Country Info
- Antananarivo
- Capital
- Malagasy Franc (MGF)
- Currency
- 15,982,563
- Population
- MG
- Country Code
Madagascar Slideshow
Madagascar
Travel Blogs from Madagascar
Letter to Keramet with addendum
... know. Her: Ha! You don't know?! Anyway ... Oh, one last thing. it's been a very interesting juxtaposition living in Madagascar while listening to CNN, because both Mcar and the U.S. are having something of an economic crisis. Everyday, CNN reports a ...
swearing=in/installation photos
some photos from the end of my time with my host family, the last couple days at the mantasoa training center, the swearing=in ceremony, and moving sarah, caitlin, and me into our ...
Andasibe
Well, one of my favorite places is Andasibe. I have good friends there and the parks are fabulous! The village is not as busy with tourists because the major hotels are located outside the village proper. This makes it all the more fun! The best food ...
Misy vaovao! (that means:There is news!)
Hey all! So, misy vaovao! (which means "there is news!" in Malagasy....kinda like saying, "Hey, guess what's up!") I am coming home for 1 month in July!!! Oh, and I'm extending my service here in M-car so that I'll be staying another year :) ...
What do you *do* over there?
... city, which is a hotspot for prostitutes, local clients, and sexual tourists; educators from Population Services International in Madagascar came and interspersed brief presentations and Q. and A. for prizes with the music. I am currently working on ...
Letter to Omi (Grandmother)
... the last couple days, which is interesting; maybe news about the primaries has gotten to some people. (Saddam's capture certainly reached Madagascar, but no one has asked me about it.) People want to know my impression of Bush, whose name translates to ...
Letter to Sarah
... it is, but not much of one; site announcement reveals to us where we´ll be spending the next 2 years of our lives. Madagascar is an unbelievably diverse country in terms of climate, terrain, culture, and health problems (i.e., the kind of work we health ...
mad dog
hi guys. if, at some point since i've been here, you've thought of emailing or writing to me but haven't, now would be a good time. (and infinite thanks to those who have - i don't mean to undermine my gratitude to you, especially my 2 weekly ...
australia and new zealand photos
... Osborne's My So-Called Life-esque teen drama and actually enjoyed it. On the Sydney-Mauritius flight, I'd noticed a young man wearing a Madagascar tee-shirt and made friends with him and his fiancée, who both work in Tana; they had the same layover, so ...
Back in Mad!
... Akany Avoko takes some of them in. They are also among the most environmentally innovative places in Madagascar: solar cookers, solar fruit dryers, rainwater catchment, recycling, organic gardening, composting toilets... it's fantastic. It's ...
GRADUATION!
... and integration into the environment, Amy will now be moving to her new site to teach for the remainder of her time in Madagascar. She also recently purchased a cell phone, which we have spoken to her on a few occasions (reception is surprisingly good!!! ...
Life as an expat
... , special. Little girls giggle when I walk past them. I met some vaza's who commented on how everyone greats you here in Madagascar, but I don't think they realize that the Malagasy only that to us. All this can really distract you from the fact that ...
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. ...
Christmas is Coming! (Amy's Goose Story)
(Updated by Brother J:) Hello again everybody, hope this upcoming Holiday Season finds you in good health and happiness! We had the opportunity to speak to Amy on Saturday 12/16 following our family Christmas Party. Amy was in good spirits and was able ...
first 2 weeks at site
... preserving my sanity. I was especially glad to have Callie two nights ago, when I had my second traumatic experience in Madagascar (details of the first, encountering an abused wife and children, is in an entry from late December.) This time, a ...
the waiting game plus tsunami
... they go. It could be a great income-generation project for my town if it works. As you might know, there's a movie about Madagascar coming out this summer from Dreamworks (the people who did Shrek). With tons of help from my sister, Jen (who has ...
photos!!!
I've added photos from the first 3 months to most of the entries so far. sorry to make you read back over them, but i can only add a few photos to each one, enjoy! also, the photos don't match up exactly with what's discussed in the letters - that ...
Letter to Grandpa
Dear Grandpa, It's so wonderful to get your aerograms every week! Thanks so much for keeping me updated about the rest of the family and for your constant encouragement - I appreciate both more than I can say. Today I went to the clinic ...
I can officially leave now
At our close-of-service conference this week, my friends and I decided that we had to have cleared three medical hurdles to be allowed to leave the country: treatment with Cipro (an extremely powerful antibiotic used primarily for gastro-intestinal ...
dogs and doggedness
... felt justified.) i may have said this before, but once during training we asked the director of peace corps health in madagascar why they bothered having us come instead of spending the money to train malagasy doctors and nurses. the response was that ...
A few days at Foulpoint
... century, the English and the French fought over this place, but the English settled on Zambia while the French claimed Madagascar, Reunion, and the Seychelles). So the English found this place nice and called Beautiful-Point. That name was then ...
My pousse-pousse
... Fidele -- and hope that I can do more of this thing (with other people's money) in the future. In other news, Madagascar is experiencing a severe drought -- people have been **biking** across what remains of the huge lake in my town. Every time it ...