Domaine D'Ambola
Travel Blogs from Tulear
Plage, snorkeling, plongee et pirogue
Connaissez-vous l histoire de Robinson Crusoe? Hey bien c est ici que l auteur du livre s est inspire. St-Augustin, ce petit village de pecheurs, fait face au canal de Mozambique et est entoure de mangroves et de rivieres, la ou nous nous sommes aventures en pirogue, on s y est baigne et avons vu des flamands roses. Les rues ici ne sont pas reellement des rues, c est du sable. Des maisonnettes au toit de paille, souvent la grosseur d un petit hangar ou l ...
Sun, Sand, Sea and Sex?
As I walked into the bar, every girl turned her head and looked at me. But this wasn't just a cursory glance as in "Who's that stranger coming into the bar?", this was a long, penetrating stare, too long to be comfortable, trying to catch my eyes returning the favour.
A 50 year old, overweight, white man walked down the street with his local teenage girlfriend, she was young enough to be his grand-daughter but the way he was acting with her, she wasn't. At least I hoped ...
Oceanside Paradise
Today I headed to the beach. I'm abuzz with anticipation to see what passes for a resort town in Madagascar. In order to get there we need a high clearance vehicle because .. Surprise...the roads ar bad .. Whoda thunk it! So since I am trying to scheme up a dive and want to make sure I make it we are on the road again at 6am..what IS it with this early morning stuff!
Anyway Pat and his pet tape worm Junior need something to eat before we get on the road ...
Snorkel, Eating, Sunning and Snoozing
... the plush dunes and chill in the shade for a couple of hours.
Finally we head down to lunch and after getting them to hold up their part of the bargain for a beer a piece (they somehow thought one large beer was going to serve three of us!!!) We sit down to the most amazing fresh fish meal. We saw them carry the live fish up from the water and 30 minutes later we have 6 grilled fish and a pot of fish stew with rice and veggies and banana all spread out before us. Simply ...
Holy Toliara
Well today we left for Toliara down on the southwest coast of Madagascar. I have been looking forward to the water for quite a while now so anticipation is high. While in Toliara I will also get to visit with my new friend his holiness Bishop McTodd who is the Anglican bishop for the southern half of Madagascar.
Along the way we finally see the process and makings of the local rum we have heard so much about. Suffice it to say I'm more scared than I was ...