24 hour brousse ride, a class 1 cyclone, a sea urchin in ...
Nosy be
On prend comme d'habitude un taxi brousse à 5H30 du matin. Et oui, ici c'est l'horaire habituel pour se réveiller en vacance à Madagascar. Puis, un speed boat pendant 30 min direction l'ile de Nosy be. Je suis assis sur un sac de viande de zébu. Mais ...
more Mad-pictures
Hi friends and family! Now that I'm living and working in the capitol, I should be much better at updating these blogs! Anyway, time gets away from me and a hectic work schedule keeps me busy. So, I'm trying to get some pictures from ...
Jessica's Letter from Mid-November
11/12/03 I love this place. I love the cows and chickens in the yards, I love the gorgeous rice paddies, I love my little schoolhouse where 3 other volunteers and I have language lessons 8 hours a day, and I love my ingenious, generous, and patient ...
Arriving in Tana
... , all words end in vowels here, and the last vowel is never pronounced. Ironically, an exception to this rule is the word "Madagascar": the island gets its name from Marco Polo, who confused the island (which, incidentally, he never came to see) with ...
life these days
... life post-trip. basically, it stinks. i spent the past month visiting the most gorgeous, luxurious parts of central and northern madagascar, eating gourmet food, hugging my family, and speaking in english about life in the US. it was wonderful, and i ...
moving in tomorrow!!!
hello everyone! I'm in my banking town for a couple of days, shopping and doing business=type stuff, before moving to my site (tomorrow!) (again, if you want to know the names of these places and don't yet, email my mom at sfgordon93@hotmail.com) ...