Arotel Antsirabe

Back again in Antsirabe, a nice city to hang out and recover from trekking through the national parks. many restauraunts and nice surroundings can be found here. Hotel Chez Billy - a good place to stay. Also i decided to go on travelling on my own again, no more chauffer.

Hello Everyone! Sorry to have been so long to write.I a, here in mad and it is very complicqacted to write b/c the keyboard is allbackwards here. Very frustrAting. Mad is great and I a, safe. IM with my group and they are all neat. They are from sicily, germany, new zealand, birmingham england, australia and me, the american. PS Rick; I found the Englanders in the airport in Joberg so we took a txi to ...

... near future! Our best mode of transport (as always) was hiring a Suzuki 125cc trails bike. It was great to be free without the usual call of 'pousse pousse' every time we walked into town. We hit the road and headed off to do a circuit of the lakes around Antsirabe. The first one we arrived at was set into the crater of a dormant volcano about 20kms away (7kms of which was tarmac road the rest was dirt track) called Lac Tritriva. There, was a little man ...

... from Binah and others at a fraction of its value in the US. This trip was funded by my insurance after my laptop, digital camera, and almost all of my Mad jewelry were stolen out of a friend's car in New Orleans last winter break, and a small but important part of the purpose of coming now was to replace the jewelry. I did quite well, have a couple of things being resized that I'll pick up on New Year's, and may still buy more ...

... Our stay in Tana was quite short as we had another early morning start and took a bus this morning to Antsirabe, 169 km south from Tana. Our evening was mainly spent installing the mosquito net... took one and a half hours! But did have time to go for an Indian restaurant for dinner - they seem to be everywhere we go. Antsirabe is a pretty ...

Arrivés à Ivato (Aéroport international de Tana) à 4h40 du matin au départ de Paris Charles de Gaulle, nous sommes accueillis par notre chauffeur-guide de l'agence locale choisie depuis des mois. Commence la file pour faire le change de nos EUR en MGA (Ariary). Après avoir fait connaissance avec le responsable de l'agence, nous prenons la fameuse ...

... with a weak 'gravy'.<br><br>Also in this area we could see some quite elaborate white tombs scattered on the hilltops. We are told these are the tombs of the Merina people who observe an ancient custom of famadihana (turning the bones). Between 2 and 7 years after someone has died, the family gather at the tomb to celebrate their life and wrap the bones in a new shroud before taking them in a procession around the ...

la RN7 est la principale route de Mada, c'est aussi la plus touristique. Elle permet de rejoindre Tuléar en passant par Antsirabé, Ambositra, Fianar, Ambalovao et le Parc de l'Isalo. C'est donc sur cette route qu'on a le plus de chance de rencontrer des touristes, le plus souvent des Français. On arrive à Antsirabé. C'est une petite ...

... in Malagasy) to his place and automatically became his best friend...! Admittedly, a tour of his little shop was very interesting. Me and Didi then did a walking tour of Antsirabe where he showed me some of the particularities of this small town. It's the pousse-pousse capital of Madagascar maybe the whole world. Seriously, this was the capital of Madagascar when it was a French colony, so century-old french ...

... Tana is a huge, crowded city which to me is a bit overwhelming. I couldn't wait to get down to Antsirabe and so I made the four hour trip by car to Antsirabe on Wednesday morning. I'm still in awe of how beautiful this country is. There are rolling hills, red dirt, and rice fields as far as you can see. And the people, though extremely poor, are some of the most generous I've encountered in my life. Antsirabe looks much different than I remember. It's really ...